WWE has announced that Dan Ventrelle will join the company as EVP, Talent, and Maurice F. Edelson will join as EVP, Chief Legal Officer. Ventrelle was most recently with the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, where he served as the team’s President. An integral part of the Raiders’ successful move from Oakland to Las Vegas and […]
Michelle Donelan has been appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in new Prime Minister Liz Truss’s first Cabinet. Donelan was briefly Secretary of State for Education in early July 2022, resigning after less than 36 hours in the role, following over 50 other ministerial resignations, writing that then-Prime Minister Boris […]
WWE has announced that the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas will host Royal Rumble on January 28th 2023. This marks the fourth time that Royal Rumble has emanated from San Antonio, and the third time the event has been hosted at the Alamodome. “We are thrilled to bring back one of WWE’s most exciting events […]
WWE has announced that Paul ‘HHH’ Levesque has been elevated to Chief Content Officer. Additionally, the company has promoted Frank A. Riddick III to President & Chief Financial Officer. Since taking over creative for WWE, Levesque has architected a 15 percent spike in Monday Night Raw viewership and double-digit increases in social media engagement. He was also in […]
WWE revealed that 62,296 fans packed out the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on September 3rd for WWE’s Clash at the Castle. The show was the first return of a major WWE stadium show to the UK in over 30 years. The premium live event, which aired on BT Sport 2 in the UK, saw […]
WWE and C&W Communications (CWC) have announced a new broadcast partnership that will see Flow TV become the new home of WWE Network across the Caribbean. The partnership includes all WWE Premium Live Events, kicking off with Clash at the Castle on September 3rd, available for customers subscribed to the Flow Sports packages on Flow […]
Warner Bros Discovery and BT Group have completed their transaction to form a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) that combines the assets of BT Sport and Eurosport UK. The move brings together an extensive line-up of live sport coverage for fans in the UK & Ireland – including the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa […]
WWE Superstar Liv Morgan visited Childline in Cardiff on August 31st as part of a new phase of their partnership to raise money for and awareness of the NSPCC-run children’s counselling service. WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Liv Morgan, alongside WWE Monday Night Raw Correspondent Sarah Schreiber, met with Childline volunteers, staff and school children to […]
WWE has announced that, due to unprecedented demand, a second UNDERTAKER 1 deadMAN SHOW has been added at 2:30pm on September 2nd at New Theatre Cardiff, Wales, ahead of the Clash at the Castle event. UNDERTAKER 1 deadMAN SHOW will feature The Phenom himself – perhaps the most celebrated performer in WWE history – in an intimate […]
WWE’s UK broadcast partner, BT Sport, has announced that the upcoming premium live event, Clash at the Castle, will air on the BT Sport 2 channel in the UK. The event takes place on September 3rd at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, and is the company’s first stadium event in the UK in over 30 […]