TV Commercial Review
Memorable
Effective
Style
Heart or Humor
Execution
Epic
Wieden+Kennedy, New York creates this epic commercial for Fox Sports to celebrate WWE Smackdown’s move from USA to Fox.
Celebrity cameos in this spot include WWE Superstars Austin, John Cena, Kofi Kingston, Becky Lynch, Ric Flair, Charlotte Flair, The Undertaker and The Rock, together with celebrities including Snoop Dogg, Gordon Ramsay. The background music: “I Won’t Do What You Tell Me” (Stone Cold Steve Austin Theme), “Rest In Peace” (The Undertaker theme), “Celtic Invasion” (Becky Lynch Theme).
The campaign consists of four total spots.
Credits
AGENCY: Wieden+Kennedy, New York
EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Karl Lieberman
CREATIVE DIRECTORS: Gary Van Dzura, Christine Gignac
COPYWRITER: Patrick DeYoung
ART DIRECTOR: Meredith Marino
HEAD OF INTEGRATED PRODUCTION: Nick Setounski
SENIOR PRODUCER: Dom Tunon
PRODUCER: Alexey Novikov
ACCOUNT DIRECTOR: Alex Scaros
ACCOUNT SUPERVISOR: Liz Lindberg
PROJECT MANAGER: Carly Lissak
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Patrick O’Donoghue
BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Lindsey Timko
TRAFFIC: Sonia Bisono
PRODUCTION COMPANY: O POSITIVE
DIRECTOR: Brian Billow
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Ralph Laucella, Marc Grill
HEAD OF PRODUCTION: Devon Clark
PRODUCER: Brady Vant Hull
GREEN POINT PICTURES
HEAD OF PRODUCTION: Karen Berkowitz
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Tatiana Rudzinski
PRODUCER: Leo Veras
PRODUCER: Luke Stevens
EDITORIAL COMPANY: FINAL CUT
EDITOR: Michael Dart Wadsworth, Spencer Campbell
POST PRODUCER: Lareysa Smith
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sarah Roebuck
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Sophie Solomon
VFX COMPANY: SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
CREATIVE DIRECTOR/VFX ARTIST: Dirk Greene
VFX ARTIST: Nicholas Renaudeau
MOTION GRAPHICS ARTIST: Phil Brooks
VFX PRODUCER: Alek Rost
TELECINE COMPANY: COLOR COLLECTIVE
COLORIST: Alex Bickel
COLOR ASSIST: Alex Jimenez
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Claudia Guevara
MIX AND SOUND DESIGN COMPANY: MACHINE
MIXER/SOUND DESIGNER: T. Terressa Tate
SOUND ASSIST: Amanda Fuentes
PRODUCER: Alek Rost
