WWE: Hell in a Cell 2022 Note, New Executive Level Hiring, Creed Bros on NXT Tag Team Title Win

Hell in a Cell 2022 Google Searches

The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer reported in Monday’s Daily Update that WWE’s Hell in a Cell 2022 event this past Sunday generated around 200,000 searches and a #12 ranking on Google for that day.

Meltzer reported that Cody Rhodes was the highest searched WWE talent at 200,000 searches and a #13 ranking for that day.

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WWE Hires New Executive Vice President & Head of Marketing

WWE announced that they have recently hired Catherine Newman to be their new Executive Vice President & Head of Marketing in the company.

Prior to her hiring, Newman had mostly recently worked for English soccer club Manchester as their Chief Marketing Officer of Manchester United Media.

Official press release:

WWE^® NAMES CATHERINE NEWMAN EVP & HEAD OF MARKETING

STAMFORD, Conn., June 6, 2022 – WWE^® (NYSE: WWE) today announced that Catherine Newman has been named Executive Vice President and Head of Marketing.

Newman brings more than two decades of executive experience to WWE including her most recent role as Chief Marketing Officer of Manchester United Media. She has also held senior positions at The Times of London and Financial Times, leading global marketing initiatives, developing strategic partnerships, and boosting subscription growth across various products.

As part of WWE’s senior leadership team, Newman’s oversight will include Marketing, Brand, Community Relations, Entertainment Relations, Creative Services and Photography.

She is a graduate of Loughborough University, a Chartered Institute of Marketing Postgraduate from Buckinghamshire New University and a Fellow & Mentor in the Marketing Academy, United Kingdom.

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Creed Brothers Comment on Winning NXT Tag Team Championship

This past Saturday’s NXT In Your House 2022 event featured a NXT Tag Team Championship match between the Creed Brothers and champions Pretty Deadly, which was won by the Creed Brothers.

Following the event, WWE held an interview with the Creed Brothers, Julius and Brutus Creed. One of the topics discussed was their thoughts on winning the NXT Tag Team Championship.

Julius Creed – “It feels good. In March 2020 he called me because he was at the NCAA Tournament and they canceled the NCAA Tournament on him because of COVID. What I told him as I was getting prepared for the Olympic Trials was, ‘If the biggest things you can take away from the work that you put in are materialistic accolades that will sit in a trophy case and gather dust, then you’re a failure as a person. That training went to waste. What’s more important is the characteristics and attributes that develop through that hard work; doing things the right way, waking up at the right time, putting in the work, being diligent, living the right kind of lifestyle.’ Long before we were ever NXT Tag Team Champions, we put the Champion work in and we’ve lived the Champion lifestyle. That’s probably what we’re most proud about coming out of this. Diamond Mine has hit a rough patch lately, but all families do. Families fight. We had a lot of fights growing up sharing bunk beds and sharing bedrooms. On our first trip to Florida, actually, he dropped my Rock action figure out the window of the van and we ended up fist-fighting in the backseat on that ride, and that was the first time we ever went to Florida. Now we’re here in Florida, it’s a lifelong dream come true, Diamond Mine’s got some gold, and not only has The Diamond Mine Era continued but The Creed Era begins now.”

Brutus Creed – “I’d like to say, growing up it was always a dream and a goal. We’d be playing with action figures down in the basement when we should have been cleaning the basement. All we could remember is how we wanted to be this one day. I remember calling him before the tryout and I said, ‘Julius, I had a feeling that God touched me when I was playing with those action figures and he knew that we were going to be something when we came here.’ I knew before the tryout that we were going to be something. I knew before we even got signed that we were going to be something. Now here we are, later on, and we have the gold. I can’t even think about it right now, it hasn’t hit me all the way that we hold the NXT Tag Team Championships right now. I just want to say thank you to everyone; family, friends, and God, especially. Without that, it wouldn’t be possible.”

EXCLUSIVE: The NEW #WWENXT Tag Team Champions @BrutusCreedwwe and @JuliusCreedWWE have ascended higher in the tag team division through all the sacrifice, as they welcome this emotional victory with arms wide open.#NXTIYH pic.twitter.com/5fL3l3MBg2

— WWE (@WWE) June 5, 2022

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com