Posted on 9/17/126 by Colin Vassallo
The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Major League
Wrestling (MLW) has signed a new television deal with FOX-
owned Tubi, a deal which kicks off today.
The MLW Fusion weekly television series will stream on Tube
for free every week at 8PM, with the first episode set for
today, September 17. New episodes will premiere each
Thursday in the same time slot.
The Tubi deal was the subject of a lawsuit by MLW against
WWE after MLW claimed that WWE put pressure on FOX officials
to cancel a deal originally agreed to five years ago. WWE
and MLW eventually settled out of court, with WWE paying $20
million to MLW.
“Wrestling should be easy to find and free to watch,” said
Court Bauer, the founder and CEO of Major League Wrestling.
“We built MLW around that, no paywalls, no subscription
barriers, nothing standing between a fan and the show, and
Tubi shares that same fan-first philosophy at scale.
Starting Sept. 17, Tubi’s 110 million monthly active users
have a front row seat on Thursday nights to the hardest
hitting hour in pro wrestling, and it won’t cost a dime.”
Tubi says it has 110 million monthly active users to their
streaming platform.