WWE and ESPN Have a PLE Deal

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4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Dave LaGreca & Tommy Dreamer break down the major news of WWE PLEs heading to ESPN, and to make sense of it all, the guys are joined by Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Busted Open podcast.
0:02.7	This is Dave LaGreca.
0:04.7	On today's episode, myself and Tommy Dreamer Breakdown,
0:08.2	the big news in the world of the WW and ESPN.
0:13.8	There is a deal in place.
0:16.0	What does it mean for you, the fan?
0:18.2	We talk about it right now on the busted open podcast.
0:21.6	This is the busted open podcast.
0:25.7	Here we go, man.
0:26.8	The world of pro wrestling moves so fast.
0:29.0	And I wake up this morning, Tommy, and WWE tweets out at 6 o'clock this morning.
0:36.1	Breaking news, WWE Premium Live events are headed to ESPN platforms in the U.S. starting in
0:43.6	2006.
0:45.5	So just trying to wrap my head around what this means for the landscape for the
0:51.5	WWE, and I'm sure there's big money involved I believe it's at
0:57.7	1.6 over a certain amount of years um it is always big money if you think what it'll be 12
1:06.1	PLEs a year and um that's that's a thing um yeah isn't ESPN owned by Disney yes so what's going to
1:19.0	happen to my holy chance I don't even know if that's even a factor but it's just it's weird
1:25.3	because like what's this mean for Peacock? And yet
1:28.1	1.6 billion over five years. So you're talking major money over 300 million a year. So
1:36.8	we're going to get Jay Redick on and just a little bit from the Orlando Sentinel because
1:41.8	he's done a really good job this morning of breaking down
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