WWE News: Company Extends Australian TV Deal, Edge on The Great Khali’s Battleground Appearance

– WWE has announced that they’ve renewed their partnership with Foxtel in Australia. Foxtel will continue to broadcast WWE programming live in the country, including Raw, Smackdown and PPVs.

“Foxtel is a long-time, valued partner who shares our vision and passion for engaging and entertaining our fans,” said Michelle Wilson, WWE Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer. “This agreement allows us to continue showcasing our unique blend of action-packed, family friendly entertainment across Australia.”

“We are thrilled to extend our long-standing partnership with one of the biggest brands in entertainment,” said Stephen Baldwin, Foxtel’s Director of Channels. “WWE has such a passionate fan base in Australia, and Foxtel is pleased to bring this popular content to our customers.”

Foxtel channel FOX8 televises Raw live at 10 AM Tuesdays and SmackDown live at 10 AM Wednesdays.

– Edge and Christian discussed the Great Khali’s return to WWE at WWE Battleground on the latest E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness. You can listen to the episode below. In it, Edge talks about how he thought it was hysterical that Khali held up the title as if it was his.

“My favorite part of the entire thing was Khali grabbing the heavyweight title away from Jinder and holding it up so he would get that photo-op in the Indian newspapers the next day,” he said. “‘Great Khali’s Champion!’ or something. You know that’s what’s going through his mind. He grabbed it and you could see Jinder going like, ‘What…what are you doing, man? You’re taking my belt? What?’ And they had a little tug of war over the thing. I was losing it. I was like, ‘Khali, you bastard! You’re still that way! Okay! Yup!’ Then he handed it back to Jinder, which was nice of him. That was my favorite part.”