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  • Netflix to stream WWE from 2025

    Netflix to stream WWE from 2025

    Netflix on Tuesday sealed a long-term broadcast deal with the WWE professional wrestling juggernaut, as the streaming giant pushes further into sporting events.

    Beginning in the United States in 2025, Netflix will become the exclusive new home of “Raw,” the WWE’s flagship program that has been broadcasting on television since 1993.

    The agreement will also see WWE shows and live events streamed across the globe as their rights become available.

    With an initial 10-year term for $5 billion, the deal has an option for Netflix to extend for an additional 10 years or opt-out after the initial five years.

    “This deal is transformative,” said Mark Shapiro, president of TKO, the parent company of the WWE.

    “It marries the can’t-miss WWE product with Netflix’s extraordinary global reach and locks in significant and predictable economics for many years,” he added.

    The three-hour show has helped launch the careers of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and John Cena, among other stars.

    It is currently the most-watched show on the NBCUniversal-owned USA network in the United States.

    The WWE is a ratings blockbuster that owes much of its success to entrepreneur and promoter Vince McMahon.

    After buying what was then the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from his father in 1982, he turned the second-rate league into an entertainment giant.

    Transformed into World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002, the league passed the billion-dollar mark in annual sales last year.

    The deal marks another move by streaming giants to build their portfolio of live sporting events.

    Netflix won the rights last month to a tennis duel between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz and previously streamed a golf tournament featuring Formula One drivers and pros.

    Amazon announced last week that it would invest $115 million in Diamond Sports Group, the leading network of local sports channels in the United States, gaining regional rights for sports ranging from hockey to basketball.

    It had previously acquired certain rights to the English Premier League, the French Ligue 1, the French Open tennis tournament and the NFL American football league.

    Apple TV, for its part, owns global rights for US Major League Soccer.

  • John Cena to perform in Pakistan in July, says report

    John Cena to perform in Pakistan in July, says report

    John Cena, the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar, and other wrestlers will visit Pakistan in July this year to participate in a wrestling event being organised by a private company.

    According to media reports, Cena, who has millions of fan in Pakistan, will be performing in Karachi and Islamabad during his visit to the country. A report claimed that all matters have been settled with the US wrestler and Hollywood actor.

    Cena, 43, is arguably one of the best professional wrestlers in the history of the sports.

    Pakistan had organised the Ring of Pakistan event last year wherein professional wrestlers from across the world participated.

    The popularity of Cena in Pakistan can be gauged by the fact that he made it to the merit list of the Islamia College, Peshawar, after someone submitted a fake admission form in his name. According to local media reports, the college administration had confirmed that someone had applied through a fake name, bank code, roll number, and grades and got into the college.

    At the time, the administration had said: “Incidents like these take place in online admission. Someone played a joke through the application. However, as soon as we came to know of it, we removed him from the system.”

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  • WWE legend The Undertaker joins TikTok

    WWE legend The Undertaker joins TikTok

    World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) legend The Undertaker shocked fans with a bombshell by creating an account on TikTok.

    He was away from social media for the longest time but then he joined Twitter two years ago, and Instagram just last year. After creating an account on TikTok, the legend has over 59,000 followers on the app despite not posting anything as of yet.

    Undertaker has preserved the nature of his character for the longest time and has a persona of a macho guy, that is why fans were stunned over the development given the content on TikTok doesn’t really go with the stature of his personality. Consequently, people started posting memes on Twitter.

    All in all fans were bewildered by Undertaker’s move to the social media app.

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  • VIDEO: Saudi Arabia hosts its first WWE women’s wrestling match

    VIDEO: Saudi Arabia hosts its first WWE women’s wrestling match

    Saudi Arabia has hosted its first women’s wrestling match, as it takes steps towards relaxing strict rules on entertainment, BBC News reported.

    According to the details, the contest took place in Riyadh, featuring WWE stars Natalya and Lacey Evans. The duo fought in body suits and a t-shirt on top, in line with requirements for visitors to “dress modestly.”

    Thursday’s wrestling match was part of the WWE Crown Jewel event which took place at Riyadh’s King Fahd International Stadium, which can seat 68,000 spectators. Former boxing champion Tyson Fury also competed, defeating Braun Strowman.

    Ahead of the match, wrestler Natalya wrote on Twitter: “The world will be watching. I am so incredibly proud to represent our women’s division tomorrow night at #WWECrownJewel. It’s time to bring your best, Lacey.”

    Saudi wrestler Mansoor, who will be squaring off against Cesaro, during an interview before the event said that many female members of his family could not wait to watch the match live.

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    Mansoor said, “I cannot even begin to describe how much that means to me, how much that means to my little sisters, who love WWE, how much it means to my nieces, who love WWE and who fantasise and dream about being wrestlers”.

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