Felix Upton on November 9, 2023
WWE announced a huge deal when they merged with the UFC. Now, TKO Group Holdings has a lot of potential, and it could call for fans to change up their viewing habits as well.
During the 3rd quarter 2023 earnings call from TKO Group Holdings, they approached the idea of running super weekend events with the UFC. During that time, they said something very interesting about WWE’s perspective involvement in those possible weekends.
During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer discussed NXT’s new deal with The CW. It was also revealed that WWE is discussing a big change for NXT’s weekly presentation with this new television deal.
“The concept they said they’re looking at was WWE on Friday, UFC on Saturday, and WWE on Monday for the package. Now, does that mean that the WWE pay-per-view will be on a Friday and UFC is on a Saturday? Because, if that’s what that means, that means that SmackDown will not be on a Friday, because they’re doing pay-per-views on Fridays. So, I mean, that’s something that they said. I don’t think that they meant, I mean if they’re going to get big site fees, they’re not going to want TV tapings, they’re gonna want pay-per-views out of that. That was an interesting, one thing I noted from the conference call.”
Dave Meltzer went on to say that, “they were talking about Fridays, but they were talking about big shows to be brought in, so the big thing they were talking about was a pay-per-view in the same location from two companies.”
There are a lot of things up in the air when it comes to TKO Group Holdings, and how they will continue shaping the future for the UFC and WWE. Only time will tell exactly how much changes, but fans are in for an entertaining journey, no matter what.
What’s your take on WWE possibly moving pay-per-view events to Fridays? Do you think that sounds like a good idea? Let us know what you think in the comments section!
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November 9, 2023 6:31 am
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