WOLT Crash the Cage: Where Football, Culture and Community Collide

Led by Mative, bringing football icons, creators and culture together for Wolt ahead of the World Cup..

For the start of the World Cup season, we at Mative teamed up with Wolt and fravio GmbH to create “Crash the Cage” — a large-scale activation at the intersection of football, creator culture, music and community.

Mative was in the lead for the creator and athlete activation, taking responsibility for the booking, coordination and strategic integration of the key talents involved in the campaign.

At the heart of the activation was a custom-built football cage in Stuttgart, bringing together an exceptional mix of high-profile personalities including Sami Khedira, Loris Karius, Alexander Nübel, Kevin Kuranyi, Niklas-Wilson Sommer, Arda Saatçi, Dardan and Azet.

A special focus was on Arda Saatçi, whose profile as an extreme endurance athlete and creator added a fresh and unexpected dimension to the campaign. Through the way he was integrated into the activation, Arda helped connect the worlds of sports, creator culture and entertainment in a way that felt highly relevant to a young, digital-first audience.

Just shortly before the World Cup, we managed to secure and activate this unique combination of major talents during one of the most competitive booking periods in sports and entertainment. The key creator and athlete names were brought into the project by Mative and strategically placed within the campaign to create maximum cultural relevance and impact.

Led by Mative, bringing football icons, creators and culture together for Wolt ahead of the World Cup.

CHALLENGE

Ahead of the World Cup, Wolt wanted to create a major activation that would stand out in an already highly competitive sports and cultural landscape.

The ambition was to go beyond a traditional campaign and build a moment that could bring together football legends, active athletes, creators and artists in one experience — creating strong relevance for Wolt both locally in Stuttgart and across wider sports and creator culture.

The main challenge was timing. With the World Cup approaching, talent availability was extremely limited and demand for high-profile personalities was at its peak. Securing multiple major names across different talent categories within a short booking window required speed, strong relationships and highly coordinated execution.

At the same time, the line-up needed to feel more than just high-profile. It had to create real cultural relevance, generate buzz and connect different communities around one shared moment.

For Mative, the challenge was therefore to bring together an exceptional combination of talents — including legends, professional athletes and creators such as Arda Saatçi — and to ensure they were not only booked, but meaningfully integrated into the activation.

The goal was to create a talent mix strong enough to turn a campaign shoot into a wider cultural moment, generate organic conversation and establish Wolt as part of the excitement building around the World Cup.

STRATEGY

A Partnership Built on Authenticity.

Our strategy was built around one clear objective: to create as much attention and cultural relevance for Wolt as possible in the lead-up to the World Cup.

To achieve this, we focused on bringing together a highly relevant mix of local icons, football stars and leading creators with a strong connection to Stuttgart and the wider football community. The line-up included names such as Kevin Kuranyi, Sami Khedira, Loris Karius and even German national team goalkeeper Alexander Nübel, combined with digital-first talents like Niklas-Wilson Sommer and Arda Saatçi, one of the most relevant creators in the German market at the time.

A major advantage was Mative’s close relationship with many of the talents involved. This allowed us to move extremely quickly and integrate high-profile names into the campaign on very short notice, despite the highly competitive timing just before the World Cup.

The strategy was not only to create a strong content production, but to maximize the overall visibility of the activation. By bringing multiple high-reach personalities into one moment, we created the conditions for organic amplification through their own communities and networks.

At the same time, the event was opened up to a broader audience, allowing more people to experience the activation firsthand, share content and talk about it across social media. This helped turn the campaign into a wider public moment rather than a closed production.

For the fans on site, the activation became an absolute highlight: the opportunity to see football legends, current professionals, creators and artists come together in one place created a unique level of excitement and proximity.

By combining strong local relevance, high-profile talent and an open community approach, the strategy was designed to create maximum buzz for Wolt — both on the ground in Stuttgart and far beyond the event itself.

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RESULTS

2,000 Fans. Millions of Impressions. One Cultural Moment

“Crash the Cage” successfully developed from a branded content production into a highly visible cultural and community moment.

Around 2,000 people came together on site in Stuttgart, turning the activation into a real public event and creating strong local relevance for Wolt.

Even before the main campaign assets were officially released, the activation had already generated significant organic momentum. Story posts from the participating talents reached around 2 million users, while more than 40 pieces of user-generated content were created around the event.

Overall, the activation generated an estimated 5–6 million impressions, supported by a talent line-up with a combined following of approximately 30 million across Instagram and TikTok.

The combination of major talent, cultural relevance and organic participation created impact far beyond the planned campaign content. It generated strong attention across social media and on the ground, while positioning Wolt within the worlds of football, entertainment, creator culture and youth culture.

Most importantly, the campaign demonstrated the power of bringing the right talents together at the right moment — turning a single activation into a much broader conversation around sport, culture and community.

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