The WWE announced that it has entered into a multi-year partnership with former WWE world champion for Hulk Hogan’s Real American Beer Strike. The deal starts tonight as part of the big debut of WWE Raw streaming on Netflix. Per portions of the press release:
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Dwayne Johnson obtains WWE stock
In a regulatory filing on December 31, 20224, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson acquired 96,558 shares of TKO stock. You might recall he joined the Board of Directors for TKO last year and was awarded full Intellectual Property ownership rights to his name as well as 96,558 shares of the company. The Class A shares are […]
Saturday’s Night Main Event scores 1.59M viewers in return to NBC
The return of WWE’s Saturday’s Night Main Event on NBC drew 1.590 million viewers this past Saturday. The telecast was met with stiff competition with the Heisman Trophy presentation and NBA Cup Semi-Finals on at the same time. Saturday Night’s Main Event drew 0.42 (557,000 viewers) in the A18-49 demo per Programming Insider. It was […]
Ring Boys lawsuit put on pause
A federal court in Maryland granted a stay in the motion of a lawsuit filed by five individuals who were underage at the time they allege they were abused by WWE ring announcer Mel Phillips. The lawsuit is based on the 2023 Child Victims Act. The Act removes the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits […]
TKO Group beats Wall St. expectations for Q3
TKO Group announced its earnings for the third quarter of 2024. The company that owns the UFC and WWE reported earnings that beat Wall Street expectations. The company reported revenue of $681.2 million for the period ending September 30th and net earnings of $57.7 million. It also beat the Street’s expectations with an EBITDA of […]