As of 2026, ESPN will be the exclusive platform of WWE Premium events in the United States, in an advertisement by the company this Wednesday, ending the Era of Peacock, Platform that had the rights since 2021. This does not represent any change for fans outside the country of stars and bars.
► Is congratulation with irony of Pat Mcafee?
The reactions were swift, and one of them was by the WWE commentator and presenter of ESPN, Pat Mcafee, who resorted to Your X account to congratulate both companies for their historical agreement to carry all the live premium events of the WWE to the giant of sports chains. He did, however, with some irony to the ESPN directive, with which he has already had friction despite his program “The Pat McAfee Show” is transmitted by that chain.
«I suppose that all the Middle Level Executives, impotent and mediocre of ESPN will try to cloud this in some way (leaks out of context, ignorant anonymous opinions, etc.), but, in the end … This agreement will survive the dinosaurs currently monitored in Bristol And it will be great for ESPN. Health for the future! “
The reports indicate that the contract is for five years and has a value of $ 1.6 billionan increase of 1.6 times with respect to the current WWE agreement with Peacock, which was also five years. Now, as for the Mcafee sarcasm, he has his justification in the fact that last year the commentator accused a senior executive of trying to “sabotage” his program after the controversy generated by Aaron Rodgers' comments, a frequent guest in his program, and this situation has been on everyone's mouth since then.
