Great news was made in the entertainment world when it was announced that NBCUniversal’s Peacock network would be the WWE Network’s new home in the United States. The deal is supposed to be worth $ 1 billion for five years.
In the latest issue of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer stated that he said that all WWE Network content will be on Peacock. However, there is no indication whether the content will be released slowly, but Meltzer said that all hours of content on the WWE Network should be transferred on March 18.
It was noted that WWE still has all the content, and NBC “has been renting” WWE content for five years. As previously reported, the network will continue to operate for users outside the United States.
Peacock subscribers will not have to pay extra for PPVs. This change differs from the UFC and ESPN agreement, in which ESPN + subscribers must also pay for UFC PPVs. It was also noted that Peacock does not have the exclusive rights to PPVs for WWE PPVs, so fans can still request PPVs in the traditional way.
It was noted that ESPN is only cutting ties with WWE and not wrestling in general. There is no ban on receiving guests from other wrestling promotions as an AEW. In theory, ESPN could bring Shaquille O’Neal or Mike Tyson to talk about what they did on AEW, or they could bring AEW Cody Rhodes’ EVP to an interview segment.