Report: WWE Content To Be Pulled From Hulu Unless New Deal Agreed
WWE could be disappearing from Hulu
Sep 19, 2022
WWE's content on American streaming service Hulu is set to be pulled on Saturday, September 25.
The company's current deal with Hulu is set to expire before the end of 2022, PWInsider have reported, and all of WWE's programming will be removed from the service this week unless a new deal is agreed.
WWE and Hulu are said to be in talks over a new deal and those negotiations are ongoing. If a new deal can be agreed remains to be seen, however.
WWE and Hulu have worked together since 2012. Hulu currently have the second-day rights for Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. Also available on the streaming service is NXT, Main Event, NXT Level Up, 205 Live, WWE Superstars, Total Divas, Total Bellas, and more.
WWE Co-CEO Nick Khan has spoken about his hopes for an increase in WWE's second-day media rights deals in past investor calls.
Hulu is majority owned by Disney, while NBCUniversal own the remaining stake. The service has 46 million subscribers.