New Details Emerge On WWE’s Past Lucrative TV Deals, Restrictions & Internal Clauses

Documents Reveal WWE’s Raw and SmackDown TV Deals, Non‑Compete Clauses

Newly surfaced documents in the ongoing shareholders’ lawsuit detail WWE’s late‑2019-to‑late‑2024 TV agreements with NBCUniversal (Raw) and Fox (SmackDown), including annual values and restrictive non‑compete language. Raw was confirmed at a $265 million annual average with $15 million yearly escalators (total $1.325 billion), while SmackDown averaged $205 million per year with $12.5 million escalators (total […] Source

New Details Emerge On WWE’s Past Lucrative TV Deals, Restrictions & Internal Clauses

New details on WWE’s previous TV deals have surfaced as part of the ongoing shareholders lawsuit, shedding light on contract values, restrictions, and internal agreements. From 2019 to 2024, WWE’s deal with NBCUniversal for Raw averaged $265 million annually (totaling $1.325 billion), while Fox paid an average of $205 million per year for SmackDown (totaling $1.025 billion), with yearly escalators built into both contracts. Both agreements inclu…

Full Details Of WWE’s Billion Dollar TV Deals Finally Revealed

The full financial details of WWE’s television deals with NBCUniversal and FOX have finally come to light, and the numbers are very big. According to a report from Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, the contracts, which ran from October 2019 through September 2024, became fully public without any redactions through the WWE merger shareholder lawsuit currently going through Delaware’s Court of Chancery. Under the five-year deal with NBCUniversal,…