MLW officially done with REELZ

[Chris]

MLW Underground will not have a second season Reelz according to a report.

PWInsider reports Reelz issued a statement saying that both parties has agreed that MLW was not a fit for the network and that no further discussions are taking place with regard to a second season.

The statement is a follow-up to one issued in April saying Reelz were in discussions with MLW with regard to future seasons airing on the network after Underground's initial 13-week run on the channel.

During Underground's run on Reelz, the network reached an agreement with NBCUniversal's Peacock service to air a Reelz stream. As WWE and Peacock have an exclusivity agreement regarding wrestling programming appearing on the service, Reelz was blacked out on Peacock during the two-hour MLW time block.


Reelz's statement to PWInsider reads:

"We evaluated wrestling on REELZ and decided that it was not a great fit with the current programming direction of the network and MLW agreed so there are no further conversations taking place."

Reelz is available in 40 million US homes according to their website. The network's hit show is On Patrol Live, which garnered an average of 689,000 viewers (0.22 rating) and 131,900 18-49 year-old viewers (0.1 rating) over its two episodes last weekend.

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/mlw/report-mlw-not-returning-to-reelz

 

[Hoss]

Wow.. I'm floored...

 

[Daddy Deville]

This point they gone end up on Tubi

 

[Chris]

This point they gone end up on Tubi

Lol no that was where they were in talks with but allegedly WWE stopped them and that's the basis for the current lawsuit

 

[Daddy Deville]

Lol no that was where they were in talks with but allegedly WWE stopped them and that's the basis for the current lawsuit

Free TV App? Tubi

 

[Chris]

Yeah they were in talks and it fell through. They say it's bc WWE's fox relationship or something bc Fox owns a stake

 

[Chris]

https://www.sescoops.com/news/court-bauer-calls-wwe-actions-deeply-troubling-amid-mlw-antitrust-lawsuit

A court document filed in August of this year revealed that Stephanie McMahon spoke with a Tubi executive on August 9, 2021, a day before a planned press release announcing a deal between Tubi and MLW. The deal was terminated that night. WWE has denied that McMahon pressured executives to terminate the deal.

 

[Daddy Deville]

Damn lol I didn't know maybe they can go to freevee

 

[Bobby Barrows]

https://www.sescoops.com/news/court-bauer-calls-wwe-actions-deeply-troubling-amid-mlw-antitrust-lawsuit

A court document filed in August of this year revealed that Stephanie McMahon spoke with a Tubi executive on August 9, 2021, a day before a planned press release announcing a deal between Tubi and MLW. The deal was terminated that night. WWE has denied that McMahon pressured executives to terminate the deal.

Fucking hell, Steph.

Yeah that seems like a smoking gun if you ask me.

 

[Deadd2009]

They can always try again next year after the SD on Fox deal expires.