Jamie Iovine Discusses His Year Working For WWE, Meeting Hulk Hogan With Mark Wahlberg
Wrestling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman recently sat down with NTWRK co-founder Jamie Iovine on
The Wrestling Inc. Daily podcast. Jamie, son of Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine talked about his background.
“I come from a background in the music business,” Jamie said. “My father was a very very involved, so to speak, in music in terms of hip-hop and all that stuff. He helped create Beats by Dre and eventually what became Apple Music on iTunes. Through the music business, I became a touring festival DJ. I did a lot of raves and EDM festivals. Wrestling was always a deep passion of mine even in that stuff.
Jamie Iovine On Becoming A Promoter And The Need To Save The Independent Scene
NTWRK co-founder Jamie Iovine was on today’s episode of
The Wrestling Inc. Daily where he and Wrestling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman discussed Iovine’s Prochella pro wrestling show that was recently postponed. Iovine first discussed why he wanted to be a pro wrestling promoter.
“My dream was always to be a wrestler. That was the dream from the beginning, and as I told you, at the time when I was doing music or when I was doing my other jobs, I didn’t have a way to do that,” Iovine admitted. “I didn’t know how to get into a wrestling school. I didn’t know where to go to do these things. Now there are schools everywhere. Everybody has a school, and I’ve been actively training and trying to become an in-ring competitor myself.
Wrestling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman is back to host the latest episode of The Wrestling Inc. Daily podcast, which you can listen to via the player above. The Wrestling Inc Daily is released Monday-Friday afternoon. Click HERE to subscribe on iTunes.
Today’s episode features:
Christy Olson joining Nick to talk all the pro wrestling news from the last twenty-four hours. Including: AEW Dynamite seeing a big dip in viewership Reported controversy backstage in AEW around comments Jim Ross made WWE management reportedly getting the message with low RAW ratings Triple H creating an “NXT of NXT” Backstage news on Lars Sullivan on WWE TV