It looks like Warner Media are considering WWE TV rights.
Warner currently host AEW television, and have reportedly been very happy with the arrangement. However, with the WWE TV rights deal coming up, they may be interested in those also.
James Andrew Miller appeared on SI Media with Jimmy Traina and weighed in on what a new WWE deal could look like.
“I wouldn’t be surprised, despite the fact that money is such an issue for them, I wouldn’t be surprised if Warner Brothers Discovery wouldn’t like a slice of that WWE pie. It doesn’t have to be on Monday night. Monday night is a tough night. If you go through the calendar, all year round, there are sports on Monday night. If you’re Warner Brothers Discovery, you could say, ‘we’re going to move it to a different night. We have Thursday night with the NBA, but we’re going to figure out a different night for it,’ and all of a sudden it becomes very attractive.”
“I know there are people at Warner Brothers who are interested (in the WWE). If they were to lose the NBA, I would certainly imagine they would become a pretty big advocate for buying something. That would create quite the auction. Unless it’s taken off. If either Fox or NBC comes in with a pre-emptive offer that WWE likes, they [WBD] won’t even get a chance.”
“I have not heard Nick advocate that. My point is, if a buyer comes in and doesn’t want Monday night, that Monday package is mobile. There is no reason why it has to be Monday night,”
James Andrew Millers
AEW’s deal with Warner Bros Discovery runs through till the end of this year. We will have to wait and see if they decide to make a bid for WWE’s TV rights in the near future.
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