It's a pleasure to be here today.

A few of us were hanging out on the Zoom before the line opened up,

and we started to go down a little bit of the rabbit hole of some favorite wrestling moments,

favorite WrestleMania moments.

You know, I remember, I am definitely aging myself, and I'm looking around, I think others may remember this too.

I remember the, you know, the first WrestleMania

and the excitement for Ho-Kogan and Mr. T versus Rowdy,

Roddy Piper and Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorf,

and then you go to WrestleMania 2,

and they have the three different events.

And so when I was brought in to work on this acquisition,

it was pretty hard not to get a bit nostalgic of just how special WWE is,

how much it means to people, how much it's part of the fabric of culture, and has really

stood the test of time. And so, you know, putting aside my personal experiences and fandom

for WWE over all these years, it's, uh, it really is a special time for our

company. ESPN couldn't be more excited, uh, to warmly welcome WWE, uh, to the ESPN family.

JT will, we'll get into this in a bit. Um, there, there have been so many people here at our company that have played such a critical role

in the launch of our direct-to-consumer service.

And J-T and his team were at the front of the line on so much of it.

And to have this acquisition, to be on the doorstep of our very first

W.W.E. Premium live event, wrestle Paloosa, this Saturday, it will start. It'll be the first

event in our five-year deal where we will be the exclusive home for WW, WWE's premium live events.

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