2/10/2014- WWE TV rights with NBCUniversal set to expire February 14th

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. As you all know, the NFL season has ended and MLB season hasn't started yet so from now up to WrestleMania, Wrestling with Green Pinstripes will be "wrestling heavy". MMA will be covered as well, but that's a discussion for another time. For now, let's discuss the WWE, shall we? Here we go!

WWE

As you have heard, WWE is currently re-negotiating a deal with NBCUniversal in terms of getting a new TV deal. This comes not too long after WWE announced their plans for WWE Network. Today, an update has emerged from the New York Post about this.

An exclusive negotiating period ended last week with no deal in sight. We hear the pressure is on for a deal to get done in the next few days.

An industry source told On the Money, “NBCU has until Friday, Feb. 14, to respond to WWE’s final offer.”

To read more on this: http://nypost.com/2014/02/08/valentines-breakup-nbcuniversal-and-wwe-may-split-up/. That means if a deal is not reached by the end of this week, WWE is open to listening to other networks for carriage rights to Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown (which currently air on USA Network and Syfy, respectively). However, NBCU is allowed to match the offer as well later on. Once more details are shared, I will pass along the information.

YES Network covered this topic about the WWE getting new TV deals during their show called "Forbes SportsMoney". Keep in mind, this is a few months outdated but for the most part it's spot on.

Speaking of Raw, tonight Raw will be emanating from Los Angeles, CA. Betty White is scheduled to guest star on the show.

That's all I have to say for now. Have a good week!

-NYCKNP