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Your Story Is
Your Asset.

What are you willing to put on camera?

Casting Application

Management Is
Accepting Applications.

SHOWTIME! is not looking for finished superstars. We are looking for talent with something worth discovering.

Tell Management enough to understand who you are, what makes you compelling, and where your potential may lie. You do not need an exhaustive biography, an encyclopedic moveset, or every detail of your future mapped out.

Leave somewhere to go.

You provide the character. You provide their voice.
Management decides what the audience sees.

Section I

The Handler

What should Management call you?

New to SHOWTIME!? No matter. If you have performed elsewhere, briefly tell Management about your experience.

How frequently can you realistically participate? Management is interested in what you can consistently provide.

Section II

The Talent

Describe what the audience sees.

Who is this person? How do they carry themselves? How do they treat other people? Give Management the essentials.

Tell Management enough history to understand the person arriving at SHOWTIME!. Your character's entire life story is unnecessary.

0 / 250 words

Section III

Raw Potential

Identify one to three qualities that make Management believe this person could become something special. Exceptional size. Technical ability. Athleticism. Intelligence. Charisma. Physical presence. The ability to command a room. A remarkable look. Or something Management has not anticipated. Show us the potential.

What has this character not figured out yet? This is not an invitation to manufacture a weakness. Perhaps they are physically gifted but inexperienced. Perhaps they are brilliant in the ring but uncomfortable speaking. Perhaps they are magnetic but undisciplined. Perhaps they have the look of a star but have not yet discovered who they are. Give Management somewhere to take them.

Not what you want them to win. What does the character believe they need right now? Recognition? Money? Attention? Respect? Belonging? Power? Revenge? Validation? Something else entirely?

Section IV

Presentation

What song represents this character? This does not need to be an entrance song. Choose something that captures who they are — their personality, atmosphere, emotional state, philosophy, or simply the way you imagine them.

Your character has approximately thirty seconds to travel from the entrance to the ring. What does the audience see? Do not concern yourself with elaborate lighting cues, pyro, camera directions, or production effects. Management wants to see the person walking toward the ring. How do they move? Who do they acknowledge? Who do they ignore? What small behavior tells the audience exactly who they are? Keep it brief. Make it theirs.

Give Management one recognizable gesture, pose, movement, or brief verbal cue unique to this character.

You may provide up to three images that communicate this character's visual identity. These do not need to be literal photographs of exactly what the character looks like. Clothing, artwork, textures, fashion, imagery, or other visual inspiration is welcome.

Up to three images.

Section V

In the Ring

Management is interested in identity, not move-counting.

Describe how this character wrestles in a few sentences.

Basic maneuvers this character uses frequently.

Distinctive maneuvers strongly associated with this character. Names are welcome, but not required.

Section VI

Character Insight

A motivation. A contradiction. An insecurity. An unusual habit. Something you hope we notice. You are not required to use this space.

SHOWTIME! is a production. Storylines, match outcomes, segments, and character development are directed by Management. Management respects clearly established personal boundaries. Are there any subjects, themes, or situations you do not want incorporated into stories involving your character?

Promotional Sample

Promotional Sample

Optional.

The cameras are on.

Give Management a brief example of this character speaking in their own voice.

This does not need to be a finished segment or a response to another wrestler.

We simply want to hear them.

Section VII

Why SHOWTIME!?

Management is not interested in a sales pitch. Tell us what caught your imagination.

⚠ Understand the Network

You Create the Character.
You Provide Their Voice.
You Tell Management Who They Are.

From there, the Network takes over.

Creative direction, storylines, match outcomes, segments, and character development are handled internally. Your promos and characterization provide Management with the material necessary to understand your character and determine where they may belong.

If your character reaches a certain level: Management will challenge you creatively.

Advancement within SHOWTIME! may mean being asked to take your character somewhere you did not originally envision. Their presentation, direction, identity, or role within the Network may evolve as their story develops.

How that happens — and what Management sees in your character — is part of the experience.

If the possibility of seeing your creation become something you did not entirely anticipate excites you, you may be exactly the kind of talent Management is looking for.

Your submission goes directly to Management.