TKO Group Holdings
TKO’s Q1 financials show revenue drop for IMG
TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of WWE and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), saw its revenue increase by four per cent to almost $1.27bn (€1.13bn) for the first quarter of 2025, as the IMG agency also came under the organisation’s umbrella.
WWE embraces lucha libre with AAA takeover
WWE has moved to further diversify its offering by acquiring Mexican lucha libre promotion AAA in partnership with sports and entertainment holding company, Fillip
TKO finalises Saudi-backed move into boxing
Initial details of TKO Group Holdings’ long-awaited move into boxing were released today (Wednesday) with UFC’s Dana White and WWE’s Nick Khan heading up the executive leadership of the promotion.
TKO revenue hits $2.8bn; UFC settlement tanks profits
TKO Holdings has reported revenue of just over $2.8bn (€2.67bn) in 2024 as the first full year of World Wrestling Entertainment's addition to the group bore fruit on the balance sheet.
WWE adds Hogan’s Real American Beer as sponsor
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has signed up the Hulk Hogan-owned Real American Beer as a sponsor in a move which appears consistent with wider ‘anti-woke’ marketing messaging adopted by TKO Group Holdings properties.
Shapiro KOs White’s boxing plans… for now
Boxing remains a vertical of interest to TKO but there will be no immediate move into the sport described "at its best as confused and fragmented, at its worst as broken" by president Mark Shapiro.
TKO to buy IMG, PBR, On Location for $3.25bn
Endeavor Group is to sell three of its major businesses, including the IMG agency, to TKO, the entity it spun off last year to house WWE and UFC and listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Shapiro details UFC vision before TKO-ESPN talks
TKO’s preference is for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to remain on ESPN screens in the US beyond 2025, but the make-up of any new contract is likely to look very different to the existing deal with more fights on network TV targeted.
TKO agrees $375m settlement in UFC lawsuit
TKO Group, parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has reached an agreement to pay $375m (€336.6m) to settle an antitrust action brought by former UFC fighter Cung Le, with another lawsuit pending.
TKO raises full-year guidance as Q2 revenue jumps to $851.2m
TKO Group, the Endeavor-owned parent company of WWE and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has raised its full-year guidance after posting new quarterly records for revenue and adjusted earnings.
TKO, ex-UFC fighters head to court as $335m deal rejected
A proposed settlement between Ultimate Fighting Championship parent company TKO Group Holdings and former fighters has been rejected by a judge presiding over the case, with the lawsuit now facing the possibility of being settled in court.
TKO buys into EverPass as NFL Sunday Ticket streamed in bars
The National Football League's domestic out-of-market Sunday Ticket package will be able to be streamed in US commercial businesses for the first time, after EverPass Media, the media platform of the NFL…
TKO builds further UFC-WWE links with new events venture
TKO Live Events Strategy Team to create what is claimed will be one of the strongest live events portfolios in sports and entertainment.
WWE, NBC strike short-term $25m Raw deal; TKO raises 2024 targets
NBCUniversal has agreed a cut-price deal with World Wrestling Entertainment to continue showing 'Monday Night Raw' for the remainder of 2024, until the bumper 10-year global contract with Netflix kicks…
WrestleMania XL hailed as ‘biggest ever’ in turning point for pro wrestling
WWE has announced that WrestleMania XL has become the most-successful and highest-grossing event in company history.
TKO to pay out $335m in UFC antitrust settlements, stock up nearly 8 per cent
Ultimate Fighting Championship parent company TKO Group Holdings has reached an agreement to settle the claims brought against the company in two class action antitrust lawsuits and will pay out $335m…
Prime secures WWE first in new canvas branding direction under TKO
Prime has announced a major new sponsorship with WWE that sees the hydration drink brand become the first ever to have its logo on the wrestling ring canvas.
Joint UFC-WWE revenues hit $1.7bn, net income falls 54 per cent
TKO Group Holdings, the Endeavor-owned public company created by the merger of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), has reported revenue for the 2023 financial…