UFC, WWE combine to form $21.4 billion sports entertainment company

“Together, we will be a $21+ billion live sports and entertainment powerhouse with a collective fanbase of more than a billion people and an exciting growth opportunity,” McMahon said in a prepared statement Monday.

The deal between Endeavor and WWE catapults WWE into a new era, after functioning as a family-run business for decades. McMahon purchased Capitol Wrestling from his father in 1982, and took the regional wrestling business to a national audience with the likes of wrestling stars such as Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The company, which changed its name to World Wrestling Federation and later World Wrestling Entertainment, hosted its first WrestleMania in 1985.

“It makes all the sense in the world for all these synergies that we have to extract all of the value that we can out of the marketplace,” he explained.as an attractive target given its global reach and loyal fanbase, which includes everyone from minors to seniors and a wide range of incomes., over the weekend. Last year, WWE booked revenue of $1.3 billion.. It surpassed 16 billion social video views in the final quarter of last year.

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WWE acquired by UFC's parent organization to form new $21 billion companyEndeavor Group Holdings on Monday announced a deal to merge WWE and UFC to form a $21 billion separately listed company hours after WrestleMania 39. Right after Wrestlemania
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