WWE has terminated its relationship with former Russian broadcast partner Match and will no longer air any of its network programming in Russia.
This decision comes in response to Vladimir Putin’s Russian military invasion into Ukraine.
WWE terminated its relationship with Russian broadcast partner Match and will no longer air WWE network programming in Russia. https://t.co/KDuzYe4eIc
— TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) March 3, 2022
“WWE has terminated its partnership with Russian broadcaster Match and shut down WWE Network in Russia effective immediately,” Vince McMahon’s organization said in a statement, per TMZ Sports.
Match will no longer have access to any of the WWE’s weekly programming, including Raw, Smackdown, NXT shows and WWE on demand. Wrestle Mania 38, which is set to take place on April 2-3, has also been pulled.
The WWE has a significant fan following in Russia.
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