• Saudi Arabia Is Still In The Hunt For Buying WWE
Rumors of WWE being sold to the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund were put to rest, but that doesn’t mean that it won’t happen later this year.
According to the Wrestling Observer, Saudi Arabia PIF is still in the hunt for buying WWE:
“They’re not sold. Saudi Arabia is in the hunt. They’re one of the companies, one of the places that’s looking for it… several media companies, the names that are out there are all in the hunt.
They’re looking to sell by the middle of the year. JP Morgan is helping them. Saudi would be the only ones as far as if they want to go private, that would be the one. The other ones are public companies.
Endeavor is obviously also in the hunt. There will be a decision made at some point. There’s definitely smoke about the Saudi Arabia story, but it’s early.
It’s too early for the deal to be finalized, but that one can happen too.”
Below is the list of potential buyers:
– Comcast
– FOX
– Disney
– Warner Bros. Discovery
– Netflix
– Amazon
– Endeavor Group Holdings
– Liberty Media
– Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund
Also Read: Multiple Wrestlers Thought About Leaving WWE When The Saudi Arabia Rumors Came Out
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• ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (January 12, 2020) – Old School Wrestling Veteran Passed Away
On this day in 2020, we lost Old School Wrestling Veteran Kendo Nagasaki (Real name: Kazuo Sakurada) at the age of 71.
From his debut in 1971 until his retirement in 2001, Kazuo wrestled for several territories such as Calgary Stampede Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF), Continental Wrestling Association (Memphis Wrestling), Southeastern Championship Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), Super World of Sports (SWS), World Wrestling Council (WWC), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (Portland), NWA Big Time Wrestling, … & many more.
He even joined Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling in 1989 as “The Dragonmaster”, a member of Gary Hart’s heel faction “The J-Tex Corporation”.
† REST IN PEACE KENDO NAGASAKI
September 26, 1948 – January 12,2020
