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WWE Mixed Match Challenge Updates: Is Facebook Paying For It?, How Many Episodes Will There Be?, Will There Be Ads During The Show?, More

By Nick Hausman

Updates On WWE’s Mixed Match Challenge: Is FB Pay For It?, How Many Episodes Will There Be?, Will There Be Ads During The Show?, More
Photo Credit: Getty, Vince McMahon during the WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Thomas & Mack Center August 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Variety has a new article out revealing details about WWE and Facebook’s new live, weekly Mixed Match Challenge series.

We have included some highlights below. The full article can be found HERE.

Related: WWE & Facebook Announce Live, In-Ring Series ‘Mixed Match Challenge’; Interactive Tournament Details

  • Facebook has secured the exclusive rights to WWE Mixed Match Challenge
    • Facebook is paying WWE for the distribution rights
    • Reps declined to comment on the terms of the agreement
  • The series will be twelve episodes long
  • It will stream live in the United States exclusively on Facebook’s Watch platform on Tuesday nights starting Jan. 16 at 10 pm EST following SmackDown Live on the USA Network
  • Mixed Match Challenge episodes will not contain advertisements
    • Facebook’s head of global sports partnerships said the company is still testing ad insertion in live programming and expects to eventually sell advertising in content on Watch
  • WWE Mixed Match Challenge will be shot in the same city and by the same crew as Smackdown Live
Nick Hausman
Nick Hausman

Nick joined WrestleZone in 2015 and has since worked hard to bring pro wrestling fans a variety of exclusive news insights, podcasts, videos and more.

You may know Nick as the former co-host for a variety of successful pro wrestling podcasts with names like Eric Bischoff, Bret "Hitman" Hart and Bill Apter. Or as his villainous pro wrestling manager alter ego "Rinaldo Piven"!

Nick does commentary for Black Label Pro and can be found promoting pro wrestling events for Chicago fans with Viva La Rasslin as well as Duffy's Bar & Grille in Chicago.

Nick has also trained and performed at the Improv Olympic, Annoyance, ComedySportz and Second City improv theaters in Chicago, IL.

If you have a news item, inquiry or just want to say, "HI!" please feel free to shoot him an e-mail nick@wrestlezone.com

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