Long-time cable network HBO has brought together writer Aaron Blitzstein, who spent a couple of years as VP of Marketing for WCW, and television sitcom pioneer Norman Lear (All in the Family, Sanford & Son, Good Times)to produce a drama series about a 1970's New York wrestling promotion entitled "Everybody Hurts."The network that has created such popular shows as "The Wire", The Sopranos", and "Entourage" expect this latest drama, centered around a family-run pro-wrestling company with hints into the lives of the wrestlers and fans, to continue HBO's string of successful ongoing series. While the series goes old school it also proves how wrestling, and life, can come full circle.
“It was post-Watergate, and the U.S. was dealing with an energy crisis and the Iran hostage crisis,” Blitzstein said. “Now we’re dealing with the Bush administration, our soldiers in Iraq and the skyrocketing gas prices. The show is as much about family and politics as it is about wrestling.”
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