1.   Ebersol said the change in strategy was made last Tuesday by Vince McMahon, the WWF chairman, at the taping of a wrestling show.

2.   Even matched up against Monday Night Football in the fall, another male-dominated program, the wrestling shows do well.

3.   In fact, look for additional wrestling shows to pop up soon - potentially displacing sitcoms or dramas.

4.   Of course none of this will come to any good without a television contract and there McMahon could use the popularity of his wrestling shows to make a difference.

5.   One entered with the reputation of putting on wild wrestling shows that bent the rules and sold put-on violence and take-it-off sex.

6.   That was when Hamed pulled a stunt reminiscent of a wrestling show.

7.   The granddaddy of all professional wrestling shows came to Boston for the first time with WrestleMania XIV.

8.   The wrestling show has all of the top stars, including Bret Hart, wrestling in the main event against Funk.

9.   They are also looking for new programming and have had talks with various people about acquiring a wrestling show.

10.   They are the scriptwriters and directors of professional wrestling shows.