HBO & Former WCW Worker Creating Wrestling Drama Submitted by Brad Ingles on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 10:33 AM EST
HBO and TV icon Norman Lear will work together to produce a new pro wrestling drama. Former WCW VP of Marketing Aaron Blitzstein is the writer for the show. The series will take place in the 1970s and focus on a family running a pro wrestling business in New York.
"Every day was the greatest day ever and the worst day you could possibly imagine," Blitzstein recalls about his time at WCW. "I've never seen more colorful people than pro wrestlers."
"It was more of mom-and-pop type of feel back then," said Blitzstein about the 1970s. "And it was a little bit more ridiculous and fun.
