Epic Journey of The Rock Video, New WWE Corporate Hire

July 19, 2012

New WWE Corporate Hire

WWE has issued the following press release on its corporate website:

LONDON, July 19, 2012 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced the appointment of Swee Sin Wu as General Manager for the Asia-Pacific region. Wu will be based in Singapore and will report to Ed Wells, WWE Managing Director and Senior Vice President of International.

Wu will be responsible for managing all of WWE’s business units across the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining WWE, Wu worked at WPP’s Global Sportnet (GSN) as its Managing Director, Asia. He was responsible for the media content rights business and represented the commercial interests of Arsenal FC, Clipper World Yacht Race and FC Barcelona in the region.

Prior to a career in sports marketing, Wu held various marketing roles for The Walt Disney Company and was based in Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Taipei respectively. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Certified Professional Marketer of the Asia Pacific Marketing Federation.

Epic Journey of The Rock Video

WWE has posted the following video on its YouTube channel, titled "The Rock: The Epic Journey of Dwayne Johnson:"

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.