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In 2020 WWE signed a multi year deal with TNT Sports (BT Sport at the time) to air WWE programming WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown and WWE NXT.  Channel 5 also airs highlights of WWE RAW and WWE Smackdown but on a week delay - Channel 5 is a free to air channel here in the UK.  Last week I received an email as a WWE Network subscriber here in the UK to inform me that I could now watch WWE NXT every week on WWE Network from 3rd Jan 2024. So this email got me thinking - is the WWE/TNT Sports UK TV deal coming up soon? it looks possible. Looking at the original story of the deal being made in 2020 multiple sources claim that it is a "multi year deal" See below  ( https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a28113145/wwe-smackdown-raw-watch-uk-tv-bt-sport/)     I could not find how many specific years that was., However I thought i'd give my opinion on where WWE Raw and WWE Smackdown could end up in 2024, The rights fee's obviously are alot less than there are in ...

WWE Highlights to air on Freeview in the UK on Channel 5 It has been announced today that Channel 5 (UK) is going to be airing WWE Highlights from 2nd Feb 2020. BT Sport are the full rights holder for WWE in the UK, however they have agreed for Channel 5 to air highlights of Raw and Smackdown on Saturday and Sunday Mornings and also agreed for Paramount UK to air WWE NXT UK and also for Channel 5 to acquire on demand shows Miz and Mrs, Total Divas and more to air on Pluto TV. According to Alistair Mcgeorge of Metro  " Starting on 2 February, Channel 5 will air a one-hour version or Raw every Sunday at 10:30am, while a one-hour edition of SmackDown will be available every Saturday in the same time slot. Meanwhile, NXT UK will be screened on Paramount Network each Wednesday from 12am, and the agreement will also see content available through Channel 5’s on streaming service My5" Read More at   https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/21/wwe-announces-...