Wrestling

Wrestling
Media

United World Wrestling has appointed the Spring Media agency to a long-term role spanning two Olympic cycles in distributing its media rights in most territories worldwide
Mixed Martial Arts
Finance & Law

TKO Group, the Endeavor-owned parent company of WWE and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has raised its full-year guidance after posting new quarterly records for revenue and adjusted earnings.
Wrestling
Events

WWE has announced that WrestleMania XL has become the most-successful and highest-grossing event in company history.
Wrestling

WWE’s one-year extension in the UK with TNT Sports kept both sides happy as the promotion prepares for a near-global media rights deal with Netflix.
Wrestling
Data

United World Wrestling has issued a global request for proposal from 2025 onwards covering broadcast, betting and sponsorship rights to its major competitions.
Wrestling

By bundling betting streaming, data collection and distribution rights into its global RFP, United World Wrestling is looking to test the market and bring a wider pool of agencies to the table.
Professional Wrestling
Media

WWE has agreed a deal for the CW Network to broadcast its talent series WWE NXT in a five-year agreement that will put the 13-year-old World Wrestling Entertainment product on network television for the…
Wrestling
Media

World Wrestling Entertainment's showpiece Friday Night Smackdown programming is to move from Fox back to USA Network after a five-year exclusive rights deal was struck with NBCUniversal
Mixed Martial Arts
Finance & Law

News this week of Saudi Arabian state investment in the Professional Fighters League (PFL) has caused shares in both World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Ultimate Fighting Group (UFC) parent Endeavor…
Wrestling
Finance & Law

Improved media rights income for premium live events and weekly programming helped World Wrestling Entertainment secure a 25-per-cent increase in revenues in the second quarter
Wrestling
Media

ViX, the OTT streaming platform owned by Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivisión, has acquired rights in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean to the All Elite Wrestling promotion.
Wrestling
Fan Engagement

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is returning to streaming platform Twitch in a multi-year partnership that will also see the rebooting of the official WWE channel
Wrestling
Events

Nick Khan, chief executive of WWE, has revealed that the wrestling organisation will be staging an event in India in September, and suggested that its flagship SmackDown programme could move from its current…
Wrestling
Media

A combined streaming deal for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Wrestling Entertainment is a possibility following Endeavor’s takeover agreement for the wrestling promotion.
Wrestling
Finance & Law

Sports and entertainment group Endeavor has acquired a majority interest in a new company that will combine World Wrestling Entertainment with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, forming what the two parties…
Wrestling
Media

US-based wrestling organisation WWE has renewed its rights agreement with Germany-based free-to-air commercial channel ProSieben Maxx
Wrestling
Events

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) set gate and viewership records for its Elimination Chamber event in Montreal, Canada
Wrestling
Media

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands to the All Elite Wrestling promotion