Wrestling

1/17/2025 |  NCAA Adds Women’s Wrestling as Championship Sport (SportsTravel) Women’s wrestling will be an official NCAA championship sport after the governing body approved its addition on the Division I, II and III levels at its annual convention this week in Nashville.
The NCAA’s first women’s wrestling championship will be in 2026. More than 1,200 women wrestlers are competing at NCAA schools today with 76 programs active in 2023–2024 with a projected 17 programs to be added during the 2024–2025 season.

1/10/2025 |  SEC charges former WWE boss Vince McMahon over undisclosed settlements with two women (CNBC Sports)

• The Securities and Exchange Commission charged former WWE boss Vince McMahon with failing to inform his pro wrestling company’s board of settlement agreements totaling $10.5 million with two women on behalf of himself and the WWE.
• McMahon has agreed to settle the administrative charges and agreed to pay a $400,000 civil penalty and reimburse the WWE $1.33 million after consenting to an order finding that he violated the Securities Exchange Act, the SEC said.

1/10/2025 |  Vince McMahon Settles for $1.7 Million With Federal Investigators in Hush Money Cases (Front Office Sports) The federal Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that it settled with WWE cofounder and former CEO Vince McMahon for two charges in his hush money cases.
McMahon signed two settlement agreements on behalf of himself and WWE without disclosing that information to the company, leading to misreported financial information, the SEC found. The 2019 settlement was for $3 million to a former employee to keep her quiet about her relationship with McMahon and any potential claims. The 2022 settlement was for $7.5 million to an independent contractor to not share her allegations against McMahon or any potential claims.

1/6/2025 |  Netflix and WWE aim to fuel wrestling fervor worldwide (Reuters Sports)

• WWE moves 'Raw' weekly live stream from USA Network to Netflix
• 'Raw' debuts on Netflix on Monday with John Cena
• Netflix expanding popular live streams after boxing, football

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12/31/2024 |  WWE Pulls Out All the Stops to Open Netflix Partnership (Front Office Sports) Pro wrestling is one of the most polarizing sports products in the world, but the WWE may ultimately lay some groundwork for the future of sports consumption.
WWE’s flagship show Raw bid farewell to cable on Monday night after 31 years as it aired its final episode on the USA Network. Raw premieres on Netflix on Jan. 6, the first live show in a 10-year, $5 billion partnership the two sides announced in January, which was the streamer’s first live sports media-rights deal.