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Apparently the WWE PLEs on ESPN will include commercial breaks mid-match. Which, I suppose, is great for anyone who wants their Wrestlemania moment interrupted by an ad for Slim Jims.
I’d say they aren’t PLE’s anymore, just another WWE show. Apparently anybody that still pays for cable (or “a streaming service” which is cable by a different name) and gets ESPN will be able to access ESPN DTC app for free.
Not everybody. Apparently ESPN is using this as an opportunity to force cable companies to renegotiate their contracts, so only certain providers will get the PLEs included. https://wrestlenomics.com/articles/2025/only-some-pay-tv-carriers-customers-will-automatically-get-wwe-ples-with-espns-new-streaming-platform/
Huh, figures.
ESPN (Disney) was always one of the big reasons cable was expensive to begin with, demanding networks carry all of their channels or get none. They truly are a match made in heaven for TKO-WWE. Then. Now. Forever. Empty Your Wallet.
My core argument “brought to you by Mike’s Harder Lemonade, because when life gets hard you get harder!” still stands, they are no longer Premium “like the feel you get when using Dude Wipes,” they are just another show “brought to you by Wheatley’s American Vodka.” The entire company is so covered in ads like that it bothers me to no end and completely destroys any premium feel they may have had, now where’s my slim jim.