Peacock To Be New Home of WWE Network, Stock Slips

U.S.Streamer Peacock and WWE have announced a multi-year agreement that gives Peacock exclusive streaming rights to WWE Network in the United States. 

Programming Insider reports Peacock will launch WWE Network on March 18, beginning the roll-out of more than 17,000 hours of new, original, and library WWE Network programming on demand and on a 24/7 channel, including:

• All live pay-per-view events including "WrestleMania" and "SummerSlam"; "Fastlane" will be the first WWE pay-per-view to stream on Peacock on Sunday, March 21.
• Original series like "Steve Austin Broken Skull Sessions", "Undertaker: The Last Ride" and the all-new "WWE Icons."
• In-ring shows like "NXT", "NXT UK" and "WWE 205 Live", as well as replays of "Raw" and SmackDown."
• WWE Network archives, including every WWE, WCW and ECW pay-per-view event in history;
• Groundbreaking documentaries, including "WWE 24", "WWE Untold", and "WWE 365."
• And, starting in 2022, one signature documentary annually.

WWE stock slipped on the Monday morning news that streaming service WWE Network is folding into NBCUniversal’s Peacock. Within the first 10 minutes of the regular stock-trading day, WWE shares declined about 3%.

The U.S. stock markets opened at 9:30 a.m. ET. The WWE Network-to-Peacock news broke earlier this morning, so there may be some residual effects throughout the day.