WWE Closing Down Their Social Networking Site - Details
– WWE announced today that they would be shutting down their WWEUniverse.com community website, which began as their in-house version of Myspace and Facebook. For almost a year now, they have been attempting to integrate their content with the more popular social networking systems, such as twitter, while fading out the in-house site. Their online forums will also be gone which seems crazy to me but it is what it is. The official announcement is below:
We've had a great run WWE Universe ... but all good things must come to an end.
I'm writing to you all today to let you all know that WWEUniverse.com will be closing its doors this Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011.
While the site is going away, some of the site's most popular features will live on:
* The popular Monday Night Raw and pay-per-view Live Chats, hosted by WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel, will move to a new location on WWE.com's main site (WWE.com/social/livechat).
* Finkel's weekly blogs, as well as The Ross Report from Hall of Famer Jim Ross, will move to their Facebook pages.
* Our make-your-own-highlight-reel video creation factory known as "Smash-Ups" will be added to WWE.com in the near future.
While the site is going away, the WWE Universe will continue to live online. Please consider joining us on our popular outposts on the following social networks:
* Twitter: twitter.com/WWE
* Facebook: Facebook.com/WWE
* YouTube: YouTube.com/WWE
Our WWE Universe Twitter account, @WWEUniverse, will continue to provide answers to your fan questions, re-tweeting the best comments from our followers, Superstars and Divas, and provide live coverage and pictures from select WWE events.
In parting, I just want to say thank you to all the dedicated long-time members of this site that participated, contributed photos, blog posts, and comments in the Forums.
WWE appreciates your support over the past two years, and I hope you enjoyed your time on the site.
Thank you all for supporting WWEUniverse.com. We'll see you on Facebook and Twitter.
Sincerely,
Corey Clayton
WWE Online Community Leader
– Several shows starring professional wrestlers or related to wrestling are available or almost available on Netflix Instant Watch for streaming. Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows, the documentary that was filmed in the midst of the Montreal Screwjob, will be available starting January 1st. Also being added on the 1st is 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain, which stars Hulk Hogan.
In addition, the following shows are currently available on Watch Instantly:
* Legendary and Knucklehead, both released by WWE Studios in 2010, became available last week.
* Wrong Side of Town, the 2010 straight-to-video action film starring Rob Van Dam and Dave Bautista. Nelson "Mabel" Frazier Jr. has a role in the film as well.
* Lipstick & Dynamite, the 2004 documentary on the pioneers of women's wrestling.
* Sting – A Moment of Truth, the 2004 Faith-based docudrama on the career and life of Sting, who plays himself.
* Ready to Rumble, the 2000 WCW film that stars David Arquette and Oliver Platt that led to Arquette's WCW World title win.
* MadBull, the 1977 film starring Alex Karas as pro wrestler "Mad Bull" Karkus, whose personal life has been on the skids since his wife abandoned him because of his controversial career and gets a new lease on life when he falls in love, but has to protect that love from a deranged stalker.
* Below The Belt, a 1980 film starring Regina Baff as waitress Rosa Rubinsky, who enters the world of professional wrestling.
* The Backyard, the 2002 documentary on the world of backyard wrestling.
* Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters, a 1982 movie about a women's wrestler who wants to retire but has to keep going to help pay for her brother's surgery.
* Luchamania: La Batalla por Mexico, a collection of lucha matches including the feud between Rey Misterio Sr. and Psicosis.
* Wrestlemaniac, the 2006 horror film starring Rey Misterio Sr. as a deranged serial killing Luchador who was the product of genetic tampering by the Mexican government.