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Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp noted on X that he reached out to sources in WWE and ESPN regarding Freddie Prinze, Jr’s claim that a friend with ESPN said the network is unhappy about the current deal the Disney owned entity has with WWE.
A WWE higher up told Sapp that “no one is WWE upper management is aware of Prinze, Jr.’s role in wrestling or otherwise.” In addition an ESPN representative claimed they have not heard differently and enjoy working with WWE.
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During the latest episode of his Wrestling with Freddie podcast, actor Freddie Prinze Jr. claims he has a friend at Disney that told him ESPN is not happy with the WWE deal.
“ESPN, by the way, so unhappy with the deal. I was talking to a friend of mine who works for Disney, and he was just like, ‘Yo, they better make their money back on this deal. They’re hot.'”
Prince, Jr. also talks on Survivor Series and more!
The full podcast is below:
During an interview last month on the SI Media poscast, ESPN Burke Magnus said the relationship with WWE is going great so far.