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The CW is continuing to embrace the wrestling business. On Tuesday, the network announced an expansion of its current deal with WWE that will see 20 NXT Premium Live Events (PLEs) to The CW over the next several years. NXT is WWE’s developmental circuit, which The CW began broadcasting in October 2024 under a five-year…
Just days after concluding their successful WWE WrestleMania 42 PLE in Las Vegas, Nevada, the promotion has now come up with another major deal. While WWE airs its two main-roster shows, RAW on Mondays and SmackDowns on Fridays, its developmental show, NXT, regularly airs on Tuesdays on the CW Network. Following a successful run, WWE’s […] The post WWE NXT, The CW continue relationship with huge PLE deal appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The deal includes 20 events over the next several years.
ESPN’s first foray into live WWE programming on its linear networks produced some solid returns. WrestleMania 42 coverage on ESPN and ESPN2 last weekend averaged 1.72 million viewers across simulcast windows on Saturday and Sunday evening, per Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports. Those figures do not include viewers watching on ESPN Unlimited, the only…
ESPN has responded to a class action lawsuit filed against WWE regarding subscriber access to Premium Live Events (PLEs) which became exclusive to ESPN’s direct-to-consumer service in September 2025. The filing, made in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut on Friday, asserts that ESPN, who is not listed as a defendant in the Read more... The post ESPN files motion to intervene in class action lawsuit over WWE PLEs appeared first on Awful Announcing.
