...Examining a Business Failure University of Phoenix Organizational Leadership LDR/531 Kenya King January 25, 2010 Examining a Business Failure Seven years ago a very successful business man named Vince McMahon wanted to expand his business but in an innovative way. Mr. McMahon was and still is President of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He has successfully taken a product and marketed it worldwide. His primary demographic is 12-24yr olds but WWE has hooked a much broader crowd. The irony in the success is the wrestling matches are scripted and a winner is pre-determined. The fans, though they know this, don’t seem to care. After all, it’s called WWE. In 2000, Mr. McMahon set his sights on buying the Canadian Football League but was thwarted when the governors of the CFL didn’t support the buyout. Thus, the XFL was born as a joint venture between the XFL and NBC. The XFL was a single entity league meaning that all teams were owned by the XFL. There were 8 teams total, games were played on Sat nights and televised on NBC, and players were made up of former NFL players and athletes from all over the world. The XFL would play immediately after the NFL Super Bowl and play 10 games over a 2 month period. Player salaries were structured based on position played with bonuses going to winning teams. Since this was a football league Mr. McMahon knew he had to have a strategic change to differ his league from the NFL. For example, there was no longer...
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...Is Pro Wrestling fake or real? (07/31/2015) EN1320 Comp1 Research Paper IIT-Tech As long time avid fan of pro wrestling I always get ask is pro wrestling is fake? Sure pro wrestling is a male oriented soap opera, that storylines and matches do have predetermined outcome. Predetermined meaning the refs, wrestlers and bookers know who is going to win or lose a match before the actual match starts. Yes the hazards can be real inside the squared circle because if a wrestler receives or takes a “bump” the wrong way. It could be a career ending injury that wrestler might not even wrestle again. That being said every pro wrestler trains day in and day out to insure nobody gets hurt in the squared circle. For the untrained eye or people who don’t follow wrestling do not factor that in. Now the question that is always topic of debate about pro wrestling is it a sport or entertainment? Pro wrestling is part entertainment part sport because Greco Roman wrestling style it uses. The moves preformed like headlocks, suplexs and slams come from the Greco Roman wrestling style. Pro wrestling uses “Gimmicks” meaning the persona, usually artificially created; one has in order to draw fan interest. Here is where the entertainment comes into play for pro wrestling. Without the entertainment aspect of it, pro wrestling would boring, stale and not really fun to watch. Who wouldn’t want to watch a guy named “Dude Love” an overweight guy wearing tie dye, sunglasses and talking like a throwback...
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...currently signed to WWE, but abruptly left the company on January 27, 2014. He is titled in the company as "the longest-reigning WWE Champion of the modern era", having held the title for 434 days from November 20, 2011 to January 27, 2013. Punk is officially recognized as the sixth-longest reigning champion of all time.[10][11] In June, after pinning WWE Champion John Cena on Raw,[138] Rey Mysterio at Capitol Punishment[139]and finally Alberto Del Rio again in a contendership match (which included Mysterio) all within one week, Punk revealed his contract would expire at Money in the Bank and vowed to leave the company with theWWE Championship; some of his speeches and mannerisms echoed his final months with Ring of Honor. After making a scathing on-air speech concerning the way in which WWE is run and its owner Vince McMahon, he was given a storyline suspension from televised WWE events[140] but was reinstated the following week on Cena's insistence.[141] Upon his return, Punk ceased to appear with the remaining members of Nexus and the group quietly dissolved that month.[142] This helped transition him from a villainous character back to being afan-favorite. Two weeks later, at Money in the Bank, CM Punk defeated John Cena to become the WWE Champion on his final night under contract with WWE.[141] On July 21, Punk made a surprise appearance at a joint WWE-Mattel panel at the San Diego Comic Con, to mock new Chief Operating Officer Triple H and offer WWE Championship tournament...
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...Embracing DNA, Expanding Horizons: The Panda Turns Fifty Sherine Jayawickrama December 2011 Produced for discussion at the Role of Brand in the Nonprofit Sector conference on December 8, 2011, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. Embracing DNA, Expanding Horizons: The Panda Turns Fifty The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was established fifty years ago to save endangered species from extinction. The first WWF office was established in Switzerland in April 1961 and the second was established in the United States in December of that year. Fifty years later, WWF is one of the largest conservation organizations in the world, operating in more than 100 countries and employing more than 5,000 staff. WWF is a global network of 30 self-governed national offices, five WWF associates operating under different names, and dozens of program offices each working under the direction of a national office. Over the years, WWF’s work has expanded beyond species conservation to include habitat preservation and pollution reduction. Acknowledging this expanded scope, the global organization changed its name in 1986 to the World Wide Fund for Nature. However, WWF offices in the United States and Canada retained the original name and, in 2001, the WWF network decided to use the original acronym “WWF” as its one global name. Notwithstanding the different names, WWF’s logo—the iconic panda—is cherished by the entire WWF network. Inspired by a popular panda named Chi Chi at the London zoo...
