BT to bring WWE wrestling to UK, Ireland
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Michelle Clancy
| 21 June 2019

BT Sport will make WWE’s weekly flagship wrestling programming available live in the UK and Ireland beginning January 2020.

The sports channel will air both Raw and SmackDown exclusively live every week, featuring Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch, Seth Rollins, Kofi Kingston and Charlotte Flair. WWE and BT Sport will also partner across digital and social media platforms to create new content for fans, the companies said.

“We are incredibly excited by our new partnership with WWE,” said Andy Haworth, MD, Content and Strategy, BT Consumer. “It is the most successful sports entertainment brand in the world, with a rich, fun and colourful history, loved by fans across the UK and Ireland. This is a brilliant addition for our customers, and we can’t wait to get going in January.”

“We are pleased to begin an exciting new chapter for WWE in the region as we join BT Sport’s innovative offering and impressive portfolio of premium sports content,” said Stefan Kastenmüller, WWE SVP, and group GM.

WWE’s monthly pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania, will be available on BT Sport Box Office. BT Sport will also carry same day primetime re-airs of Raw on Tuesdays and SmackDown on Saturdays, a two-hour version of Raw, one-hour version of Raw and one-hour version of SmackDown across its portfolio of channels.