• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

MMA Payout

The Business of Combat Sports

  • Home
  • MMA
    • UFC
    • Bellator
    • One
    • PFL
  • Boxing
  • Legal
  • Ratings
  • Payouts
  • Attendance
  • Gate

WWE

WWE talent allowed back on Twitch after compromise

April 21, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE and Twitch reached a deal in which wrestlers are allowed to stream on Twitch with “almost no restrictions.”  There was a prior ban by WWE which forbid wrestling talent from appearing on third party platforms. WWE talent are independent contractors and made ancillary money through Twitch streams. However, in the fall of 2020, Vince […]

Filed Under: legal, WWE

The Legal Submission 55

April 15, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The Legal Submission 55 takes a look at the acquisition of the WWE by Endeavor and the merger of the UFC and the WWE.

Filed Under: Endeavor, Featured, UFC, WWE

WWE Raw gets huge ratings for day after WM

April 5, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

WWE Raw on the USA Network Monday night drew an average of 2.26M viewers with a 0.76 rating in the 18-49 demo per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It was a huge bump coming off of a gigantic Wrestlemania 39.   The first hour of Raw drew 2.471M viewers, 0.85 in the 18-49 category and number 1 […]

Filed Under: ratings, USA, WWE

WWE-UFC combine for NewCo

April 3, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

A night after the WWE’s biggest event, the company announced that it would be acquired by the UFC’s parent company Endeavor.  The WWE and UFC will merge into a publicly traded company with the moniker TKO. The acquisition is an all-stock transaction that list the enterprise value of WWE at $9.3 billion.  In comparison, the […]

Filed Under: Endeavor, Featured, UFC, WWE

Report: Endeavor set to purchase WWE

April 3, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

CNBC reports that the parent company of the UFC, Endeavor, is set to purchase World Wrestling Entertainment. According to the report, it appears that the UFC and WWE will be combined to form a new publicly traded company. WWE is having its best financial year to date and the second night of its annual big […]

Filed Under: Featured, WWE

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 18
  • Page 19
  • Page 20
  • Page 21
  • Page 22
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 51
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Featured

Senate makes mockery of Ali Act hearing

Wrestlemania 42 attendance dips from 2025

How will WWE’s big weekend turn out?

UFC 327 attendance, gate and bonuses

Plaintiffs seeking $270K from Dominance MMA

UFC Seattle attendance, gate and bonuses

Archives

MMA Payout Follow

MMAPayout

Senate makes mockery of Ali Act hearing #boxing #TKO #UFC #Zuffa #ZuffaBoxing https://mmapayout.com/2026/04/22/senate-makes-mockery-of-ali-act-hearing/

People who do martial arts will laugh and tell me it’s fake. But then I ask them why they do martial arts? 😉

Fightful Wrestling @Fightful

Fox Sports Host Rob Parker Doesn't Understand How Grown Men Are Into Wrestling https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/fox-sports-host-rob-parker-doesnt-understand-how-grown-men-are-into-wrestling

I saw Tamaso at SeaTac airport last Thursday

Roman Reigns SZN 💥 @reigns_era

Good god.

#AEWDynamite

Retweet on Twitter MMA Payout Retweeted

Per WWE,

#WrestleMania 42 became one of the highest-grossing events in company history, with record or near-record performances across gate, sponsorship, merchandise, WWE World, On Location VIP experiences and digital.

WrestleMania Saturday was the most-viewed telecast of the

Retweet on Twitter MMA Payout Retweeted

I should point out that according to those at TKO that the ESPN/MVPW boxing deal is a revenue sharing agreement similar to the original AEW/Turner deal in 2019 and not a full paying media rights deal which Top Rank had and wasn't renewed.

Load More

Copyright © 2026 · MMA Payout: The Business of Combat Sports