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...The Emergence of a Champion By: Paul Heyman, Executive Vice President of Marketing To: Brock Lesnar, Client Subject: The Next Move to Make… To Emerge Date: August 18, 2012 Professor Allison Jones Table of Contents Page Seeking The Best Results by Lining Them Up ........……………………………………………………………………………... 1 The Resume 1 Finishing Strong 2 • Current Obligations 2 • Potential Returns 2 • Stability in Scheduling 2 New-Found Notoriety 3 • The Return of The Big Man 3 • Steady Earnings 3 • The Home Front 3 Crunch Time 4 • Priorities 4 References 5 Figures • Who You Are……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 1 • Brock’s Monumental Return to WWE 2 • UFC 146 Fight Card 3 • Company Logo 4 Seeking the Best Results Mr. Lesnar, you are in quite the interesting stage in your life! Your current 1-year contract with World Wrestling Entertainment is coming to an end in April, & your former employer, the Ultimate Fighting Championships, is in need of a new leader. However, as it stands you aren’t in good standing with your former employer. The easy road would be to re-sign the current contract you are in with World Wresting Entertainment; but you’ve never been one to take the easy road. In addition, according to your own words prior to your UFC title defense, “Brock Lesnar is not a professional wrestler, Brock Lesnar is not a football player, Brock Lesnar is not an entertainer, Brock Lesnar is the UFC World Heavyweight Champion...
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...fastest growing economy!” and so? Wait, what? I was about to say something when the CNN president clapped his hand “You know what this means” he said smiling “Yes sir, Thank you sir!” Hiding my excitement, I booked into the VIP room. A woman appeared that made my heart beats fast. “Ma’am Amy, Hello” I said hugging her and suddenly a cheer was heard. I smiled when I saw her, international supermodel April Agamanos, who looks like a pearl in the sea walked in and luckily she sat beside me she too was shocked when she saw me and congratulated me for my profession then a gorgeous stewardess came and I bleamed when I saw Alexis Sal-ao. The pilot spoke and I discovered that he was no other than Bhryx Tiwang who was recently married to WWE diva, Danielle Tiwang. The landing feels like a slow-motion because of my emotions. Philippines really improved a lot. I straightly went to a 5-star hotel and found out that it was Rose anne Flores’ possession which was designed by herself and was managed by Reycar Mabborang. I switched on the flat-screen TV then a face of an exotic anchorwoman appeared Stephanie Valera narrating the success of the movie of international actress Dr. Kimberly Tayab. She also announced the first Pinay to have ever topped the billboard top 100, the voice of the Philippines champ, Clarisse De Jesus, the most-viewed youtube video of diva Shania Busway and the achievement of an SM artist genuine Aimee Kate Liwaliw. A TIME magazine caught me off-guard...
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...Is Pro Wrestling fake or real? EN1320 Comp1 Research Paper IIT-Tech As long time avid fan of pro wrestling I always get ask is pro wrestling is fake? Sure pro wrestling is a male oriented soap opera, that storylines and matches do have predetermined outcome. Predetermined meaning the refs, wrestlers and bookers know who is going to win or lose a match before the actual match starts. Yes the hazards can be real inside the squared circle because if a wrestler receives or takes a “bump” the wrong way. It could be a career ending injury that wrestler might not even wrestle again. That being said every pro wrestler trains day in and day out to insure nobody gets hurt in the squared circle. For the untrained eye or people who don’t follow wrestling do not factor that in. Now the question that is always topic of debate about pro wrestling is it a sport or entertainment? Pro wrestling is part entertainment part sport because Greco Roman wrestling style it uses. The moves preformed like headlocks, suplexs and slams come from the Greco Roman wrestling style. Pro wrestling uses “Gimmicks” meaning the persona, usually artificially created; one has in order to draw fan interest. Here is where the entertainment comes into play for pro wrestling. Without the entertainment aspect of it, pro wrestling would boring, stale and not really fun to watch. Who wouldn’t want to watch a guy named “Dude Love” an overweight guy wearing tie dye, sunglasses and talking like a throwback 1960's hippie...
