Royal Rumble

“Finish Your Story” in WWE® 2K24 Deluxe Edition and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition Now Available Worldwide

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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* The Standard Edition and Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition will be available on Friday, March 8, 2024.

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  • * The Standard Edition and Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition will be available on Friday, March 8, 2024.
  • * The Standard Edition and Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition will be available on Friday, March 8, 2024.
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    The Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition is available for $119.99 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.
  • Deluxe Edition physical version available March 5 in select territories, and March 8 for the rest of the world.

WWE® 2K24 Celebrates 40 Years of WrestleMania with 2K Showcase…of the Immortals and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition

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Monday, January 22, 2024
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WWE 2K24 Deluxe Edition and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition are scheduled for worldwide release on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, followed by the Standard Edition and Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition on Friday, March 8, 2024.

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  • WWE 2K24 Deluxe Edition and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition are scheduled for worldwide release on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, followed by the Standard Edition and Standard Cross-Gen Digital Edition on Friday, March 8, 2024.
  • “I’ve proven myself to be the most dominant competitor to ever hold the WWE Women’s World Championship,” said Rhea Ripley.
  • “WWE 2K24 offers more match types, new MyRISE storylines and characters, improvements to gameplay throughout, a 2K Showcase 40 years in the making, and so much more.
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    The Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition will be available for $119.99 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.

Netflix to Become New Home of WWE Raw Beginning 2025

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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This marks a major programming shift as Raw leaves linear television for the first time since its inception 31 years ago.

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  • This marks a major programming shift as Raw leaves linear television for the first time since its inception 31 years ago.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240122475252/en/
    Beginning in January 2025, Netflix will be the exclusive new home of Raw in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Latin America, among other territories, with additional countries and regions to be added over time.
  • WWE’s award-winning documentaries, original series and forthcoming projects will also be available on Netflix internationally beginning in 2025.
  • “It marries the can’t-miss WWE product with Netflix’s extraordinary global reach and locks in significant and predictable economics for many years.

SmackDown Returns to USA Network as Part of Five-Year Agreement Between WWE and NBCUniversal

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), and NBCUniversal have agreed to a five-year domestic media rights partnership that will bring Friday Night SmackDown back to USA Network beginning October 2024.

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  • WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), and NBCUniversal have agreed to a five-year domestic media rights partnership that will bring Friday Night SmackDown back to USA Network beginning October 2024.
  • “NBCUniversal has been a tremendous partner of WWE for decades,” said WWE President Nick Khan.
  • Demonstrating the deeply engaged WWE audience on USA, WWE NXT (+27%) and WWE Monday Night Raw (+15%) are up double-digits year-over-year in the target demographic.
  • WWE Monday Night Raw and WWE NXT will continue to air on USA Network through September 2024.

Tampa Bay to Host 2024 Royal Rumble®

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Rays, Visit St. Pete/Clearwater and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, today announced that Tampa Bay will host the 37thRoyal Rumble in 2024.

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  • WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Rays, Visit St. Pete/Clearwater and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, today announced that Tampa Bay will host the 37thRoyal Rumble in 2024.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230913701933/en/
    Tampa Bay to Host 2024 Royal Rumble® (Photo: Business Wire)
    WWE will head to town for an entire weekend of events across St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Tampa, Fla., highlighted by the Royal Rumble on Saturday, January 27 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.
  • This marks the first time that Royal Rumble will be held in Tampa Bay in front of fans since 1995.
  • “Thanks to our partners at the Tampa Bay Rays, Visit St. Pete/Clearwater and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, we look forward to a fantastic schedule of events in January.”
    “We are excited to welcome WWE back to Tropicana Field for the 2024 Royal Rumble,” said Tampa Bay Rays President Matt Silverman.

WWE® & Slim Jim® Return to the Ring With Record-Breaking Partnership Ahead of SummerSlam

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Thursday, August 3, 2023
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WWE® (NYSE: WWE) and Slim Jim® today announced a multi-layered partnership that will begin with Slim Jim serving as the Presenting Sponsor of a marquee match at SummerSlam on Saturday, August 5 at Ford Field in Detroit.

