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WWE’s Monday Night Raw franchise will stay on USA Network through the end of 2024 under an extended rights agreement between the wrestling circuit and NBCUniversal. TKO Group Holdings, which owns WWE, announced the mini-extension Wednesday along with its first-quarter results. NBCU paid $25 million…

Pro wrestling legend "Superstar" Billy Graham died Wednesday at 79. No cause was given, but he had been battling ill health for some time and had been hospitalized in the ICU on life support. Graham, real name Eldridge Wayne Coleman, was a three-time former world champion professional wrestler…

Vince McMahon, the longtime face of and force behind the WWE and the company’s chairman and CEO, is stepping aside pending an investigation into “alleged executive misconduct” by a special committee of the board of directors. His daughter, Stephanie McMahon, who herself had recently taken a pause from the company in…

EXCLUSIVE: All Elite Wrestling, which bills itself as an “alternative” to the WWE, is making a pay-per-view event available as an exclusive on WarnerMedia digital brand Bleacher Report. Sunday night’s event at Chicago’s NOW Arena, dubbed AEW All Out, will cost $49.99. Viewers can sign up via the B/R app on Android or…

Paul Orndorff, aka “Mr. Wonderful,” one of the greats from the World Wrestling Federation’s 1980s heyday, has died. He was 71. His son Travis made the announcement Monday on Instagram, where he has documented his father’s recent health struggles. “It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my father, Paul…

Extending a long-term relationship with the WWE, NBCUniversal’s USA Network has set a multi-year extension of NXT. The live, weekly two-hour show will shift from Wednesday night to Tuesday starting April 13. "We are incredibly proud of our three-decade partnership with WWE and in extending USA's NXT deal, we are…

Pro wrestling fans in the U.S. will soon be grappling with a significant transition in their streaming habits, with the WWE Network heading to Peacock. Starting March 18, as the companies announced in January, the NBCUniversal service will begin rolling out WWE Network content. Stand-alone WWE streaming service will…

The WWE has signed an agreement with Peacock that will bring exclusive U.S. rights to the WWE Network to NBCUniveral’s streaming service starting March 18. Terms for the multi-year deal were not disclosed, but a person familiar with the arrangement pegged it at about $1 billion. The WWE Network’s 17,000-hour lineup of…

All Elite Wrestling has extended its relationship with WarnerMedia through 2023, renewing AEW Dynamite on TNT and planning a new night of programming. The announcement was made before WarnerMedia’s networks present on Wednesday at TCA winter press tour. Wrestling has been riding high lately, with Fox grabbing WWE Smack…

WarnerMedia, which already airs a healthy amount of sports, with rights to the NBA, NCAA basketball and golf, is adding wrestling to the mix through a new partnership with All Elite Wrestling. The two companies said they are forming the first new wrestling circuit to launch in the past 20 years, with primetime…