Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 12 ga Janairu, 2009, kundin ya zubo a kan intanet. A ranar 19 ga Janairu, NPR.org ta shirya watsa shirye-shiryen kyauta na tsawon mako guda, kafin ainihin sakin. Shafin yanar gizo na Sony BMG na Irish shima ya fara watsa shi. An shirya babban shiri na talla don Springsteen da kundin, wanda ya hada da bayyanuwa a Golden Globe Awards, da Barack Obama shugaban kasa rantsar
, sabon kundin mafi girma, wasan kwaikwayo na Super Bowl XLIII da kuma bayyanar da ake tsammani a 81st Academy Awards. Na karshe daga cikin wadannan ya tafi ba daidai ba lokacin da, a cikin abin da "Rolling Stone" ya kira "labari mai ban mamaki", "The Wrestler" aka snubbed da Academy kuma ya kasa samun wani gabatarwa. Duk da haka, duk ayyukan sun sa Springsteen ya ce, "Wannan wataƙila wata ce mafi wahala a rayuwata".