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Zack Ryder has debuted a new series on YouTube.
The show is called 'Zack Ryder's Last ReZort', and is a blatant attempt to help Ryder get into the main event scene before his contract runs out. Not my words, Ryder actually says so.
Ryder's became one of the company's biggest stars after producing his own YouTube show, 'Z! The True Long Island Story' in 2011. The comedy show was filmed, written, hosted and edited by Zack himself. He made the show with friends, his own father, as well as featuring regular appearances from Dolph Ziggler and John Morrison. Ryder would film the show while at home, or on the road with the company. He would occassionally even film segments in the ring during live WWE shows.
The first show was produced by Ryder who was fed up with being booked as an enhancement talent. Ryder openly admitted that the show was designed to get the attention of WWE Management, whether it was to receive a push or to be released from his contract. After only a month, Ryder quickly became one of the company's most popular superstars with arenas being flooded with members of the 'Ryder Revolution'. At one point, Ryder's merchandise was even outselling John Cena merchandise. Ryder finally received a push at the end of the year, beating Ziggler for the WWE United States Championship.
However, Ryder was immediatly buried. The Raw immediatly after 'TLC - Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2011' had a (typically) low rating, and this was blamed on the current champions for being too small. Punk was WWE Champion, Bryan the World Heavyweight Champion, Cody Rhodes was the Intercontinental Champion, while Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston were the Tag Team Champions. Ryder was the only one punished, being forced to drop the title and buried in a storyline designed to push John Cena for Cena's match against The Rock at WrestleMania 28.
The WWE then launched the new YouTube channel, and instructed Ryder to produce 'Z! True Long Island Story' exclusively on their channel. The show would be heavily edited by the WWE, and Ryder's push became non-existant. Ryder did not get paid a single penny for producing the show for the WWE's YouTube channel, despite fans claiming he had "sold out". Ryder then abandoned the show after the 100th episode, realising that WWE Management would never reward him for making it.
'Last ReZort' is aimed to be a more serious production with the same aims. It can be seen above (credit to TheDoctor for the link).
Zack Ryder has debuted a new series on YouTube.
The show is called 'Zack Ryder's Last ReZort', and is a blatant attempt to help Ryder get into the main event scene before his contract runs out. Not my words, Ryder actually says so.
Ryder's became one of the company's biggest stars after producing his own YouTube show, 'Z! The True Long Island Story' in 2011. The comedy show was filmed, written, hosted and edited by Zack himself. He made the show with friends, his own father, as well as featuring regular appearances from Dolph Ziggler and John Morrison. Ryder would film the show while at home, or on the road with the company. He would occassionally even film segments in the ring during live WWE shows.
The first show was produced by Ryder who was fed up with being booked as an enhancement talent. Ryder openly admitted that the show was designed to get the attention of WWE Management, whether it was to receive a push or to be released from his contract. After only a month, Ryder quickly became one of the company's most popular superstars with arenas being flooded with members of the 'Ryder Revolution'. At one point, Ryder's merchandise was even outselling John Cena merchandise. Ryder finally received a push at the end of the year, beating Ziggler for the WWE United States Championship.
However, Ryder was immediatly buried. The Raw immediatly after 'TLC - Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2011' had a (typically) low rating, and this was blamed on the current champions for being too small. Punk was WWE Champion, Bryan the World Heavyweight Champion, Cody Rhodes was the Intercontinental Champion, while Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston were the Tag Team Champions. Ryder was the only one punished, being forced to drop the title and buried in a storyline designed to push John Cena for Cena's match against The Rock at WrestleMania 28.
The WWE then launched the new YouTube channel, and instructed Ryder to produce 'Z! True Long Island Story' exclusively on their channel. The show would be heavily edited by the WWE, and Ryder's push became non-existant. Ryder did not get paid a single penny for producing the show for the WWE's YouTube channel, despite fans claiming he had "sold out". Ryder then abandoned the show after the 100th episode, realising that WWE Management would never reward him for making it.
'Last ReZort' is aimed to be a more serious production with the same aims. It can be seen above (credit to TheDoctor for the link).
