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NEWS - WWE’s ESPN Deal Is A Certified BUST!

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🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Today's wrestling news, including...


WWE’s ESPN Deal Is A Certified BUST!

Why WWE Released Wes Lee!

Swerve Strickland Injury Update!

Andrade Debunks INSANE Rumour?!


ENJOY!


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0:00.0

Hello there, my very good friends, on today's wrestling news.

0:03.0

ESPN's billion dollar WWE deal is a bust.

0:06.0

I'll tell you why WWE released Wesley.

0:09.0

Big update on Swarff Strickland's AW future.

0:12.0

And an insane rumor about Andrade.

0:15.0

I'm Adam Wilborn.

0:16.0

I'm Andy H. Murray, the H stands for havoc, because that's what we're causing.

0:20.0

Indeed, and this is the news.

0:22.2

Okay, let's begin by talking about WW and ESPN, as we all know.

0:26.8

Or maybe you don't, I don't know.

0:28.7

ESPN currently pays WW325 million dollars a year to host PLEs on the ESPN Unlimited Service.

0:37.7

This is a new deal that came in for WrestleMania.

0:40.6

That was the big launch event.

0:42.4

What a show it was.

0:43.5

From EWD, probably the worst WB show of the year, right?

0:46.1

Apart from maybe the 6th January Raw.

0:49.1

Let us know in the comments what the worst show of the year was.

0:52.4

But yeah, it's new and it caused a bit of controversy because when it came in, right,

0:57.6

if you are used to streaming the PLEs on Peacock, right, you were paying much less than

1:05.1

the $29.99 a month that you may have had to pay for ESPN now.

1:08.7

So more expense for a lot of wrestling fans. Some people get it for free depending on their cable subscription.

1:14.6

Other people based on their provider,

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