And so, it’s ending. The biggest wrestling story of the year has been WWE’s sale to Endeavor, the parent company of UFC. This is designed to create a new organization with the two entities merging and will mark the first time that WWE has a parent company. There is still one major detail to work out on the whole situation, but now we know an important detail on that side.
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Endeavor published their second quarter earnings report on Tuesday, where they revealed that the merger of WWE into the TKO Group is expected to be completed in mid to late September at the latest. There is no word on what changes could be made to WWE once the merger is complete. Vince McMahon will serve as chairman of the board of the new company.
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Opinion: The more I hear about this, the harder it is to fathom. The idea that WWE is going to be under someone else’s control is almost impossible to believe but it seems we are less than two months away from actually seeing it take place. Hopefully nothing is too drastically changed, though you can almost guarantee that something new is coming with the new structure.
What will the change mean? How will the new WWE look? Let us know in the comments below.
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