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TKO LEADERS NAMED TO VARIETY'S DEALMAKERS LIST, MYSTERIO HITS NEW MILESTONE

The UFC-WWE merger into TKO led to a number of TKO executives Ariel Emanuel, Nick Khan, Mark Shapiro, and Andrew Schleimer being named to Variety's Dealmakers List for 2024, noting;

"Last year, Endeavor merged Ultimate Fighting Championship with World Wrestling Entertainment under the TKO Group Holdings banner. In January 2024, TKO’s leadership quadrumvirate closed a $5.2 billion, 10-year deal to make Netflix the exclusive home of WWE’s flagship show “Raw” in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Latin America and other territories beginning in January 2025. As part of the pact, Netflix will be the home for all WWE shows and specials outside the U.S. from that date forward, giving roughly 80% of international territories immediate access to 100% its content, with the rest of the globe filling out their WWE lineups as outstanding deals expire.

Added value with Netflix: “While the money is extraordinarily important, the downstream impact and ancillary benefits to being with the distributor and just south of 300 million homes globally was something that got us very excited,” says Schleimer."

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