WWE and UFC to merge into $21.4 billion company

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WWE on its UFC merger, which saw the formation of a new, global live sports and entertainment company. Other companies found within its entertainment and technology portfolio include DraftKings, SoundCloud and Imagine Entertainment.

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.

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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”.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Endeavor Group Holdings and World Wrestling Entertainment said Monday that they had signed a definitive agreement to form a new, publicly listed company consisting of two complementary, global sports and entertainment brands: UFC and WWE. The deal was reported to be close over the weekend by financial media CNBC and Bloomberg. Upon closing, Endeavor will hold a 51% controlling interest in the new company and existing WWE shareholders will hold a 49% interest. “Together, UFC and WWE will have global reach, impressive scale and omnichannel distribution,” Endeavor said in a statement.

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Tom Sandoval is publicly talking for the first time since news broke that he was cheating on Ariana Madix with their co-star, Raquel Leviss.The Vanderpump Rules star was out in Southern California's San Fernando Valley on Monday night when the paparazzi asked him, «If you could go back and change everything that happened, would you? Would you go back and change it?»«Hindsight's always 20/20, man,» Sandoval responded. «Like, you're looking to hindsight, like, looking back at, like, when you handle a situation, like, yes, I could have handled things way better.»Vanderpump Rules started in 2013 and focused on the young, wannabe-rich-and-famous employees of star Lisa Vanderpump’s West Hollywood restaurant, SUR. For the past 10 seasons, fans watched as couples consistently fought, cheated and broke up on the reality show. In Monday's video, Sandoval was asked why he felt he was getting so much heat since the cast has always had dramatic situations like this. «I just think it was really unexpected,» he said. Sandoval and Madix broke up after being together since 2013, when she first joined the show.News of the affair broke on March 3 and the next day, Sandoval publicly addressed the news of their split and the cheating allegations in a lengthy Instagram post.«Hey, I fully understand and deserve ur anger and disappointment towards me, but please leave Schwartz my friends and family out of this situation,» he wrote, seemingly confirming the cheating allegations.

Tom Sandoval is publicly talking for the first time since news broke that he was cheating on Ariana Madix with their co-star, Raquel Leviss.The Vanderpump Rules star was out in Southern California's San Fernando Valley on Monday night when the paparazzi asked him, «If you could go back and change everything that happened, would you? Would you go back and change it?»«Hindsight's always 20/20, man,» Sandoval responded. «Like, you're looking to hindsight, like, looking back at, like, when you handle a situation, like, yes, I could have handled things way better.»Vanderpump Rules started in 2013 and focused on the young, wannabe-rich-and-famous employees of star Lisa Vanderpump’s West Hollywood restaurant, SUR. For the past 10 seasons, fans watched as couples consistently fought, cheated and broke up on the reality show. In Monday's video, Sandoval was asked why he felt he was getting so much heat since the cast has always had dramatic situations like this. «I just think it was really unexpected,» he said. Sandoval and Madix broke up after being together since 2013, when she first joined the show.News of the affair broke on March 3 and the next day, Sandoval publicly addressed the news of their split and the cheating allegations in a lengthy Instagram post.«Hey, I fully understand and deserve ur anger and disappointment towards me, but please leave Schwartz my friends and family out of this situation,» he wrote, seemingly confirming the cheating allegations.

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