WWE beat writers?

[housejd]

Do they exist? I've heard they do? If they do, where are they? Just a curious question.

 

[Omar_dont_scare]

Most of them operate out of Stamford, Conn., although there's also a bureau in Parts Unknown.

 

[sportschick]

Hehehehehehe, WWE isn't a sport, so this is probably the wrong board to be asking that.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Alex Marvez (Longtime NFL writer) used to write a syndicated wrestling column...

I think it's only a matter of time before papers are going to have to give UFC serious coverage.

The difference of course is that wrestling coverage should go in the entertainment section while the UFC stuff should be in sports...

 

[EmbassyRow]

Alex Marvez still writes that column. He gives UFC/MMA/what-have-you pretty decent coverage within said column.

 

[friend of a friend]

Do they exist? I've heard they do? If they do, where are they? Just a curious question.

This is a joke, right?

 

[Claws for Concern]

Check out wwe.com today and you'll see that the events of Monday's Raw show will actually be reported on in at least one newspaper.


here's the link: http://www.timesleader.com/news/breakingnews/20070612_12wwe_breaking.html

 

[jambalaya]

Alex Marvez (Longtime NFL writer) used to write a syndicated wrestling column...

I think it's only a matter of time before papers are going to have to give UFC serious coverage.

The difference of course is that wrestling coverage should go in the entertainment section while the UFC stuff should be in sports...

My contention is UFC will continue to grow until some fighter steps forward and says he threw a match. It's inevitable. It's going to happen one day.

That's when the gravy train Dana White is riding will crash like a crack addict who has used up his junk.

 

[ZummoSports]

Do they exist? I've heard they do? If they do, where are they? Just a curious question.

They're in their parents' basements.

 

[Batman]

There are guys who write wrestling columns, BLOGS! and the like. Dave Meltzer is one who has a pretty good reputation for reporting on the behind the scenes stuff. Contract signings, comings and goings, upcoming feuds and storylines, things like that. I'd imagine the reporting style would be similar to covering the entertainment industry.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Do they exist? I've heard they do? If they do, where are they? Just a curious question.

It would look a lot like this.

 

[BigRed]

The Charleston (SC) Post and Courier has a guy who does a WWE/wrestling column for them every Sunday, and I've also seen WWE coverage in the Chicago Sun-Times from a writer who has to be using a pen name: Blackjack Brown.

 

[Gold]

The Daily News has The Slammer, who writes a funny column about the WWE.

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

Bill Apter, of course.

 

[gospringboks]

Radio station where I grew up (top-30 market) had a weekly call-in show about (then) WWF, WCW, etc.

 

[chazp]

Do they exist? I've heard they do? If they do, where are they? Just a curious question.

This is a joke, right?

FOF, you beat me to it!

 

[doctor x]

Well, why AREN'T there any, gosh-dang it? Waited 30 minutes for the AP optional on McMahon's death last night, never got it and damn near blew deadline!

 

[TyWebb]

Vince died?

 

[housejd]

I know it was a ridiculous question to ask, but I had heard some exist. I thought it was a funny thought, a wrestling beat writer. I was just curious.

And yes, the question was serious. I'm pretty sure most people here have asked a ridiculous question every once in a while themselves. Any journalist that gets on another journalist's ass for asking a question should be considered a bit out of the ordinary, I think. After all, isn't part of our job to ask questions if we don't know the answer?

And isn't it possible I was fishing for some names to contact about a story, perhaps? Hmm.

 

[Meat Loaf]

There are guys who write wrestling columns, BLOGS! and the like. Dave Meltzer is one who has a pretty good reputation for reporting on the behind the scenes stuff. Contract signings, comings and goings, upcoming feuds and storylines, things like that. I'd imagine the reporting style would be similar to covering the entertainment industry.

Makes sense that way.