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WWE Smackdown returning to USA Network in 2024

SMACKDOWN RETURNS TO USA NETWORK AS PART OF FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN WWE AND NBCUNIVERSAL WWE to Make NBC Primetime Debut with Launch of Four Network Specials STAMFORD, Conn. – WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), and NBCUniversal have agreed to a five-year domestic media rights partnership that will bring Friday Night SmackDown back to USA Network beginning October 2024. Additionally, beginning in the 2024/25 season, WWE will produce four primetime specials per year that will air on NBC, marking the first […]

todaySeptember 21, 2023 86

WWE TKO Holdings

AEW News

WWE officially names AEW, ROH as competitors

In a filing related to the merger between UFC and WWE to create the new TKO Holdings company under the Endeavor banner, there was an interesting disclosure. Within the filing, there is a section titled “Risks Related to our Business”. That section includes the following “risk”: “The markets in which we operate are highly competitive, rapidly changing, and increasingly fragmented, both within the United States and internationally, and we may not be able to compete effectively, which could adversely affect […]

todaySeptember 18, 2023 34

WWE Roderick Strong

Sports

Five biggest WWE flops of 2022

We’re days away from 2023 and it calls for some serious contemplation of the events that unfolded in 2022, especially in the sports world. Everyone has ups and downs throughout any given year, but some wrestlers in WWE just happened to suffer more than others. Whether they kept staring up at the lights while being pinned, put on terrible performances that hurt their overall career value, fell victim to debilitating injuries, struggled with awful creative directions or even found themselves […]

todayDecember 28, 2022 25

AEW News

WWE loses a massive media contract to AEW

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) have been going at it every Wednesday. AEW's Dynamite faces off against WWE's developmental territory in NXT on what appears to be a Wednesday repeat of the Monday Night Wars: USA vs. TNT. Since the debuts of both programs, AEW Dynamite has been dominating the rating wars. Chris Jericho recently took the opportunity to explain the demographics to the viewership, proclaiming himself as the Demo God. So what's […]

todayJuly 26, 2020 23

Sports

Long-term WWE creative plans impacted by COVID-19 and XFL bankruptcy

STAMFORD, Conn. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- New reports reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic and the bankruptcy of the XFL are resulting in significant shifts in the WWE. This would include chairman Vince McMahon's central focus for the company. Fightful reporter Robert DeFelice reveals in his report Friday that Paul Heyman is no longer serving his duties as executive director for the Raw brand. Bruce Prichard is reported to be taking over creative decisions of both flagship brands Raw and Smackdown. Prichard […]

todayJune 12, 2020 14

Business & Lifestyle

Earnings call: No WWE 2K21 game in sight

If you were planning to purchase the upcoming WWE 2K release, don't because it's not coming. WWE 2K21 is off the table, according to remarks made during the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) earnings call Thursday. An early report was made available on Twitter from talkSPORT's Alex McCarthy. https://twitter.com/AlexM_talkSPORT/status/1253446353818128384 Mike Hickey of Benchmark Company made an inquiry regarding WWE 2K21. WWE 2K20 went to market last fall. Unfortunately, it did not receive a good reception, receiving poor reviews as a result. […]

todayApril 23, 2020 49

Entertainment

WWE Hall of Fame ring announcer Howard Finkel dead at 69

WWE Hall of Fame ring announcer Howard Finkel has died at age 69, according to a news release Thursday. Finkel, best known as "The Fink", made his announcing debut in 1977 for the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation. The WWWF would later become the WWF in 1979 and WWE in 2002. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGpkD2_Dykw Finkel became a full-time ring announcer as WWF's first employee upon establishment in 1980. The distinctive voice of Finkel was instantly recognizable to all. Finkel would introduce the biggest […]

todayApril 16, 2020 24

Business & Lifestyle

Interested buyers seeking to purchase the XFL

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- Hold on to those assumptions about the XFL being gone forever. A suspension of team operations began March 20 following Week 5. Additionally, an indefinite suspension of league operations began on April 10 following an announcement. This would lead to staff contract terminations as a result. The league and parent company Alpha Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, which allows for the restructuring of both operations. The filing also opens up the opportunity to […]

todayApril 16, 2020 17

Business & Lifestyle

Furloughs, pay cuts in WWE leads to talent releases

STAMFORD, Conn. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Unforeseen economic struggles as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has forced WWE to make some drastic changes Wednesday. WWE announced changes to staffing and compensation packages for executives among other measures, according to a report from Wrestling Observer's Josh Nason. A press release reveals these actions, which include decreasing operational expenses, cutting talent, staffing and consulting costs and delaying the headquarters move from Titan Towers by six months. WWE was identifying headcount reductions, making […]

todayApril 16, 2020 20

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