Joe Otterson TV Reporter Netflix has set the premiere date for a docuseries about the pro wrestling promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling, Variety has learned exclusively. Titled “Wrestlers,” the show will debut on Netflix on Sept. 13.
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Two months ago, when comedian Matt Rife announced his ProbleMATTic World Tour with Live Nation, he moved around 600,000 tickets over the span of just 48 hours, experiencing the culmination of 12 long years on the road.
Remarkably, this was just the artist presale, with Rife ultimately going on to sell 720,000+ tickets to 300 shows, including eight back-to-back at the Chicago Theatre, six at Radio City Music Hall, and four at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut.
A 27-year-old from North Lewisburg, Ohio, Rife had as recently as the summer prior struggled to sell even a hundred tickets a show, though not for lack of hustle. Perhaps the best encapsulation of his determination to succeed came a few months following the emergence of Covid, when he and comedian friend Paul Elia launched Lowkey Outside. A semimonthly, socially distanced comedy show, spun off from one they’d done at The Comedy Store pre-pandemic, Lowkey saw the pair performing for small crowds from the bed of a pick-up truck, in the back of apartment complexes and event spaces across Los Angeles. The duo put their blood, sweat and tears into these shows, not to mention their own funds, and they never generated much money, even as they attracted a range of A-list comics suddenly in need of a place to perform.
Still, the pair here found a creative outlet and managed to stay afloat in historically uncertain times, and this period only strengthened their resolve to bet on themselves. Rife would later double down by self-financing and distributing his first pair of specials, such that when one of his TikTok clips went viral and began getting his name into the zeitgeist, no one could say he hadn’t written his own ticket. Titled “The Lazy Hero,” Rife’s viral Tok led
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Netflix has set the premiere date for a docuseries about the pro wrestling promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling, Variety has learned exclusively. Titled “Wrestlers,” the show will debut on Netflix on Sept. 13.
KCon aka “the world’s largest fan celebration of Korean culture and music” will drop into the City of Angels’ Crypto.com Arena and the Los Angeles Convention Center.Over the course of the long weekend, huge artists like Stray Kids, (G)I-Dle, Itzy, Ateez and NMIXX are all set to headline.They’ll be joined by iconic acts like Monsta X, Everglow, Gravity, The Boyz and Zerobaseone.Plus, Taemin and Taeyong are both set to make their KCon debuts.That’s not to mention all the fun K-beauty, K-food and meet and greets.Want to take part in the action?Thankfully, last-minute tickets are still available.Some are fairly cheap too.At the time of publication, we found passes going for as low as $22 before fees on Vivid Seats.All other passes start in the $60 to $200 range.Hoping to find out how much tickets are to see your favorite K-artists live?Keep reading.We’ve got all the information you need and more below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all KCon event dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available can. be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.
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