J Sports To Stop Airing WWE Programming In Japan

WWE appears to have lost a TV deal in Japan, with TV partner J Sports announcing that their WWE content will be ‘discontinued’.

J Sports took to Twitter with an ‘important notice’, confirming on the website that the distribution service will no longer broadcast, Raw, SmackDown, or the on demand ‘WWE Pack’ following January 31, 2022:

【Important Notices】 “WWE Raw” and “WWE SmackDown” will be discontinued, and J SPORTS On Demand’s “WWE Pack” will be discontinued. If you are a “WWE Pack” subscriber, you will need to cancel the contract. Please see the following page for details regarding this matter.

(Translated from Japanese)

【重要なお知らせ】

「WWEロウ」「WWEスマックダウン」が放送終了、及びJ SPORTSオンデマンドの「WWEパック」がサービス終了となります。
「WWEパック」ご加入者の方は解約手続きが必要となります。
本件に関する詳細は下記ページにてご確認ください。https://t.co/7YUKBKpD2B @WWEJapan #wwe_jp

— J SPORTS WWE【公式】 (@jsports_WWE) November 25, 2021

J Sports had been a WWE partner for over two decades. In September, a Japanese WWE division was dissolved, and the country’s official WWE website announced its closure.

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