Jeff Krauss

So every week, I would call on Monday or Tuesday, have a few venues in play. And if they didn't get it that week, chances are they got it the following. I just reverse engineered the whole thing.

So every week, I would call on Monday or Tuesday, have a few venues in play. And if they didn't get it that week, chances are they got it the following. I just reverse engineered the whole thing.

When the pandemic happened, we're all just sitting in our houses, bored out of our minds. And my business partner, as I told you, he works with wrestlers, he works with football players, he works with baseball players, basketball players, and a lot of them have become friends of ours. So he calls me up and he says, Jeff, I got an idea. We're sitting at home. Everybody's bored out of our minds.

When the pandemic happened, we're all just sitting in our houses, bored out of our minds. And my business partner, as I told you, he works with wrestlers, he works with football players, he works with baseball players, basketball players, and a lot of them have become friends of ours. So he calls me up and he says, Jeff, I got an idea. We're sitting at home. Everybody's bored out of our minds.

Why don't we get our athlete and wrestler friends online to teach classes, meet their fans? Maybe we raise some money for charity. So I said, well, I like the idea of them meeting their fans. and raising money for charity, but we can also do that with celebrities as well. Oh, what a great idea. Let's make some calls. So we called our good friend, Cedric the Entertainer.

Why don't we get our athlete and wrestler friends online to teach classes, meet their fans? Maybe we raise some money for charity. So I said, well, I like the idea of them meeting their fans. and raising money for charity, but we can also do that with celebrities as well. Oh, what a great idea. Let's make some calls. So we called our good friend, Cedric the Entertainer.

Now, when we called him, we basically gave a very skeleton idea. We want to do some events, get celebrities online, meet their fans, raise some money for charities. Loves the idea, but says, I think there could be way more to this than what you're thinking. We could develop a brand out of it. It could be something long-term. Even past the pandemic, digital's not going away.

Now, when we called him, we basically gave a very skeleton idea. We want to do some events, get celebrities online, meet their fans, raise some money for charities. Loves the idea, but says, I think there could be way more to this than what you're thinking. We could develop a brand out of it. It could be something long-term. Even past the pandemic, digital's not going away.

So I said, okay, that's great. We ended up partnering with Cedric. We started brainstorming ideas, concepts, formats, the whole thing. And we ended up creating Fan Room Live. Then we brought on Jay Benjamin, who's a brilliant actor, by the way, producer, very funny guy, very charismatic. He's our executive producer and host. And it's a formatted show.

So I said, okay, that's great. We ended up partnering with Cedric. We started brainstorming ideas, concepts, formats, the whole thing. And we ended up creating Fan Room Live. Then we brought on Jay Benjamin, who's a brilliant actor, by the way, producer, very funny guy, very charismatic. He's our executive producer and host. And it's a formatted show.

meet and greet virtual series where celebrities meet their fans, town hall style, but it's engaging. It's up close and personal. Every celebrity that's done it has come away and said, this was more fun than what I anticipated because it's not like being in a nightclub where you're

meet and greet virtual series where celebrities meet their fans, town hall style, but it's engaging. It's up close and personal. Every celebrity that's done it has come away and said, this was more fun than what I anticipated because it's not like being in a nightclub where you're

fan comes up and they're trying to get to them and it's a whole thing or you're online at a comic con and you know you're being like pushed away by security you get your one on one time to hang out with a celebrity and then you get to watch everybody else and it's this really just beautiful experience that we have created and we get to raise money for charities

fan comes up and they're trying to get to them and it's a whole thing or you're online at a comic con and you know you're being like pushed away by security you get your one on one time to hang out with a celebrity and then you get to watch everybody else and it's this really just beautiful experience that we have created and we get to raise money for charities

I have a few different stories. One story that I always love to go back to is the story with Paul White, the big show, and the Sick Kids. We arranged Paul White to come on to Fandom Live, and we ended up connecting with a charity that brings sick children to wrestling shows. Well, it turns out that one of the kids that was with this charity happens to be a very big fan of Paul White Big Show.

I have a few different stories. One story that I always love to go back to is the story with Paul White, the big show, and the Sick Kids. We arranged Paul White to come on to Fandom Live, and we ended up connecting with a charity that brings sick children to wrestling shows. Well, it turns out that one of the kids that was with this charity happens to be a very big fan of Paul White Big Show.

So we bring on a bunch of the kids onto Fandom Live to meet Paul White. And the one kid that is in the UK Very sick. It just made his day. He was just so over the moon meeting him. He even had his action figures laid out. And Paul says something to him like, wow, you're a great salesman. You even got your action figures all lined up.

So we bring on a bunch of the kids onto Fandom Live to meet Paul White. And the one kid that is in the UK Very sick. It just made his day. He was just so over the moon meeting him. He even had his action figures laid out. And Paul says something to him like, wow, you're a great salesman. You even got your action figures all lined up.

So they're having this great interaction, and somehow it came up. Paul took his shirt that he was wearing off his back, signed it, and gave it to the charity. And they hung out for about 15 minutes. It was beautiful. But We had that recorded, we posted it a few days later, and something very, very interesting happened. A friend of mine that's a wrestling podcaster named Rob Wilds.

So they're having this great interaction, and somehow it came up. Paul took his shirt that he was wearing off his back, signed it, and gave it to the charity. And they hung out for about 15 minutes. It was beautiful. But We had that recorded, we posted it a few days later, and something very, very interesting happened. A friend of mine that's a wrestling podcaster named Rob Wilds.