Wrestlemania will be part of the new Direct-to-Consumer streaming service from ESPN on the basis of an agreement between World Wrestling Entertainment and ESPN.
The deal announced on Wednesday comprises two night events such as Wrestlemania and Summerlam as well as other WWE Premium live events, including Royal Rumble, Survivor Series and Money in the bank. WWE will produce the events for ESPN platforms that serve as an exclusive US household house.
“WWE has an immense, devoted and passionate fan base that we covered on our new ESPN DTC platform,” said Jimmy Pitaro, chairman of ESPN. “This agreement, which contains the most important WWE events of the year, is our unprecedented content portfolio and helps to promote our streaming future.”
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– WWE (@wwe) August 6, 2025
Also included is the possibility for ESPN to stream the WWE's pre- and after-event shows for all premium live events.
“We are proud to strengthen the 'e' in ESPN on such an exciting time on his direct journey to consumers,” said Mark Shapiro, President and Chief Operating Officer from TKO. “WWE Premium live events are for exactly the kind of rich storytelling, incredible actions of sportiness and non-missioned, cultural tent poles experiences, which have become synonymous for ESPN through our UFC relationship. By our UFC relationship, we have first-hand, such as transforming and ESPN presence, and we know that this is an extraordinary partnership for both companies can be for both companies. “
ESPN will start his streaming service on August 21 with a price of $ 29.99 per month and maintain the name of the linear network: ESPN.
With the direct-to-consumer service, users can receive all seven domestic linear networks from ESPN and several other streaming options in addition to ESPN on ABC and several other streaming options.
The WWE events were previously streamed on Peacock in 2025.