WWE is not waiting next year to provide live premium events to the new streaming service directly to the ESPN consumer and will rather launch the partnership recently announced next month.
The fight promotion announced Wednesday that the first live event offered on ESPN platforms will be the first Wrestlepalooza on September 20.
The event, which will take place in 2025 Royal Rumble Host City Indianapolis, will begin to broadcast live on the new ESPN service at 7 p.m. He / 4 p.m. PT.
This means that from September 20, ESPN will become the exclusive national house of all premium live events in WWE. The rest of the ples of this year, including Crown Jewel and Survivor Series, will also broadcast on the new platform.
From next year, marked titles like Wrestlemania and Summerslam will also go to ESPN after having concluded a five -year race on the peacock of Nbcuniversal this year.
“On September 20, WWE and ESPN come together for an event not to be missed to launch our new partnership,” said WWE content director, Paul “Triple H” Levesque on Wednesday. “The biggest WWE superstars. The largest brand in sports media. Are you ready? “
Wrestlepalooza should be great for WWE. John Cena is headlining the event, which will also showcase Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch, CM Punk and Drew McIntyre in major matches. This will officially mark Cena’s last fight in Indy.
ESPN launches its DTC streaming service on August 21.
