What’s it like to work to work in media relations for WWE?
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Episode 416 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Chris Legentil, the executive vice president of talent relations & head of communications at WWE. In this podcast, Legentil discusses what someone does in both the talent office and for WWE Communications; navigating the daily pro wrestling press and the broader sports and entertainment media that might cover WWE intermittently; this Saturday’s SummerSlam in Cleveland at Cleveland Browns Stadium; who decides on where the performers do press; negotiating contracts with talent; how CM Punk/Phil Brooks has been to work with; whether WWE would consider bringing Ronda Rousey back if she was interested; dealing with reporters who have written on the federal lawsuit accusing former executive Vince McMahon and another former executive of sexual misconduct. where WWE stands directionally on working with AEW on a combined card in the future; the hiring of Joe Tessitore and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. |
| 0:11.5 | I'm your host Richard Dyche. |
| 0:12.4 | My producer is Patrick Antonetti. |
| 0:14.1 | One guest this week, but I think a lot of people are going to find this interesting, particularly people who have an interest in public relations or maybe want |
| 0:23.0 | to head into a non-traditional role in the larger, broader sports media. Chris Legentel is my guest. |
| 0:32.8 | He is the executive vice president of talent relations and head of communications at |
| 0:38.3 | WWE. He has had a long career in high-level sports communications in the media space, |
| 0:47.7 | including working for DeZone. He's here to talk about what I think is a pretty interesting job, |
| 0:53.6 | but I will get the |
| 0:54.9 | promotion out of the way, because if the WWE does anything, it is promotion. SummerSlam is coming |
| 1:02.3 | this Saturday, one of their biggest premium live events being held at Cleveland Browns Stadium, |
| 1:09.5 | airing on Peacock in the United States, |
| 1:12.1 | WWE Network in Canada. |
| 1:15.0 | There's pretty much all the star performers of the WWE will be there |
| 1:20.6 | from CM Punk to Drew McIntyre, Cody Rhodes, Ria Ripley, Bailey, etc. I don't usually, they usually don't sort of like name |
| 1:31.1 | a here as like sort of our signature match, but it probably would be Sam Punk versus Drew McIntyre |
| 1:36.1 | with Seth Rollins as the special guest referee. And with all that promotion, I bring in Chris |
| 1:43.6 | Flageantel, Chris. |
| 1:44.6 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. |
| 1:46.6 | Thank you so much, Richard. |
| 1:47.9 | I don't even have to hit any plugs now because you've done it all for us. |
| 1:51.1 | Thank you so much. |
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