Ariel Helwani

They would get annoyed when we would talk about wrestling or try to equate it to MMA and stuff like that.

And so to see how far it has come is really surreal.

So I think it's huge for WWE.

I think McAfee hopes for that, right?

So I agree with that.

I also think that for the ESPN, the employees, the people who work, because a lot of those people, I think, are going to go from UFC to WWE in terms of working on the shows.

This is going to be a walk in the park.

Number one...

the vibe that you get from WWE, like they did this whole package, like, wow, we made it to ESPN.

It's been so many years.

It feels like they're so happy to be here because it's almost like validating for them as opposed to UFC who kind of waltzed in from Fox and been like, this is how we do it around here.

Also, you can, you could bank on who's going to be on all these shows months in advance, right?

Like, you know, so it's not like, oh, this pay-per-view is a little weak or this guy got hurt a week out and we have to scramble.

This is going to feel similar to promoting and covering WWE

UFC because it's the same type of thing combat sports but because they're able to control so much and because I think WWE is going to be a more agreeable partner I think it's going to be a match made in heaven well and then to be able to tell them like we need something on this weekend we don't have anything

You know, a hundred percent.

Also, this is the first year this past year, WrestleMania.

This was something actually Nick talked about in interviews.

He might've even talked about it with you, to be honest, because he only seems to do interviews with you these days.

Can't even get him to do a friendly space for Nick.