Paul Levesque and CM Punk appeared on ESPN Thursday, continuing a promotional blitz for the broadcaster’s deal to stream WWE PLEs.
Their appearances followed that of Seth Rollins, who appeared on the early morning show, ‘Get Up’.
Levesque, WWE’s Chief Content Officer, joined SportsCenter’s Brian Custer.
He said that Pat McAfee, who has been taking a break from announcing of late, will be at Wrestlepalooza on September 20.
Pat will be there. He’s going to light the place up. It’s going to be exciting. Indianapolis, we were just there for the Royal Rumble. 70,000 fans there. It was incredible. So we’re looking forward to being back there […]
We’re full guns blazing on ESPN. We are headed into Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. We are headed into Survivor series. And then right on the other side of that is the Royal Rumble and the road to WrestleMania. So it’s not going to get any bigger. And as I said, this is the perfect partnership to take what we do and take it to a whole other level.
When asked if more WWE PLEs could become two-night events, Levesque responded:
I think time will tell, and it’s really for us about super-serving our fans, just like for ESPN, you guys thrive on super-serving your fan base and the people that watch. So do we. It’s what we want to do. So when we can turn these into bigger events, make them destination weekends for fans, that’s what we will do. And it’s all about our fans, our WWE universe and making them happy.
Earlier, CM Punk appeared on First Take, where he was asked whether his return to WWE had been everything he had hoped for. He replied:
For me, yeah. I think it’s been everything that I ever thought the WWE could and should be, behind the scenes and in front of the camera. That’s a better question you should ask fans and stuff like that, because ultimately, they’re my boss. They are our bosses. So I think they could agree.
