Press Release:
Upstart campaign will make sure Deaf and Hard of Hearing wrestling fans will now get subtitles on all media releases. Wrestling with Subtitles is a campaign that is trying to gather the attention of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and o ther wrestling enterprises to start including subtitles on their DVDs, Blu-Rays, and other media releases. Started by Max Zaleski, an American Sign Language student and avid wrestling fan; within days of its creation, the campaign (headed on social media site Twitter) caught the attention of WWE personality Dolph Ziggler. Within a week, the cause had over 100 followers and had some big name endorsements from the likes of American Sign Language Comedian Keith Wann, former WWE Diva Gail Kim, and current WWE wrestler Jack Swagger. Mainly online, Wrestling with Subtitles has a strong presence on Twitter (Follow @WrestleSubtitle), and a fledgling Facebook page. The cause focuses on wrestling because, as of this writing, their releases do not include subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
About Max Zaleski and Wrestling with Subtitles Max Zaleski was born and raised in the Seattle area, quickly being turned onto professional wrestling in the mid-nineties. In high school, he began taking sign language classes and went onto college to become an interpreter for the Deaf before the program was scrapped due to budget cuts. He works for a wrestling game online as a manager of one of their servers, and the game boasts over 1,000 unique players daily.
Contact Wrestling with Subtitles Max Zaleski MaxAZaleski@hotmail.com https://twitter.com/WrestleSubtitle https://www.facebook.com/WrestlingWithSubtitles
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