A source of influence within WWE has made note of how FOX could have made a bid for WWE pay-per-views to put them on Tubi, a streaming platform that is owned by FOX.
According to sources within the FOX network, while some in the company had frustration about promoting Peacock on their network as part of SmackDown broadcasts and otherwise, they have been happy to help push big shows on their platforms.
As far as Peacock is concerned, one source noted that the performance by WWE on the service has been “exceptional” and that more people have been tuning into WWE pay-per-views than ever before.
The relationship between WWE and Peacock seems good, even with hefty criticism from within WWE about Peacock being not so user-friendly in comparison to the old WWE Network service.
A lot of resources have been put into search engine optimization for the Network, but the policies would change frequently and it was still not fully optimized by the time it was sunsetting in the United States.
The report also references Mat Men’s Andrew Zarian in saying that Peacock did not allow FOX or USA Network’s social media accounts to share videos from SummerSlam, which is the reason only GIFs were posted on the day of that event.
While there is no streaming deal in place between WWE and FOX / Tubi, the relationship between FOX and WWE has thrown an apparent monkey-wrench into plans for another wrestling company — believed to be MLW.
MLW agreed to a deal with Tubi that was originally going to be announced in August, but shortly before that announcement, WWE was made aware of it.
A source close to FOX claims WWE did not respond kindly to the deal and because of this, the future is in question.
We will keep you posted here at eWrestlingNews.com as updates regarding this story continue to surface.
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