PRESS RELEASE
A CELEBRATION OF WRESTLING
Professional wrestling has been a major staple of American Pop Culture since the birth of television. When Ted Turner launched Atlanta UHF television station WTCG (TBS' predecessor) in 1972, he could not have imagined the impact his weekly wrestling show would have on the sport. Taped on Saturday mornings in downtown Atlanta, it aired each week at 6:05pm on a Saturday Night. Gordon Solie, opened the program and welcomed millions of wrestling fans as he introduced the biggest names and match-ups in the sport. The Saturday Night Show set the standards for what you see today. No matter where you were, or what you were doing on a Saturday, at 6:05pm you found a TV. When the show ended in 2001, it created a void and fans protested in vain to bring back their heroes who had lost their home on television. The clamor for these stars reached such a level that wrestling had to once again embrace these men who had built the sport. A Hall of Fame was set up to honor them, DVDs are being released to highlight their legacies and action figures manufactured to commemorate their greatness.
Now for one unprecedented night, we have reunited some of the team who helped create the 6:05 mystique with these Legends, to put them all where they belong, back in main event action. "6:05 The Reunion" features 12 huge matches emanating from the World Famous Hard Rock Live in Orlando, Florida in a night with no Championships, just Champions with the Legends who each defined and shaped their generations.
TICKETS AVAILABE AT THE HARD ROCK LIVE BOX OFFICE AND ALL TICKETMASTER LOCATIONS. FOR MORE INFO CALL 407-351-LIVE
WHO: WWL 6:05 The Reunion
WHAT: Wrestling event featuring over 30 of the greatest wrestlers of all time in 12 huge bouts including Bruno Sammartino, Diamond Dallas Page, Big Poppa Pump, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart, Rick Steiner, Vampiro, Kamala, Johnny B. Badd, Jim Cornette, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka, The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, Buff Bagwell, The Armstrongs, The Midnight Express, Kanyon, Koko B. Ware, Dr Tom Prichard, Norman Smiley, Tully Blanchard, David Flair, Mike Graham, Dory Funk, Jr., Blue Meanie, Disco Inferno, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Virgil, The Nasty Boys, Earl, Dave & Brian Hebner, Lance Russell, Ron Niemi, Cory Macklin, David Penzer and more to come
WHERE: Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL
WHEN: Sunday, March 5, 2006
TIME: 7:05 PM ET, Doors Open 6:05 PM ET
PRICE: $25.00, $55.00, $65.00, $75.00, $150.00
CONTACT: Sal Corrente 310 466 0123
Colin Bowman 407 363 0005
WWLegends@aol.com or WWLgnds@aol.com
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