Freddie Prinze Jr. claims ESPN is ‘so unhappy’ with WWE deal
According to Freddie Prinze Jr., ESPN is not happy with its WWE media rights deal.
The actor and former member of the WWE creative team discussed Survivor Series 2025 on the latest episode of his Wrestling With Freddie podcast. He also mentioned that ESPN is “hot” about the deal.
“ESPN, by the way, is so unhappy with the deal,” Prinze Jr. said while laughing.
“I was talking to a friend of mine who works for Disney, and he was just like, ‘Yo, they’re so… they better make their money back on this deal.’ Like, he said they’re hot.”
“Guys, we need to buy more PLEs,” Prinze Jr. added.
Earlier on the show, he expressed frustration with the ESPN app, complaining that he gets signed out too often and then has to go through a long process to get logged back in.
WWE announced a deal in August that saw the company’s premium live events move to ESPN. The deal, which began with September’s Wrestlepalooza event, is reportedly worth $1.6 billion over five years.
Prinze Jr’s comments about ESPN being unhappy with its WWE deal begin around the 22-minute and 30-second mark of the podcast (episode below is cued).
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