Endeavor Confirms WWE-UFC Deal to Create a $21 Billion Sports Entertainment Company

Tom Daley is now a dad-of-two. The Olympic diver, 28, and his husband Dustin Lance Black, 48, have quietly welcomed a second child – a little boy named Phoenix Rose. The happy couple announced their baby joy in The Times and shared that their second-born was born on 28 March.

Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black are sharing the first photos of their newborn son!

Tom Daley has shared the adorable first snaps of his newborn second son, Phoenix Rose, after making the surprise announcement of his arrival on Tuesday. The 28 year old Olympic diver welcomed a second son with his husband, Dustin Lance-Black, 48, via surrogate in March.The pair are also parents to son Robert, who was born in 2018. Making his official baby announcement on Instagram, Tom shared two snaps of the new family, as he and Dustin could be seen wearing matching white tops and blue jeans as their eldest son reached out to their youngest.

parents to four-year-old Robert Ray Black-Daley – shared the surprising news on 5 April via an announcement in The Times. While the couple hadn't publicly revealed they were expecting a second child, the news of their son's birth was shared with the outlet, reading: "Births: Black-Daley on 28 March to Thomas Robert Daley and Dustin Lance Black, a son, Phoenix Rose. " Reps for Tom Daley later confirmed the news to POPSUGAR.

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Tom Daley revealed a surprising update to his family life on Wednesday April 5th, when the Olympic diver, 28 revealed that he and his husband Dustin Lance Black, 48, had safely welcomed their second child together. In a birth announcement shared in The Times, the happy couple revealed that they had quietly welcomed a healthy baby boy, Phoenix Rose on March 28th 2023.

previously welcomed their first child via surrogate in 2018. ET has reached out to a rep for the family for comment regarding the child's birth. Daley, an Olympic diver, and Black, an Oscar-winning screenwriter, started dating in 2013. They got engaged in 2015, and tied the knot in a stunning ceremony in an English castle in May 2017. Though they have not yet shared a photo of the family's newest addition, Black recently posted a series of heartwarming images to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of meeting his future husband. «10 YEARS AGO TODAY,» he captioned a silly selfie of the pair in front of the Eiffel Tower.

Tom Daley, 28, and his husband Dustin Lance Black, 48, have surprised fans with the news of the arrival of their second child. It comes after the couple welcomed their first child, a little boy named Robert, via surrogate back in 2018. Now, they have quietly announced that they are now both fathers to a little boy named Phoenix Rose.

Cat Deeley looked incredible during a recent beach trip with her son James, four.The 46 year old TV presenter showed off her stunning figure in a red bikini as she built sandcastles with her youngest son during a trip to the seaside. Cat still oozed glamour during the beach day as she wore a straw sun hat with her blonde hair tucked back in a bun.

Surprise! Dustin Lance Black and Tom Daley have welcomed their second child together!

First time mum Stacey Dooley has delighted her fans on social media as she gave her followers a first hand look at her daughter Minnie’s stunning new nursery, just three months on since welcoming her into the world. The talented star welcomed the adorable little girl with her partner Strictly Come Dancing pro Kevin Clifton in January 2023, and since then has been giving her fans a glimpse behind the scenes of her new found parenthood.

Vince McMahon called Monday “a great day” as his iconic company announced plans to sell a controlling stake to Endeavor in a merger with mixed martial arts firm UFC. “Things have to evolve. A family business has to evolve, for all the right reasons. And this is the right business decision, and it’s the right family decision,” McMahon said in an interview today on CNBC.

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will merge into one company as part of a sale to Endeavor Group Holdings. The new operation will be valued at $21.4 billion thanks to the UFC's $12.1 billion valuation and WWE's $9.3 billion. WWE Executive Chairman Vince McMahon will join the new "global live sports and entertainment company" in the same role.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter In a storyline worthy of the finest pro wrestling angles, the McMahon family’s nearly complete control of WWE is coming to an end after seven decades. That is not to say there will no one within the McMahon family at the helm of the sports entertainment juggernaut. With the announcement that Endeavor Group is purchasing WWE and combining it into a new company with the UFC, it was revealed that Vince McMahon will be executive chairman of the board of the new entity. In addition, Paul Levesque — known to fans as Triple H and also McMahon’s son-in-law — will stay on as chief content officer, a role he assumed in September 2022. But no longer will the WWE be the family-run business that WWE and its predecessors have been since McMahon’s father and grandfather began promoting professional wrestling in New York in 1953. As such, it marks the end of an era for TV’s dominant pro wrestling franchise.

Two of the world’s biggest fighting organizations are coming together.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Endeavor is bringing together two of the world’s biggest combat-sports franchises — UFC and WWE — in a blockbuster merger announced Monday. It’s a deal in which “one plus one equals three,” said Endeavor president and COO Mark Shapiro, who will serve in the same role for the merged UFC-WWE. The pact, valuing the combined company at roughly $21.4 billion, is anticipated to close in the second half of 2023. The deal will result in an estimated $50 million to $100 million in annualized run-rate cost synergies, according to Endeavor, including by moving WWE to Endeavor’s back-office infrastructure. Shapiro said Endeavor, when it acquired UFC, realized $70 million in cost savings.

Endeavor Group Holdings and Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment have entered a definitive agreement to create a new $21.4 billion live sports and entertainment company consisting of UFC and WWE.The deal, which was unanimously approved by Endeavor and WWE’s boards of directors, values UFC at $12.1 billion and WWE at $9.3 billion. It is expected to close in the second half of 2023.Under the terms of the transaction, existing WWE shareholders will roll all existing equity into a new entity that will be the parent company of UFC and WWE (“NewCo” until it is named at a later date) and intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “TKO”.

WWE and UFC parent Endeavor Group Holdings made things official in an SEC filing Monday morning, confirming their blockbuster merger into a combat sports colossus.

CNBC, the top pro wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions in the world would both be operated under a new joint company led by Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel. McMahon, who briefly stepped down from WWE this past July after the Wall Street Journal exposed years worth of hush money payments he made to several women to keep quiet about affairs and sexual misconduct, would serve as executive chairman of the new company.

J. Kim Murphy World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE) is nearing a deal to be acquired by Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. Bloomberg was first to report on the ongoing acquisition deal. The report states that “no final decision has been made” and that negotiations could potentially fall through. The talks coincide as WrestleMania 39, one of the organization’s premier annual events, continues to unfold. The two-day pay-per-view and streaming extravaganza concludes Sunday evening, with more than 80,000 fans in attendance in Los Angeles. The WWE has been actively exploring an acquisition deal for some time now. Vince McMahon, the longtime public face and majority owner of the professional wrestling organization, returned to the company as executive chairman in January. McMahon had exited his WWE leadership role last year amid investigations into sexual misconduct allegations, leaving his daughter, Stephanie McMahon, to take on offices as chairman and co-CEO alongside Nick Khan, who previously served as the company’s president.