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  • WWE® (NYSE: WWE) and Slim Jim® today announced a multi-layered partnership that will begin with Slim Jim serving as the Presenting Sponsor of a marquee match at SummerSlam on Saturday, August 5 at Ford Field in Detroit.
  • This partnership between the two iconic brands pays homage to their shared, savage past and marks the largest sponsorship deal in WWE history.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230803142306/en/
    WWE and Slim Jim first crossed paths thirty years ago with a series of explosive, in-your-face Slim Jim commercials, featuring “Macho Man” Randy Savage debuting the famous tagline “Snap Into a Slim Jim!” that has remained a hallmark of the Slim Jim brand ever since.
  • As part of the pact, Slim Jim will also activate at Survivor Series in November, in addition to Royal Rumble and WrestleMania 40 in 2024.

WWE® Returns to India This September With WWE Superstar Spectacle

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced its long-awaited return to India with WWE Superstar Spectacle at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium (Gachibowli Indoor Stadium), Hyderabad, India, on Friday, September 8, 2023.

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  • WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced its long-awaited return to India with WWE Superstar Spectacle at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium (Gachibowli Indoor Stadium), Hyderabad, India, on Friday, September 8, 2023.
  • This will mark the first live event to take place in India since 2017 and the first-ever WWE live event to be held in Hyderabad.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230801191134/en/
    WWE® RETURNS TO INDIA THIS SEPTEMBER WITH WWE SUPERSTAR SPECTACLE (Photo: Business Wire)
    Tickets for WWE Superstar Spectacle at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium (Gachibowli Indoor Stadium) will be available from 12:00pm IST this Friday, August 4, 2023 at www.bookmyshow.com .
  • WWE Superstar Spectacle in India is produced and promoted by BookMyShow Live, the live entertainment experiential division of BookMyShow, India’s leading entertainment destination.

WWE® & Fanatics Expand Partnership to Include All Global Event Retail and Merchandise Operations

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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WWE® (NYSE: WWE) and Fanatics today announced an expansion of their existing comprehensive, long-term sports and entertainment partnership, which will now see Fanatics assume operations of WWE’s global event merchandise business.

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  • WWE® (NYSE: WWE) and Fanatics today announced an expansion of their existing comprehensive, long-term sports and entertainment partnership, which will now see Fanatics assume operations of WWE’s global event merchandise business.
  • Under the expanded partnership, Fanatics Commerce, the company’s e-commerce, licensed merchandise and physical retail operations division, will manage the on-site event retail experience for WWE’s annual calendar of 300-plus events, including premium live events such as WrestleMania®, Royal Rumble® and SummerSlam®.
  • Fanatics will work closely and collaboratively with world-class teams at WWE who previously operated the event retail business in-house for decades to optimize the event shopping experience for its growing global fanbase.
  • “Fanatics has been an amazing partner and will immediately bolster WWE’s event retail business,” said Alex Varga, WWE Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Development.

WWE® Smashes All-Time Gate & Viewership Records at Royal Rumble®

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Monday, January 30, 2023
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WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced that the 2023 Royal Rumble, which emanated from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, became WWE’s highest-grossing and most-viewed Royal Rumble in company history.

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  • WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced that the 2023 Royal Rumble, which emanated from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, became WWE’s highest-grossing and most-viewed Royal Rumble in company history.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230130005588/en/
    WWE® SMASHES ALL-TIME GATE & VIEWERSHIP RECORDS AT ROYAL RUMBLE® (Photo: Business Wire)
    The event set a new all-time gate record at more than $7.7 million, far surpassing the previous Royal Rumble high in 2017 by more than 50 percent.
  • Viewership of the event saw a 52 percent increase versus the previous record set in 2022.
  • In addition, the 2023 Royal Rumble broke all-time venue merchandise and sponsorship records.

San Antonio to Host 2023 Royal Rumble®

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, the Alamodome and WWE (NYSE: WWE) are proud to announce that the Alamodome in San Antonio will host Royal Rumble on Saturday, January 28, 2023.

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  • San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, the Alamodome and WWE (NYSE: WWE) are proud to announce that the Alamodome in San Antonio will host Royal Rumble on Saturday, January 28, 2023.
  • This marks the fourth time that Royal Rumble has been held in San Antonio and the third time the event has been hosted at the Alamodome.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220907005578/en/
    SAN ANTONIO TO HOST 2023 ROYAL RUMBLE (Photo: Business Wire)
    Tickets for Royal Rumble will go on sale Friday, September 30 at 10 AM CT via Ticketmaster.
  • We are thrilled to bring back one of WWEs most exciting events of the year to San Antonio, said Mayor Ron Nirenberg.