WWE personnel currently are in Indianapolis, the site of the first-ever Wrestlepalooza, to announce the news on Thursday - the same day the new ESPN direct-to-consumer app launches. Peacock, which had to give the "OK" for this to happen, will live stream ...

WWE’s quarterly Saturday Night Main Event specials will be heading to Peacock exclusively as part of a new arrangement between WWE and NBCU/Peacock.

WWE and Peacock have officially agreed to a multi-year partnership agreement to exclusively stream the Saturday Night’s Main Event series live on Peacock. Just

WWE’s premium live events are leaving Peacock, but have found a new streaming home. After the closure of WWE Network, the events moved to Peacock for the US audience. While Peacock was a comparatively reasonable option for users,

WWE will soon finish up its PLE commitments, paving the way for the shows to move to ESPN earlier than expected.

Under the terms of the new deal, ESPN gets the 10 main WWE PLEs (WrestleMania and SummerSlam are two nights apiece) at the aforementioned rate of $325 million/year, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. It’s a hell of a raise for WWE, which was getting $180 million annually from Peacock — a number that included all of the storied league’s archives.

In a surprise announcement, WWE reveals that Wrestlepalooza will stream on ESPN, not Peacock. The move happens sooner than expected, setting up a head-to-head showdown with AEW's All Out on September 20.

Peacock will be staying in business with WWE on the event side as part of a new multiyear deal that will see four “Saturday Night’s Main Event” streams on the platform annually.