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NEWS - WWE To Merge With UFC - WWE Sale Close!

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🗓️ 2 April 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Some breaking news as WWE is near to finalising a deal to be sold to Endeavor, the parent company of UFC.


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0:00.0

Hi guys, I'm Adam Wilbord from Whatculture joined by Phil Chambers from Whatculture in beautiful Los Angeles ahead of WrestleMania night

0:08.3

Two of course, but we here to bring you some breaking news around in the sale of

0:13.0

WWE this obviously been going on for several months now

0:16.2

Vince McMahon's return to the company centers around this but going into a brand new report from Alex Sherman of

0:23.6

CNBC it does look like WWE have finally managed to find a buyer

0:29.3

They are in advance talks to be sold to Ari Immanuel's Endeavour Group

0:33.7

Now that name rings about that is because it is the parent company of the UFC

0:38.6

Basically, the steel would combine the UFC and WWE into one publicly traded company

0:44.7

The full details are just read out to you here endeavour is slated to own

0:48.6

51% of the new combat sports and entertainment company whilst WWE shareholders would get 49% according to their sources

0:57.1

The Endeavour deal gives WWE an enterprise value of

1:00.4

9.3 billion dollars

1:05.2

Ridiculous now Immanuel is expected to basically act as cheap executive of both Endeavour and whatever this new company is going to be called

1:12.5

McMahon will be expected to be executive chairman and then Endeavour president Mark Shapiro

1:17.9

We're working the same role at the new company

1:19.9

Dana White remains president of the UFC and WWE CEO Nick Khan will serve as president of the wrestling

1:27.2

business as if this weekend couldn't get any more

1:31.1

Mementus Phil yeah, absolutely right slap bang in the middle of WrestleMania 39

1:36.2

This comes out with the news about the sale so there's still a lot to sort of unpack about this and a lot that will

1:43.0

Come out I assume over the next few weeks in terms of people's position with the company how the sort of change over is gonna work

1:49.2

And like the exact positions of power like obviously

1:53.2

Vince McMahon is still slated there to be sort of chairman of the board and it can't as the CEO so that's sort of

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