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Written By WrestlingTruth.com Columnist Roxanne Springer: ravenbrooks_2000@yahoo.com

WWE Films

An aspect of WWE many, many people seem to like dumping on is WWE Films. There have been numerous calls for them to close the division down and call it a loss. Critics and even some fans have viciously panned each movie they have released. They have been primarily been putting out films targeted to the typical wrestling audience, which is certainly not the most proven formula for box office gold. Some say the justification to shutting the entire thing down is WWE Films has yet to produce a “Blockbuster”.

The way I understand it an official “Blockbuster” is a movie that earns over one hundred million box office. It is true that WWE has not achieved that, but neither did any of the big studios until “Jaws” in 1975. Most of the big studios were started in the early 1920’s. It took them 50 years to achieve an official “Blockbuster”. So why is WWE expected to do it right out of the gate? Should all of the major studios been shut down since none of them produced a “Blockbuster” in the first few tries?

I think a wise business decision has been made to change the operation to WWE Studios. Besides the name, other things have changed as well. Instead of feature films they will concentrate more on getting wrestlers guest spots on popular television programs. They will also be working on their own made-for-TV movies and their own cable channel. I could not agree with the move more and think to get the wrestlers more prevalent on the small screen is the way to go. They need to crawl before they can walk, so to speak.

Especially in today’s difficult economic times people are more reluctant than ever to purchase things like movie tickets. Let the public see, admire, and get to know the wrestlers in things other than just wrestling programs first. Let their personalities and natural talents shine through; let the public realize they are more than the pathetic stereotypes so many of them harbor. The wrestlers need to be much more mainstream before expecting the public to plunk down their hard earned money to see them in a movie. If WWE Studios plays its cards right they could be tremendously successful on both the big and small screens.