Backstage Details On New MLW TV Deal With Tubi

MLW has kicked off a TV deal with Tubi, and a new report has a few additional details on the matter. As announced yesterday, the company signed a streaming deal with the service that sees their flagship show Fusion air on Thursday nights. That began with last night’s show, which was a new episode.

Fightful Select reports that the deal comes with a rights fee for MLW Fusion, and that there is also revenue share for the MLW library’s integration into the service.

The report notes that the deal was made official in August, which — as timing would have it — was close to the five-year anniversary of the first MLW and Tubi deal being shut down. As you may recall, the company had signed a deal Tubi back in mid-2021 which ultimately didn’t happen, and the company sued WWE for having the deal killed through its connections to FOX, which owns Tubi. The antitrust lawsuit was settled in December of 2023, with WWE paying $20 million to settle.

The promotion previously had a deal with BeIn to air MLW Fusion in addition to its airing on YouTube. The BeIN deal reportedly expired in August.