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...Case Study #2 World Wrestling Entertainment Under the leadership of CEO, Vince McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has become one of the most popular entertainment brands in the world. WWE strives to keep its exposure to the 35 million fans and attract new viewers by using various customer facing platforms from live wrestling matches to mobile apps. McMahon clearly understands what the fans want and has been innovating and improving ways to satisfy their needs in the entertainment industry. McMahon’s entrepreneurial spirit and continual efforts to stay competitive have allowed WWE to become successful. Although there are a few direct competitors in the wrestling entertainment business, WWE has to watch out an emerging competitor in the combat sport such as Ultimate Fighter Championship (UFC). After 12 years of working at his father’s company, McMahon acquired the firm from his father in 1982 and named it World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Aggressive and ambitious man he was, he knew that he could transform the business into a global brand if the firm had implemented different strategies. Since the acquisition, McMahon has been continually innovating and adapting various customer facing platforms to maintain its competitive advantage. In order to grow the business from regional to national, McMahon started broadcasting his matches across the country to reach out to new audiences. As a result, he eliminated many of the rivals, and people gradually began to have more...
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...It is the time of the year where WWE fans are looking back on the year that was while also looking ahead to the new year with hope that 2015 will be a better year than 2014 was. One of the things that is on a lot of people’s minds is whether or not The Undertaker will wrestle at WrestleMania 31. The latest bit of news about The Undertaker is that WWE wants him to work because he’s making around $1 million per year and they want to get a return on their investment, so to speak. If he does wrestle at WrestleMania 31 then his likely opponent is Bray Wyatt. At this point, nobody really knows if he’ll compete and we probably won’t find out for sure for another month or two. Next year’s WrestleMania could be the time where he decides not to come back. Maybe he can get inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015 or even better in 2016 in his home state of Texas since it’s going to be in Dallas. Whatever he decides, fans should respect him because of all that he’s done in his amazing career. Nobody deserves our respect more than him. What if he doesn’t wrestle, though? He’s at a point in his life where he really doesn’t need to wrestle anymore. He has a wife (Michelle McCool) who he has a daughter with, he has other children from previous marriage and he’s done enough to entertain us. There really is nothing left for him to do. Should he wrestle or should he retire for good? It’s a debate fans will have for several months and then in the years that follow. I’ve been at three of the past...
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...English 1301 21 Feb 2013 The Rock He is a three-time world wrestling federation champion and a two time intercontinental champion. He was born on May 2, 1972 is 6’5 and weighs 275 pounds. He goes by the name Dwayne Johnson, calls himself the “People’s Champion” and otherwise known as “The Rock.” Other than having the pretty face that Hollywood was looking for, The Rock had to go through many steps as an “actor” before he became well known. However, the rock graduated from the University of Miami as an all -American Football player. Right away, he was entered into the realm of entertainment. This in turn was called a secondary effect because The Rock being a football player was entertainment and attracted the media’s attention. He was ready to enter the world of a celebrity and a star. The public considers the Rock to be a celebrity being that he has gone from music, to commercials, to sports, and journalism. He has starred on Saturday Night Live, That 70’s Show, and will soon be featured in the sequel to “The Mummy” as the Scorpion King. He is an entertainer who loves performing for the crowd. As he himself said, “Always entertaining the fans and knowing that I’m entertaining them-that’s the goal, to entertain the fans and noth compares to that.” Each time he appears somewhere knew it adds to his popularity more and more. You start to conform to this so- called “reality.” The Rock plays many different roles and has many different names that one might wonder which he...
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...Cody Gillman Miss L. Smith English IV Period 1 8th October 2012 One of the most significant experiences that I have gone through was Buckmasters World championship. Buckmasters is a world archery competition in Montgomery, Alabama. It is a 3D pop-up competition, which means that you stand in a stand while deer pop-up controlled by a computer. Some pop-ups move at a rate of 3-5 miles per hour. There is a 6X6 black aluminum pad that you have to hit in order to gain the points for that target. These targets are set at distances up to 0-60 yards. There is a qualifying round and the actual world championship. I had to compete with 80 people at the qualifier and 40 people at the World championship. The coolest experience about this was that I got to meet professional bow hunters and national archer competeters. The most nerve racking part is standing up In front of 500 people with spot lights on you shooting at deer on channel 3 news. It was a great experience because I got to go through all of this with my brother, he was also competing. I got to see famous hunters face to face. It was pretty cool for everybody to sit and watch me shoot on T.V. I was very nervouse because you only get one chance. If you miss a shot then its over, you have to hit every target in order to have a chance to win. The winner of Buckmasters is 25,000 dollars and two Artic cat fourwheelers. It was a very neat experience and glad that I made it! I ended up placing 22nd...
