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– David McLane spoke with WrestleZone for a new interview promoting the premiere of WOW Women of Wrestling on AXS TV, among others. The highlights are below:
If he ever thought he would get to the same level as he still had with GLOW: "Yes, that's the answer. I always like to think of a question as a yes or no answer. Yes, when I sold GLOW, I knew I was going to do the women's wrestling again. I knew it and I knew that I was going to do it correctly. This is the first time I repeat it is the ultimate dream. This has stars of the independent fight – there was not even one in the 80s, there was not any when WOW was in syndication – we have Santana Garrett, Jessicka Havok, Kiera Hogan who wrestles as "Fire" For us, Abilene Maverick, whom everyone in Texas calls Barbi Hayden We have WOW athletes from home, trained by the Selina Majors – Bambi in Georgia – this is the point culminating in all this dream, open the doors of people who want to be trained, become professional wrestlers, train them properly, then present them on TV.I had no doubt about the fact that I was going to do it again. , and I could finally do it where it was something I was proud of. "
On if Netflix GLOW help WOW get a deal with TV: "It's really a combination of all these" mixers "- I drink some beers on weekends – but I do not drink these badtails, so I do not know how they are made [laughs] In the end, I always see them pouring a little more into the blender, and GLOW was like that. GLOW was the extra mix in the blender. I think the Netflix series has provided everyone – to those who do not even watch the fight – with a glimpse of what it takes to get into the square circle. He showed the general population the fraternity of the 1980s wrestlers who jumped into this ring and did so. That love of sport and brotherhood still exist today, and I think it captured the interest of Mark Burnett – who is another MGM Studios partner with us – I think it resonated with him and others . [To say] "Saint Smokes is something bigger than fighting on Friday night at the local armory." GLOW was that little special mix at the end when I'm at the bar and I see them put in the blender. This quickly put the female fight in the foreground. "
On his goals for the show: "We hope to be live, that's our goal with AXS TV in a few years. We're going to go slowly with them, because just like New Japan Pro-Wrestling, we're going to follow the same method and roll things out slowly, and we're going to make adjustments and tweaks as fans come back. All that said, why look at it? Why look at it? You will see wrestling athletes presented like no other program. The quarrels, the battles, the conflicts, the struggles for domination, the fight for the WOW World Championship, it's not copied, it's unlike any other wrestling program. We really wanted to come up with something that was an alternative wrestling product, and second, a product that the fans wanted to see. Jeanie Buss allowed us to go state by state – we probably went to 12, maybe one or two more – we went to the States and met the fight fans, we are went home, we sat on a couch and watched WOW tapes, other struggles and we asked them what they liked about professional wrestling, what did you want to see, what was missing, etc. A word came out of all these cities – it was fun – they wanted to regain the pleasure in professional wrestling. They wanted something fun, and they wanted something that Mom, Dad and the kids could watch. When I went to the Chicago Amphitheater, it was filled with families and children. They wanted to bring back the children, watch the shows with their families and see the wrestlers presented respectably. Not with a one-minute match on pay-per-view, or something like that. They wanted that to be done properly, they did not want to see women being exploited by guys who watched them in a playful way, or [as Jeanie Buss says] to be "saved by a man all the time". They wanted to see them with respect, and it was an easy package to sell. Let's introduce the women in a one-hour presentation for them. I'm proud, all fathers will be proud, all moms, their children will love. Lovers of fierce struggles, I guarantee you that it will amaze you. "
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