WWE fans on social media have pointed out that a significant portion of WWE content is set to leave Peacock at the end of December. This departure comes much sooner than many had initially expected, signaling a shift in the distribution of the company’s vast video library.
Massive Amount Of Content Set To Expire
Among the content scheduled to leave the streaming service is the majority of the WCW and ECW libraries. Additionally, various territory-related events and a large number of WWF and WWE events are listed for removal. This migration stems from the end of the five-year agreement WWE signed with Peacock in March 2021, which moved the WWE Network library to the service for fans in the United States.
While Peacock aired WWE Premium Live Events from Fastlane 2021 through Clash in Paris in September 2025, the landscape has changed. WWE began a new partnership with ESPN the following month, kicking off with Wrestlepalooza. However, Peacock recently secured a new multi-year agreement to continue airing Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Dave Meltzer Discusses Future Of The Library
Dave Meltzer addressed the situation on Wrestling Observer Radio, confirming that the library is indeed moving and that the future home for this content remains uncertain. He noted that while ESPN is a likely landing spot, questions remain about how much of the archive will actually be made available.
“The library at the end of this month will no longer be on Peacock, and what happens to the library in the United States is up in the air,” Meltzer said. “I know ESPN has said that they’re interested, probably wind up with ESPN. How much ESPN will put on its service is, we’ll have to wait and see. There’s a lot of people talking about Netflix. There’s so much stuff Netflix never put up internationally, because they have the rights internationally.”
Advice For Fans Of Territorial Wrestling
Meltzer advised fans to take advantage of the current availability of older wrestling footage.
“I think that if you want to watch a lot of that old stuff… especially the territorial stuff… You might want to watch it in the next month, because there’s no guarantee that whomever gets the deal next will keep all of the stuff, especially the older stuff, the territorial stuff, because I think that somebody new might just say there’s no value in this,” Meltzer stated. “Just to be on the safe side, because you just don’t know whose hands it’s going to end up in.”
In the current media landscape, WWE has split its domestic rights among multiple partners: Raw on Netflix, SmackDown on USA Network, and NXT on The CW. The addition of ESPN as the home for Premium Live Events marks another piece of the puzzle, leaving the massive historical library as the final significant asset to be officially placed for 2026.
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