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 ...

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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — WWE’s partnership with ESPN will start earlier than first announced. The WWE’s first premium live event on the network’s platforms will be Wrestlepalooza from Indianapolis on Sept. 20. John Cena, who will retire from professional wrestling at the end of the year, will be part of the card.

WWE Wrestlepalooza will take place at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Sept. 20 exclusively on ESPN, months sooner than the five-year deal between WWE and ESPN was originally announced to begin in 2026.

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.

Even though WWE is moving its PLEs to ESPN later this year, the company isn’t severing its relationship with Peacock. According to a new report from Sports Business Journal, Peacock and WWE have reached a new,

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.

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.

After ESPN secured the rights to WWE's PLEs starting in September 2025, Peacock will have John Cena's last match at the December 2025 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event.

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