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WWE shows surprising strength in latest earnings
Media revenues help spark overall earnings lift
WWE announces furloughs, pay cuts as Covid-19 continues to hit McMahon’s operations
World Wrestling Entertainment has announced it is furloughing a portion of its workforce, cutting executives' pay, and releasing on-screen talent as a result of the effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic
Trump names group of US sports executives to government committee
US President follows up on conference call with leading sports commissioners earlier this month
WWE seals pay-television deal with DAZN in German-speaking countries
Wrestling entertainment series WWE has secured a new pay-television rights deal with international streaming service DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Trump hopeful of sports resumption after call with commissioners
US president holds conference call with representatives of most major US sports properties, but remains non-committal about a potential date to restart games
Sony’s WWE renewal includes WWE Network, Wrestlemania debuts on Fox Sports PPV
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has finalised an extension and expansion to its rights deal in the Indian subcontinent with US-based wrestling organisation WWE, securing exclusive access…
Free access to WWE Network offered for one month
World Wrestling Entertainment has announced it is offering free access for a month to subscription digital product WWE Network
WrestleMania 36 switches from Raymond James Stadium to audience-free event in Orlando
World Wrestling Entertainment has announced that WrestleMania 36 will no longer take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, due to the global coronavirus pandemic
WWE points to $500m in financial resource ahead of coronavirus impact
World Wrestling Entertainment has highlighted its financial resources of over $500m (€441m) in available cash and debt capacity as it braces itself to battle the potentially “material” impact on its b…
Snickers to become presenting partner of WWE’s WrestleMania 36
Chocolate brand Snickers will become the exclusive presenting partner of WrestleMania 36 as part of a partnership extension between parent company Mars, Inc. and World Wrestling Entertainment for 2020.
WWE ‘in talks with ESPN+’ over PPV streaming deal
World Wrestling Entertainment is engaged in discussions with ESPN about putting its pay-per-view events on direct-to-consumer streaming service ESPN+, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Sky Deutschland pulls out of WWE over PPV issue, signs AEW deal
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has announced that it will not be renewing its World Wrestling Entertainment rights and has signed a deal with All Elite Wrestling
SoFi Stadium to host WrestleMania 37 in 2021
The $5bn SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, is adding WrestleMania 37 to its ever-growing list of major sporting events in the next decade
McMahon seeks to put brave face on WWE turbulence
Outspoken leader insists company "won't miss a beat"
WWE reveals declining ticket sales, WWE Network subscribers
World Wrestling Entertainment is reeling further after the sports entertainment company revealed that both ticket sales and WWE Network subscribers had fallen in its latest financial report
WWE co-presidents Barrios and Wilson out in management shake-up
Move comes just a week before earnings release, revival of the XFL
Channel 5 lands WWE free-to-air highlights rights in UK
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired multi-platform free-to-air highlights rights to WWE wrestling
SuperSport to launch WWE channel in expanded rights renewal
Pan-African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has signed a “multi-year” rights extension to its World Wrestling Entertainment deal which will include the launch of a dedicated channel for the rights-holder’s conte…