Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 12 ga Janairu, 2009, kundin ya zubo a 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 da aka hada, wanda ya hada da bayyanar da Golden Globe Awards, da
Taron rantsar da shugabancin Barack Obama, sabon kundin wakoki mafi girma, wasan rabin lokaci na Super Bowl XLIII da kuma bayyanar da ake tsammani a bikin Academy Awards na 81. 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".