Dan Madigan is an American television producer, author and screenwriter. He is known for his work in the professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 industry, including writing and producing for WWE Smackdown.

While with W.W.E., Madigan developed new characters and storyline (including the infamous Kane/Lita/Matt Hardy pregnancy story arc).

Works

Madigan was the screenwriter for WWE Films

WWE Films

WWE Studios is a Los Angeles-based subsidiary of WWE, Inc., created in 2002 as WWF Films to develop and produce feature film properties.-History:...

' See No Evil

See No Evil (film)

See No Evil is a 2006 horror film directed by Gregory Dark, written by Dan Madigan, produced by Joel Simon, and starring professional wrestler Kane. It is the first major film produced by WWE Films and was released by Lions Gate Entertainment on May 19, 2006.The film went through many different...

(Lionsgate, 2006), and wrote the novelization.

In 2007, Madigan was working with Tobe Hooper

Tobe Hooper

Tobe Hooper is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre. His works include the cult classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , along with its first sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ; the three-time Emmy-nominated Stephen King film adaptation...

, the director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist, regarding an horror project - Tequela Joe.

He is also the author of Mondo Lucha A Go-Go (Harper Collins, 2007) which describes in vivid detail, the world of lucha libre

Lucha libre

Lucha libre is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries, for a form of professional wrestling that has developed within those countries...

 wrestling. For contractural reasons, Mondo was written after his employment at W.W.E. and is dedicated to Madigan's late friend Eddie Guerrero

Eddie Guerrero

Eduardo Gory "Eddie" Guerrero was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into the Guerrero wrestling family. He wrestled in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions...

. SLAM! Sports praised Mondo for appealing to both fans and non-fans, and for its collection of photos and film poster repoductions.

Madigan currently writes the "Bruises and Contusions" blog and other articles under the luchadore name "Baron von Bava" or "Baron von Lustmord" including for ultimodragon.com