It’s been announced that starting Sunday March 22, 2020 ESPN will air WrestleManias starting with WrestleMania 30 for the next three weeks leading to WrestleMania 36.
With the loss of live sports thanks to the coronavirus, various sports networks have been scrambling for things to air, so this would make sense for ESPN.
Which WrestleManias are being shown?
As mentioned above, WrestleMania 30 is this week, then WrestleMania 32 on March 29, and WrestleMania 35 on April 5.
This is a pretty cool way to set the stage for WrestleMania 36’s two day event by reliving some of the storylines like Cena and Wyatt’s and The Streak coming to an end.
We can hear the boos on the latter one already, and they’re well deserved. Sorry, but the Undertaker’s streak should’ve remained intact forever.
Getting back to current day, not only is this a way for the WWE to build toward WrestleMania 36, it also gives ESPN the chance measure audience interest before they take a bigger plunge. This also opens the door for ESPN to share more from the WWE archives, assuming they two side can come to a mutual agreement on it.
The downside to this is ESPN will take a big hit from general sports fans. ESPN has been considered an afterthought in recent years by sports fans with the rise of the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, and other networks. Whatever happens, we can’t blame ESPN for trying something new. But this also leads to another question.
Will ESPN host future pay-per-views?
This move by ESPN also brought up the possible answer WWE fans have had since Vince McMahon announced the WWE was selling the rights to show their pay-per-views to another streaming service or network.
While this part is just speculation, it’s possible that this is the first step for ESPN to take over the pay-per-views for the WWE.
If there’s a large enough audience that turns into the WrestleManias the next three weeks, we could be witnessing the closing of a deal between the two companies.
This is where things are going to get interesting for fans and satirical sites going forward.
We could look at this as Darth Vader joining Palpatine since the WWE is professional wrestling’s Disney, and they would be joining Disney itself. Apprentice, meet master.
Is it wrong wanting to see how bad this relationship could be for McMahon if Disney decides they want his company? Will he go down with the ship or try to steer it to safer waters? Now that’s speculation for another day.
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