Dwayne Johnson has joined the board of directors of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. the company announced on Tuesday. Johnson also gained ownership of the trademarked name “The Rock” as part of an intellectual assignment agreement. Per the SEC 8-K Filing, Johnson will receive over $30 million in TKO stock. He will also receive $491,000 in […]
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WWE’s Raw heads to Netflix in Blockbuster Deal
Early Tuesday morning it was announced that WWE had agreed to move “Monday Night Raw” to Netflix in January 2025 for $5 Billion over 10 years. The moves indicates a monumental shift for not only WWE, but for online streaming platform Netflix as it starts to carry live sports. TKO Group Holdings Inc. filed a […]
Top 10 MMA Business Stories of 2023: No. 4 Wondertwin Powers Activate UFC + WWE = TKO
The day after Wrestlemania, Endeavor acquired WWE making it the second biggest purchase this year. The plan was to have WWE and UFC combine to make one new company, TKO Holdings. The deal gave WWE an enterprise value of $9.3 billion. Endeavor would own 51% and WWE owned the remaining 49%. From our writeup in […]
Lawsuit challenges WWE sale
The Hollywood Reporter first reported a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of WWE shareholders against Vince McMahon and the board of directors of the company for its sale to Endeavor which created TKO Group Holdings, Inc. The lawsuit, filed on November 22nd, was filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. […]
CM Punk returns to WWE
CM Punk’s absence from professional wrestling is over as he returned to the WWE at the end of its premium live event, Survivor Series, in Chicago. According to reports and Paul Levesque in the post-fight scrum the return was kept under wraps with only Triple H and Nick Khan knowing until the end of the […]