• AEW Collision Spoilers – Former WWE Star Debuts
All Elite Wrestling taped this Saturday’s episode of AEW Collision last night. Below are the spoilers:
– Scorpio Sky, Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin), and Hiromu Takahashi def. Don Callis Family (Lance Archer, Rocky Romero, Hechicero, and Josh Alexander)
– Megan Bayne def. Isla Dawn (this was Isla’s AEW debut match. She was released from WWE earlier this year)
– Willow Nightingale & Queen Aminata def. Skye Blue & Julia Hart
– IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr def. Max Caster in an open challenge
– Konosuke Takeshita def. Tomohiro Ishii
– Big Bill def. Mark Andrews
– Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) def. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson)
– The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) def. Paragon (Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly) with help from AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada
Swerve Strickland confronted Okada, which led to Young Bucks and Okada attacking Strickland.
• ESPN Will No Longer Cover AEW (Photo)
In a move that’s come much sooner than anticipated, ESPN is set to broadcast a WWE premium live event called “Wrestlepalooza” on September 20. This surprise announcement comes ahead of the two companies’ planned 5-year partnership, which was expected to begin in 2026. The event will take place live from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
ESPN will also be showing two other major WWE PLEs this fall: “Crown Jewel” on October 11 and “Survivor Series” on November 29. These broadcasts will serve as a preview of what’s to come once the new long-term deal is in full swing.
Even though ESPN is set to broadcast the rest of WWE’s 2025 main roster PLEs, Peacock has not sold its remaining rights. Instead, the deal was made directly between WWE and Peacock, with ESPN being brought in afterward.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a key factor in this arrangement is the belief that by making WrestleMania and SummerSlam two-night events, WWE essentially fulfilled its quota of Premium Live Events for Peacock ahead of schedule. As a result, Peacock’s final WWE main roster PLE will be Clash In Paris on August 31.
While WWE’s PLEs are moving to ESPN, a new agreement has been reached to bring new WWE main roster programming to Peacock. Details on what this new programming will be are expected to be announced in the near future.
Due to their partnership with WWE, ESPN will no longer cover All Elite Wrestling on their website, and they have even removed the AEW section.
• John Cena’s Retirement Match Date Officially Announced
Even as WWE’s main roster premium live events move to ESPN, the company has secured a new multi-year deal with Peacock. This new agreement will see Peacock exclusively stream four “Saturday Night’s Main Event” shows each year.
The new deal builds on an existing relationship, as a revived version of “Saturday Night’s Main Event” has been airing on both NBC and Peacock. As part of the new arrangement, Peacock will stream two “SNME” events exclusively this year, with the first on November 1st and a second on December 13th, which will feature John Cena’s retirement match.
While the main roster PLEs are shifting to ESPN, the WWE Network library will remain on Peacock until the end of 2025. Additionally, NXT premium live events will continue to stream on the platform through March 2026, and the SmackDown library will also be available on a 30-day delay.
