I'm sure most of you are probably aware that the US Open starts (or technically already started) today. What you might not know though is that most of the TV coverage will be on the USA network, which also shows WWE wrestling.
And, In one of the weirder TV programming schedules I can remember, tonight's US Open will be followed by WWE's Monday Night Raw.
Naturally, rather than having a normal commercial to inform viewers of this, USA decided they'd do some cross-promotion and combine tennis with
By the way, a commercial as ridiculous at this one makes me hope other sports follow suit with cross promotional ads. Some potentially great combinations include:
- Skeet shooting and professional weather ballooning
- Skydiving and alligator wrestling
- IndyCar and Monster Truck Racing
- Handball and Soccer
- Bullfighting and Table Tennis
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