Update On WWE’s New Working Relationship With ESPN

Expect to see a lot more from WWE’s new partnership with ESPN in the coming months.

Over the summer, ESPN gave WWE a lot of mainstream attention by covering SummerSlam like a big sporting news. ESPN’s SportsCenter now has a weekly segment featuring WWE highlights and it was ESPN that broke the news of Seth Rollins missing 6-9 months due to injury and forfeiting the WWE Championship.

ESPN breaking WWE news is apparently part of the working relationship between the companies, as confirmed by Court Bauer of MLW Radio and Bryan Alvarez of Wrestling Observer Live. Previously WWE had worked with other outlets like TMZ to get big stories out to the public. 

Aside from the SportsCenter segments and breaking news stories, ESPN will also be providing extensive coverage leading up to WrestleMania 32 in April 2016.