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RollerJam was the brainchild of Knoxville, Tennessee-based television writers Ross K. Bagwell Sr. and Stephen Land.Land, a boyhood fan of roller derby, was inspired to bring the sport back to television by an obituary for roller derby legend Joan Weston that he had read in The New York Times in May 1997, and shared his idea with Bagwell, his mentor, who gave him a positive response. [2]
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The Tragic City Rollers is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Birmingham, Alabama. Founded in 2005 Founded in 2005 Tragic City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).
The show paved the way for a revival ten years later with the 1999 premiere of The New TNN's WSL RollerJam, where former RollerGames skaters Richard Brown, Patsy Delgado and Ray Robles skated. In January 2008, RollerGames coproducer David Sams announced that he "intends to put banked-track Roller Sports back on Television and the Internet in 2008."
RollerJam brought roller derby back to television for the first time since 1989 when syndicated markets aired RollerGames. Prior to RollerJam, Universal Studios Stage 21 in Orlando played host to Jimmy Hart's XWF wrestling promotion. It is now the home of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Upon retirement, he and then-wife Suzanne moved to the U.S. and both landed spots on The Nashville Network/The New TNN's roller derby revival RollerJam. [2] Both skated for the Florida Sundogs the first two seasons, then the California Quakes the final two. After RollerJam ended in 2001, Pasi began focusing on his acting and modeling careers. [3]
This is a list of notable roller derby leagues, [note 1] and may include those that are no longer in existence. Existence dates, where known, are included to provide a timeline charting the sport's growth cycles.
The history of roller derby traces the evolution of roller skating races into a unique sport which underwent several boom-and-bust cycles throughout the 20th century. . Although it was a form of sports entertainment for much of its existence, a grassroots, early 21st century revival spearheaded by women has restored an emphasis on ath