In an interview with Jimmy Traina on the SI Media podcast, ESPN President Burke Magnus was requested how the corporate’s relationship with WWE goes.
It’s gone nice thus far. We’re very accustomed to Nick Khan and the staff over there. We’ve had engagement with them for years in a lot smaller methods. They’re implausible to work with. They actually hustle on behalf of their property. These appearances don’t simply occur except you might have a league to make these folks obtainable. The superstars are extremely engaged in selling themselves, the broader WWE, and their tales.
It’s been actually good thus far. We’re trying ahead to WrestleMania this 12 months, which might be our first. We’ve had two PLEs so far, one was within the Center East, so it was on an off-hour. Wrestlepalooza was new. Survivor Sequence this weekend goes to be a very good measuring stick for the way it’s going. When it comes to the interplay between the staff at WWE and us, it’s been nice.
Because the announcement bringing premium reside occasions to the brand new ESPN Limitless streaming service, WWE expertise have appeared on ESPN programming to advertise the product, sometimes hyping PLEs akin to Wrestlepalooza and Crown Jewel.
The latter notably happened outdoors the Center East for its 2025 iteration, because the present emanated from the RAC Area in Perth, Western Australia.
WWE’s subsequent occasion airing on ESPN Limitless in the USA is Survivor Sequence, going down Saturday, November 29 from Petco Park in San Diego, California.
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