WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced “WWE Campus Rush,” a
multi-campus college athlete recruitment tour which will visit top
NCAA Division I universities in search of the next generation of
WWE Superstars.
WWE Superstars such as Big E, Bianca Belair, Omos, Madcap Moss
and Raquel Rodriguez, all of whom have transitioned from college
athletics to a career in WWE, will address student athletes at each
tour stop and educate them about the global leader in sports
entertainment. In conjunction with each university, student
athletes will learn about WWE’s “Next In Line” (NIL) program and
the resources that they can utilize including brand building,
social media, fan engagement, media training and more. Each stop of
the tour will include a lively competition that features student
athletes facing off on the microphone to cut the best WWE-style
promo.
“WWE Campus Rush” will begin tomorrow, October 12 at the
University of Mississippi and will visit a total of eight
universities from five conferences during the fall semester,
including:
- University of Mississippi – Tomorrow, October 12
- Georgia Tech – Thursday, October 13
- Clemson University – Tuesday, October 25
- Boise State University – Tuesday, November 8
- University of Arkansas – Wednesday, November 9
- Ohio State University – Tuesday, November 15
- University of Kansas – Tuesday, December 6
- Penn State University – Wednesday, December 7 *Schedule
subject to change
Looking ahead to 2023, ‘WWE Campus Rush” will visit the
University of Florida, University of Michigan, Michigan State
University, University of North Carolina, Texas A&M University,
University of Oklahoma, Auburn University, University of Illinois,
and Northwestern University.
“WWE Campus Rush will serve as a core pillar in our commitment
to finding the next generation of WWE Superstars among today’s
elite college athletes,” said James Kimball, WWE’s Head of Talent
Operations and Strategy. “The talent pipeline from college sports
to WWE has proven to be effective, as evidenced by current
champions Roman Reigns and Bianca Belair, and we are looking
forward to visiting major college campuses around the country to
introduce ourselves in a new way.”
WWE launched its “Next In Line” program in December 2021 and
currently has 25 active athletes with NIL partnerships. Three
athletes from the inaugural class have joined the company following
their graduation from school and have started training full-time at
the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla.
Additionally, WWE has exclusively hosted more than 100 college
athletes from more than a dozen different sports at multi-day
talent tryouts in 2022. WWE signed nearly 50 athletes from those
events in a growing effort to find the most talented athletes in
the world.
Learn more about the path to WWE at wwerecruit.com.
About WWE
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media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment.
The Company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and
deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE
is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television
programming, premium live events, digital media and publishing
platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1
billion homes worldwide in 30 languages through world-class
distribution partners including NBCUniversal, FOX, BT Sport, Sony
India and Rogers. The award-winning WWE Network includes all
premium live events, scheduled programming and a massive
video-on-demand library and is currently available in more than 180
countries. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service,
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to recruit key performers; the possibility of a decline in the
popularity of our brand of sports entertainment; the resignation of
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