Backstage Reaction To WWE Peacock Deal

Earlier today, news broke that WWE had agreed to sell the exclusive US streaming rights of WWE Network content to NBCU’s Peacock streaming service.

Reports have since emerged indicating that the deal is set to run for five years, and will see WWE pocket in excess of $1 billion, which you can read more about by clicking here.

Fightful Select is now reporting on the backstage reaction to this big news, noting that the feeling within WWE has been largely positive since the news broke:

One wrestler we spoke with actually hadn’t heard of the news before it broke and said the company profit would be massive, and the first impressions were the additional eyes on the product. Another top name in the company took a more pessimistic approach and said they didn’t care where they were distributed unless it affects their pay. Still, no negativity emerged from that conversation as they confirmed it was a big move for WWE.

The site is also reporting that WWE has been in talks over moving to another streaming platform for around 12 months now, but did not confirm that these talks were with Peacock:

Fightful has learned that talks have been ongoing since at least last January to migrate the WWE Network to another streaming platform or service, however we were not able to confirm that was with Peacock at the time. Several within the company told us they actually expected a move much sooner than this, but understood with the state of the world, that was easier said than done from a negotiating standpoint.

It was widely expected that fans outside of the US would not initially be impacted by this change, and Fightful has confirmed this to be accurate.

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