WWE Not Expected To Be Affected By Endeavor Going Private

While the majority owners of WWE in Endeavor are no longer a publicly traded company, the change is not expected to affect the pro wrestling organisation.

It was announced on Monday, March 24 that Endeavor had become a private company following the organisation's acquisition by private equity firm Silver Lake, with Endeavor being renamed WME Group. Endeavor are the majority owners of TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of WWE and UFC. Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics has estimated that Endeavor owns 61 per cent of TKO stock following Professional Bull Riders, IMG, and On Location being moved to TKO Group Holdings earlier this year.

Despite the changes to Endeavor, TKO Group Holdings remains a publicly traded company and no changes have been made to the ownership structure of TKO. Ari Emanuel remains TKO CEO and Mark Shapiro continues to operate as TKO COO.

It was announced in April 2024 that Silver Lake planned to take Endeavor private due to the feeling that the stock market didn't appropriately value Endeavor's shares since their IPO in 2021.

WWE has been owned by TKO Group Holdings since the completion of the WWE-UFC merger in September 2023. Endeavor agreed to acquire WWE around WrestleMania 39, only months after Vince McMahon forced his way back into WWE to sell the organisation.

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