• Saudi Arabia Is Interested In Buying WWE
Vince McMahon is back on the Board of Directors in WWE and he’s looking to potentially sell the company.
According to CNBC, WWE has hired JP Morgan to advise on a potential sale.
They also reported that if the sale actually happens, then it will happen in the next 3-6 months, because WWE has to start negotiating for TV rights deal in mid-2023, so they’ll have to make the sale decision before that.
Below is the list of companies that are potential buyers:
– Comcast
– FOX
– Disney
– Warner Bros. Discovery
– Netflix
– Amazon
– Endeavor Group Holdings
– Liberty Media
In an update, Front Office Sports is reporting that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is “emerging as a possible bidder” for WWE.
WWE is already in a decade-long big money business relationship with Saudi Arabia, which began in 2018.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 7, 2001) – ECW Guilty as Charged 2001
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 7, 2001, Paul Heyman’s Extreme Championship Wrestling aired ‘ECW Guilty as Charged 2001’ LIVE on PPV from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York.
This was the last ever ECW pay-per-view (not counting the 2005 & 2006 ECW PPVs produced by the WWE) before the company closed its doors a week later.
Most of the big names from the promotion’s past, such as Sabu, Shane Douglas, Raven, Taz, The Dudley Boyz, Mike Awesome and Perry Saturn, had already been gone at this point in time.
The results can be found here:
Cyrus & Jerry Lynn defeated The Bad Street Boys
ECW World Tag Team Championship: Danny Doring & Roadkill (c) defeated Hot Commodity
Nova defeated Chris Hamrick
“I Quit”: Tommy Dreamer defeated C.W. Anderson
3 way – #1 contenders (Tag Team Titles): The Unholy Alliance defeated Kid Kash & Super Crazy and The F.B.I.
Simon and Swinger wrestled Balls Mahoney & Chilly Willy to a no-contest
Tables, Ladders, Chairs & Canes – ECW World Heavyweight Championship: The Sandman defeated Steve Corino (c) and Justin Credible
ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Rhino defeated The Sandman (c)
Rob Van Dam defeated Jerry Lynn
