{"id":156559,"date":"2023-04-03T12:40:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T17:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=156559"},"modified":"2023-04-03T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T18:01:52","slug":"wwe-and-ufc-could-see-combined-streaming-deal-in-the-future-accoring-to-khan-update-on-future-tv-rights-plans-partnership-with-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/04\/03\/wwe-and-ufc-could-see-combined-streaming-deal-in-the-future-accoring-to-khan-update-on-future-tv-rights-plans-partnership-with-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE and UFC could see combined streaming deal in the future accoring to Khan, update on future TV rights plans, partnership with Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2083951397\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE and UFC having a combined streaming deal in the future is a possiblity.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/04\/03\/wwe-ufc-combined-streaming-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, WWE CEO Nick Khan said a combined streaming deal is a possiblity in the future. WWE and UFC will have separte TV deals in the future. Regarding the possiblity of a combined streaming deal, Khan said, &#8220;The good folks at NBCU [Peacock\u2019s parent company] have been tremendous partners to us. So let\u2019s see what they have to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WWE&#8217;s streaming deal with Peacock ends in 2026 and UFC&#8217;s current deal with ESPN+ ends in 2025. In regards to WWE&#8217;s TV deal, Khan said he wanted to respect WWE&#8217;s current partners Fox and NBC. &#8220;The most important thing is that NBC and Fox, from a WWE point of view, feel respected in the process,&#8221; said Khan. &#8220;So, we&#8217;re going to enter those conversations with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Khan also stated that NBCU and Fox had right of first refusal when it came to new TV deals for WWE programming. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to see what that looks like and hopefully it&#8217;s robust, and we don&#8217;t get out of the &#8216;right of first window,&#8217; and we strike a deal with each of them,&#8221; said Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Khan said there are other options if they are unable to strike a TV deal with their current partners during the right of first refusal window. &#8220;If we&#8217;re not able to do that, we&#8217;ll see what the marketplace has to say and ultimately choose the right partner for the WWE audience and our shareholders,&#8221; said Khan.<\/p>\n<p>WWE will continue its relationship with Saudi Arabia despite Endeavors reluctance to do business with them in the past. &#8220;Our relationship with The Kingdom is a terrific partnership for which we&#8217;re appreciative of, and you know, nothing in terms of anyone else&#8217;s prior experience will affect that,&#8221; said Khan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-683346531\"><div id=\"pwtor-97518746\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE and UFC having a combined streaming deal in the future is a possiblity. In a new interview with Axios, WWE CEO Nick Khan said a combined streaming deal is a possiblity in the future. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/04\/03\/wwe-and-ufc-could-see-combined-streaming-deal-in-the-future-accoring-to-khan-update-on-future-tv-rights-plans-partnership-with-saudi-arabia\/\" title=\"WWE and UFC could see combined streaming deal in the future accoring to Khan, update on future TV rights plans, partnership with Saudi Arabia\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":102001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-05-at-12.57.22-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156569,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156559\/revisions\/156569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}