Tele 5 pins down WWE rights in Germany

German commercial television channel Tele 5 has agreed a deal with the WWE wrestling organisation for the rights to its Monday Night Raw property.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Tele 5 will broadcast Raw on Thursday evenings at 10:15pm local time.

The agreement will commence on April 10.

Tele 5 was the first German broadcaster to offer WWE on a free-to-air basis and held rights to the organisation from 1989 to 1992 and 2003 to 2007.