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`WWF Fanatic' Series Offers World Television Premieres On Pay-Per-View; The Rock: The People's Champ Premieres in October.


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STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2000

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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:WWFE WWFE World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. ) is pleased to announce a brand new pay-per-view television series - WWF See Windows Workflow Foundation.  Fanatic. The monthly series will offer viewers an inside look at the most popular WWF Superstars WWF Superstars is an arcade game manufactured by Technos and released in 1989. It is the first WWF arcade game to be released. A series of unrelated games with the same title were released by LJN for the original Game Boy.  and pay-per-view events. Based on the WWF's highly successful home video series, each WWF Fanatic Series special will be hosted by a WWF Superstar and will include exclusive, never-before-seen footage.

The first installment in the WWF Fanatic Series will be The Rock: The People's Champ. WWF announcer Jonathan Coachman Jonathan William Coachman[2] (born August 12, 1972) also known as "The Coach" is an American professional wrestling personality, college wrestler, basketball player, and football play-by-play announcer and color commentator, and is best known as an occasional  hosts this special pay-per-view edition of the top-selling video. The Rock will take fans in the ring, backstage and even to The Rock's hometown of Miami. It will also feature some of his greatest matches, promos and interviews. The Rock: The People's Champ premieres on October 1st on pay-per-view at a suggested retail price of $9.95. The Rock: The People's Champ is available throughout the month of October on pay-per-view in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and Canada. Cable and satellite subscribers can contact their provider.

"Pay-per-view has been one of the most successful ingredients in building the WWF brand and we're excited to use it as a medium to bring more WWF programming to our loyal fans," said Greg Castronuovo, vice president of marketing. "The WWF Fanatic Series is a great way for us to continue to grow our pay-per-view business."

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with sales offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
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City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
, Chicago and Toronto. WWFE is an integrated media and entertainment company, engaged in the development, production and marketing of television programming, pay-per-view programming and live events, and the licensing and sale of branded consumer products featuring the highly successful World Wrestling Federation (WWF) brand. The company currently has more than 600 employees and has exclusive contracts with approximately 125 performers. The Company can be found on NASDAQ under the symbol WWFE and online at WWF.com and WWFECORPBIZ.com.
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