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UPDATEDx2: WWE & ESPN Reportedly Working on a Deal That Could See WWE Personalities on The Network

October 13, 2015 | Posted by Larry Csonka

UPDATE 2: In a battle of conflicting reports, the Wrestling Observer reports that tonight’s ESPN/WWE announcement will be in regard to WrestleMania 32 and the network’s planned coverage of it.

Obviously this would seem to be different from PWInsider’s claim that ESPN will have a weekly “This Week in WWE” segment. It is entirely possible that both announcements will take place, however. We’ll know more at 9 PM ET.

UPDATE: Pwinsider.com reports that ESPN will be doing a weekly segment on SportsCenter recapping the Week in WWE.

ORIGINAL: It was reported last night that Seth Rollins is set to appear live on SportsCenter tonight at 9 PM ET with Jonathan Coachman. The MLW Twitter account now reports that WWE and ESPN are discussing WWE stars regularly appearing on the network…

The MLW account has broken news in the past, and Coachman previously teased a major ESPN/WWE announcement that would be coming this week. More on the story as it develops…