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What WWE Had To Say About Peacock Ahead Of ESPN Debut

By Lyle Kilbane • Published Sep 01, 2025 07:10 EDT
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WWE did not bite its tongue when it came to their old partner Peacock as the company held its final show with NBC’s streaming service.

On August 6th, it was announced that WWE’s Premium Live Events will be moving to ESPN from Peacock in early 2026. The monster deal is worth a staggering $1.6 billion across five years and will only impact fans in the United States.

While everyone initially expected that deal to begin in 2026, Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live stated that Clash In Paris would be the last WWE PLE to be broadcast on Peacock:

“The WWE deal with Peacock for PLEs is going to wrap up with Clash In Paris. It appears all future events are going to be airing through ESPN.

So apparently what happened was they had the deal with Peacock and they were contracted to x number of pay-per-view (PLE) dates. And so because this year had two nights of SummerSlam, which is an extra PLE, the second night, and because they added the women’s Evolution show – and there might have been another show or two that they added, but I know for sure it was the second night of SummerSlam and Evolution – they have reached their quota.

So the final show on Peacock is Clash In Paris, and then everything’s going to be moving to ESPN.

Michael Cole Pays Tribute To Peacock As WWE Deal Ends

At Clash In Paris, Michael Cole acknowledged the changing of the guard in WWE as he paid tribute to the company’s streaming partner:

We want to thank all of our friends over at Peacock for what has been an incredible five years including Rick Cordella. Rick has always been there for everyone in WWE. It’s been a tremendous partnership and again, hats off to Peacock.

WWE’s deal with ESPN will begin with Wrestlepalooza on September 20th. That show will be the first WWE main roster show to go head-to-head with an AEW PPV as All Out takes place on the same date.

Also read: AJ Lee could be making a huge return to WWE after the shock ending to Clash In Paris.