E294: ESPN Executives Talk WWE Counter Programming AEW, Brock Lesnar Returning While Mentioned In Lawsuit
Description
Ahead of WWE Wrestlepalooza, ESPN Executives held a media call to speak about ESPN's first ever WWE PLE, Wrestlepalooza. This PLE is the same day and will run basically head-to-head with AEW ALL OUT!
Date: September 20th
WWE Wrestlepalooza starts at 5pm
AEW ALL OUT starts at 3pm
ESPN Media Call Notes
- Kenny was asked by Sean Ross Sapp about WWE Wrestlepalooza counter-programming AEW All Out.
- ESPN executive JT Lasker pushed that fans will be able to watch college football games at the same time as WWE Wrestlepalooza on the ESPN DTC app through the multi-view function.
- Kenny put over how big a deal it is that SportsCenter will be at Wrestlepalooza
- ESPN discussed NBCU and Peacock about the PLE Move
- Jon Alba asked about Brock Lesnar’s involvement on the show.
- There is a “minimum threshold” on how much of a WWE PLE they have to air on linear TV.
- * They noted that cable and streaming partners are still coming onboard and that by the end of the year, they’re expecting the majority of current ESPN subscribers to have the ESPN app included in their subscription.
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