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...When I went to the store there was a coolboy hello and and andand nad ndn n kdn k n ln k n lkn k nep ifei eo neci nweioc nnoi n in n iojij koc pkc owp kpow kpo wp kpok pwocwe w ecw cw w w wokwoepkwpokwpok edkoe ko eko cc When I went to the store there was a coolboy hello and and andand nad ndn n kdn k n ln k n lkn k nep ifei eo neci nweioc nnoi n in n iojij koc pkc owp kpow kpo wp kpok pwocwe w ecw cw w w wokwoepkwpokwpok edkoe ko eko cc When I went to the store there was a coolboy hello and and andand nad ndn n kdn k n ln k n lkn k nep ifei eo neci nweioc nnoi n in n iojij koc pkc owp kpow kpo wp kpok pwocwe w ecw cw w w wokwoepkwpokwpok edkoe ko eko cc When I went to the store there was a coolboy hello and and andand nad ndn n kdn k n ln k n lkn k nep ifei eo neci nweioc nnoi n in n iojij koc pkc owp kpow kpo wp kpok pwocwe w ecw cw w w wokwoepkwpokwpok edkoe ko eko cc When I went to the store there was a coolboy hello and and andand nad ndn n kdn k n ln k n lkn k nep ifei eo neci nweioc nnoi n in n iojij koc pkc owp kpow kpo wp kpok pwocwe w ecw cw w w wokwoepkwpokwpok edkoe ko eko cc When I went to the store there was a coolboy hello and and andand nad ndn n kdn k n ln k n lkn k nep ifei eo neci nweioc nnoi n in n iojij koc pkc owp kpow kpo wp kpok pwocwe w ecw cw w w wokwoepkwpokwpok edkoe ko eko cc When I went to the store there was a coolboy hello and and andand nad ndn n kdn k n ln k n lkn k nep ifei eo neci nweioc nnoi n in n iojij koc pkc owp...
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...wrestler signed to WWE. He is titled in the company as "the longest-reigning WWE Champion of the modern era", having held the title for 434 days from November 20, 2011 to January 27, 2013. Punk is officially recognized as the sixth-longest reigning champion of all time. In professional wrestling, Punk is a seven-time World Champion, having held the ROH World Championship and ECW Championship once each, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the WWE Championship twice. He won the World Tag Team Championship (with Kofi Kingston) and the WWE Intercontinental Championship, making him the 19th WWE Triple Crown Champion and the fastest man in WWE history to achieve this feat, in 203 days.[11] Between WWE and Ring of Honor (where he is a two-time World Tag Team Champion), Punk has won a total of 11 championships. He won the 2008 and 2009 Money in the Bank ladder matches (the only wrestler to win the match twice[12]) and the 2011 Superstar of the Year Slammy Award Punk initially came to prominence through his career on the professional wrestling independent circuit, primarily as a member of the ROH roster. There, he was the first head trainer of the ROH wrestling school. Also while competing in ROH, Punk won both the company's championships. In 2005, Punk signed a contract with WWE and was sent to its developmental promotion, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he won every championship available in that promotion. On June 24, 2006, Punk made his WWE television debut...
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...Born Vince Kennedy McMahon, Vince McMahon has a net worth of $967 million. He is a wrestling promoter and announcer, occasional wrestler, announcer, wrestling commentator, actor, and film producer. McMahon is also known for pioneering pay-per-view. McMahon was born on August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina, and is a third generation wrestling promoter. McMahon was raised by a single mother, and a string of step-fathers after his father left while he was a kid. McMahon did not meet his father until he was twelve years old. He is married to Linda McMahon, whom he married on August 26, 1966. The couple has two kids together, Stephanie and Shane; both having involvement in the company their father built. The WWE is the primary source...
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...WWE has been around since the 1950’s, with a troubled beginning to their history. Flashforward sixty years, and a completely different company exists, thanks to Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Thanks to the third generation of McMahon to run the company, Vince took the company into new realms. Over a forty-year period, Vince eliminated any form of serious competition by either stealing talent or buying competition out. In today’s decade, Vince still is in charge with the help of Stephanie McMahon and her husband Triple H. This same process is taking place as WWE is snipping talent, only the best, from its limited competition. Some of these superstars have already become top faces of the company. As these superstars have succeeded, the company has succeeded as well, plowing a...
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