Jon422002 Wrestling

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 ...

Finally WWE gives me something to Watch This past week has been a much better week. I wrote in a previous blog that I felt that WWE was losing its touch both in the business world and also in the creative world of WWE, while business may not be great creatively WWE are trying to get back on track and this last week of television proved to me they are starting to make an effort to get in the right direction. WWE Payback although going into it I did not think or believe it would be a great pay per view however was I wrong. I enjoyed everything about this PPV a great opening match between Sheamus and Cesaro for The US title, Bray Wyatt vs John Cena being an amazing match between both mean plus The Shield having a clean sweep over Evolution were just some of the highlights for me. A PPV that delivered from WWE and it delivered great matches and overall great entertainment. Then We roll into Monday Night Raw, now granted John Cena vs Kane I really wasn’t sure about, only be...

BSKYB and WWE TV in The UK - What needs to Change in 2014    WWE and BskyB (otherwise Known as Sky TV) Have had a UK TV deal Since 1989 and WWE signed a new deal with BskyB in 2009 which runs until 2014.  We are now in 2013 so this deal has a year or so left to run. Written below the WWE TV statement is what I would like to see Sky and WWE do when they Sign (or If they sign) a new TV and PPV Deal.   The statement below was released by WWE in 2009 regarding them re-signing with BSkyB for UK Coverage (the full statement can be seen at http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2009/2009_11_30.jsp   Five More Years for WWE and BSkyB   November 30, 2009 "November 30 2009, London – World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE) has extended its relationship with British Sky Broadcasting (LSE:BSY.L) in the UK for another five years, taking the partnership into its milestone twenty-fifth year. The new distribution agreement, which takes effect in...