Last week, WWE announced a Name, Image and Likeness program that will help college athletes “provide a clear pathway “ to the company. NIL, as its called, allows for college athletes to be compensated through the use of their Name, Image and Likeness while maintaining their amateur status. For WWE, the program will be a […]
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Last week, WWE released more of its talent
As the WWE earnings were released last week, it announced another round of talent releases due to budget cuts from the company. The 18 pro wrestlers will have to seek out work elsewhere. Among those cut included Nia Jax, who had been a big part of the women’s division on the main roster. Also, the […]
WWE Friday Night Smackdown outdraws AEW Rampage
Due to the World Series being on Fox, WWE Friday Night Smackdown was on FS1 where it outdrew AEW Rampage on TNT. Smackdown drew 1.32M overall viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily whereas the one hour edition of AEW Rampage drew 623,000 viewers. Notably, Smackdown finished third overall in cable ratings while Rampage was right […]
WWE announces partnership for NFT collectibles marketplace
The WWE announced on Wednesday that it was launching an NFT Marketplace for Digital WWE Collectibles. According to the press release WWE and Blockchain Creative Labs will have an exclusive multi-year agreement to launch an NFT marketplace for licensed digital WWE tokens and collectibles. The marketplace will allow for collectors to buy, sell and trade […]
WWE signs trading card deal with Panini as it leaves long-time partner Topps
Sportico reports that the WWE has signed a multi-year deal with The Panini Group to make it the officially licensed collectibles company. The deal will begin in the first quarter of 2022. With the new deal in place, the WWE is leaving Topps as the new deal is in the ‘low-eight figures’ per Sportico. This […]