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Wrestler Carmella leaps at Bianca Belair, during the WWE Monday Night RAW event, March 6, 2023, in Boston. WWE's weekly television show "Raw" will move to Netflix next year as part of a major streaming deal. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

WWE’s ‘Raw’ is moving to Netflix next year in a major streaming deal

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

Actor and former WWE Superstar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson participates in a Wrestlemania XXVII press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 in New York. It is a name that has become almost synonymous with professional wrestling but its bearer, Dwayne Johnson, has never legally owned “The Rock.” That will change under a new agreement with the WWE under which Johnson will also join the board of TKO Group, the sports and entertainment company that houses WWE and UFC.(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will finally own his nickname under new agreement with WWE

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

Wrestler Akira Tozawa goes airborne during his match with Carmelo Hayes during the WWE Monday Night RAW event, Monday, March 6, 2023, in Boston. WWE’s popular television show, “Friday Night Smackdown,” will be moving from Fox to USA Network next year under a new five-year domestic media rights partnership with NBCUniversal, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. “Smackdown” will begin airing on USA Network in October 2024.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

WWE’s ‘Smackdown’ moving from Fox to USA Network in new rights deal with NBCUniversal

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

TKO Group, which houses WWE and UFC, begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

A WrestleMania sign hangs over the crowd during the WWE Monday Night RAW event, Monday, March 6, 2023, in Boston. WWE is flexing its branding muscle, selling more than 90,000 tickets to next year's WrestleMania about eight months before the premium live event is held and before a single match has been announced. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, FIle)

WWE’s WrestleMania 40 ticket sales show strength of the brand months before 2-day event

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

FILE - Wrestler Akira Tozawa is introduced during the WWE Monday Night RAW event, Monday, March 6, 2023, in Boston. WWE's sponsorship revenue for SummerSlam, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, rose 23% from a year ago to $7 million, the most for any event outside of WrestleMania. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

WWE’s SummerSlam pulls in $7M in sponsorship revenue, up 23% from a year ago

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

WWE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Vince McMahon is shown at the Connecticut Republican Convention in Hartford, Conn., May 21, 2010. Federal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant and served a federal grand jury subpoena McMahon last month, July 2023, according to a regulatory filing. McMahon is also taking medical leave from the sports entertainment company following recent spinal surgery. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

WWE’s McMahon served with subpoena by federal agents

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

A WrestleMania sign hangs over the crowd during the WWE Monday Night RAW event, Monday, March 6, 2023, in Boston. WWE’s WrestleMania arrives this weekend, Saturday, April 1, to a massive audience and vastly larger advertising revenue as it seeks to establish itself as a serious contender for major advertising bucks. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

WWE no longer just a family affair as it joins with UFC

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

FILE - Vince McMahon stands at Republican state convention in Hartford, Conn., Friday, May 18, 2012. McMahon is voluntarily stepping back from his roles as CEO and chairman at WWE, Friday, June 17, 2022, as the sports entertainment company performs an investigation into alleged misconduct related to a relationship with a former employee. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Report: WWE boss McMahon’s hush cash bill over $12 million

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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2012, file photo, reality TV star and former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, looks on as his attorney speaks in Tampa, Fla. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has reinstated Hogan to its Hall of Fame, three years after he was found to have used racial slurs in a conversation caught on a sex tape. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Hulk Hogan reinstated into wrestling Hall of Fame

By TAMARA LUSH - Associated Press

A woman enters to attend the &quot;Greatest Royal Rumble&quot; event in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, April 27, 2018. A previous WWE event held in the ultraconservative kingdom in 2014 was for men only. But Friday night's event in Jiddah included both women and children in attendance. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudis apologize for ‘indecent’ images at wrestling event

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Friday’s Sports in Brief

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Women, children attend wrestling event in Saudi Arabia

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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2017, file photo, Small Business Administration Administrator-nominee,former wrestling entertainment executive, Linda McMahon testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington,at her confirmation hearing. McMahon is on track to secure Senate confirmation to be the next leader of the Small Business Administration. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senate confirms former wrestling exec McMahon to lead SBA

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, file photo, WWE Wrestler Big Show arrives at the World Wrestling Entertainment SummerSlam kickoff party benefiting Betty's Battle in Los Angeles. A story reported by a blog called &quot;WWE&quot; that claimed professional wrestling star &quot;Big Show&quot; had died in a car accident is false. Chris Bellitti, a spokesman for World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, that the &quot;Big Show,&quot; whose real name is Paul Donald Wight II, is alive and well. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)

AP FACT CHECK: WWE wrestler ‘Big Show’ is alive and well

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FILE- In this Sunday, April 6, 2014 file photo, John Cena celebrates his win during Wrestlemania XXX at the Mercedes-Benz Super Dome in New Orleans. World-famous WWE wrestlers such as John Cena, Shaemus and champion Randy Orton are in Saudi Arabia for three days of matches in the capital Riyadh. (Jonathan Bachman/AP Images for WWE, File)

WWE wrestlers in Saudi Arabia for live matches

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Zadzooks: Legends of WrestleMania review

By Joseph Szadkowski