WWE star Rhea Ripley on the nexus of wrestling and media, and CBS Sports senior writer Matt Norlander on covering the NCAA Tournament

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Episode 284 of the Sports Media podcast features WWE star Rhea Ripley and CBS Sports senior writer and college basketball analyst for CBS Sports HQ Matt Norlander. In this podcast, Ripley discusses how a WWE performer navigates interviews where some people want her in character and storyline and other interviewers want to talk about the business of wrestling; being part of a major media and cultural event in the calendar — WrestleMania — which takes place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on April 1 and April 2; how to promote her brand; what kind of media training she has received; how she determines whom or with what outlet she will speak to; navigating social media; scripted vs. improvisation, the rush of an arena of fans hating you; and more. Norlander discusses the most challenging part of covering the NCAA Tournament; the access he receives; why there are more national writers covering college football than college basketball; how basketball coaches and administrators feel about college football dictating their schedules; the best player and coach interviews in the sport, and why this year’s tournament is wide open. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.4	Hey, everybody. This is Richard Deich. Welcome to the Sports Media podcast. My producer is Patrick Antonetti. Two guests this week. Two very different guests, but two great conversations. First up, WWE star Ria Rickley. One of the great performers right now in WWE. She will be performing at Wrestling Mania, which takes place at SoFi Stadium and Inglewood on April 1st and April 2nd.
1:02.7	She is going against Charlotte Flair.
1:06.5	And Ria and I had a really good conversation on the nexus of being sort of part of the
1:11.4	WWE and media.
1:13.9	How one goes about promoting, what kind of media training has she received, how does she
1:19.1	determine between like what outlet she will speak with or not speak with, navigating
1:24.8	social media.
1:25.8	And then one of the interesting things is about when some people
1:28.4	want her in character in an interview and then others want to talk about sort of the business
1:33.7	of professional wrestling, which I would say this conversation fell more into. So I really
1:40.0	admire her journey and she's a great performer, you know, athletic as hell and just
1:45.5	really, really interesting. So Rear Ripley to start, I think that's something you'll enjoy
1:49.0	even if you're not a professional wrestling watcher. She is followed by Matt Norlander, who is
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