It was recently revealed that WWE is in talks with FITE to purchase the streaming service. That would obviously be a huge blow to companies like All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling who stream their PPVs on there and it appeared to be a deliberate move by WWE to hurt its competition.
Well, FITE TV COO Mike Webber has now cleared things up.
"As a person who's responsible for getting content on our platform, we talk to everybody," he explained.
"Of course, we're talking to WWE about getting their pay-per-view programming. A SummerSlam, WrestleMania or Royal Rumble type of event," he said, squashing the news out there of FITE possibly looking to sell to the sports entertainment juggernaut."
"Outside the WWE Network, they are already available on other pay-per-view platforms. We say why not us also. So, we've been in conversations with them to make their programming available and find another way to make more money because we know WWE hasn't made enough money already. Obviously, someone got wind of that communication and meetings and put two and two together and came up with 17, which I'm pretty sure has happened in wrestling quite often before. A business built on rumors. A great rumor."
So, there you have it. There were no purchase talks taking place; instead, FITE and WWE were just talking about bringing WWE PPVs to the platform. Whether that will happen remains to be seen but this would be good news for those of you who are signed up to the service!