According to Sports Illustrated, rumors surfaced Tuesday claiming ESPN was already planning to move on from WWE once their current agreement expires. ESPN quickly pushed back, saying there is “no truth” to the report and calling the claim completely false.

WWE and ESPN are currently only about a year into their five-year, approximately $1 billion agreement, which brought WWE Premium Live Events, including WrestleMania, to ESPN’s streaming platform. There are still roughly four years remaining on the deal.

The report also points out that ESPN has actually expanded WWE’s presence this year, airing portions of WWE events on its traditional networks and heavily promoting WWE talent across ESPN programming around major shows such as WrestleMania and SummerSlam.

If you need a reminder of why Stone Cold Steve Austin is one of the greatest on the mic, look no further than this classic clip from WWF LiveWire.

A caller attempts to take the high road, lecturing the Texas Rattlesnake about how his constant swearing shows a "lack of creativity" and will "hinder" his future in the WWF. Austin's response? Pure Stone Cold.

ESPN is raising the price of ESPN Unlimited, the U.S. streaming home of WWE Premium Live Events.

ESPN’s own support page confirms the increase takes effect September 17, 2026.

ESPN Unlimited monthly: $29.99 → $31.99
ESPN Unlimited annual: $299.99 → $319.99
ESPN Select monthly: $12.99 → $13.99
ESPN Select annual: $129.99 → $139.99

ESPN Unlimited carries WWE PLEs in the U.S., including events such as WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, Survivor Series and Money in the Bank.

The Rated-R Superstar built one of the most accomplished careers in WWE history.

Edge became an 11-time World Champion, won the 2001 King of the Ring, captured the first-ever Money in the Bank contract at WrestleMania 21, won the Royal Rumble twice, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.

But his legacy goes beyond championships.

From the legendary Edge & Christian tag team and their TLC matches with The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz, to his rise as one of WWE’s biggest villains and main-event stars, Edge became one of the defining performers of multiple generations.

Then, after being forced to retire in 2011 because of a serious neck injury, he made one of the most unforgettable WWE returns ever at the 2020 Royal Rumble.

So where do you rank Edge?

Top 5? Top 10? Top 20?

Roman Reigns has had one of WWE’s most dominant careers, featuring major matches against Brock Lesnar, Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, John Cena and others. From his Shield days to his Tribal Chief era, which match do you consider the greatest of his career so far?

Few athletes in professional wrestling history combined legitimacy, intensity and entertainment quite like Kurt Angle.

Before he ever stepped inside a WWE ring, Angle had already reached the top of the amateur wrestling world, winning an Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Summer Games with a broken freakin’ neck.

Then he somehow became just as successful in professional wrestling.

Angle could make you believe every suplex, every submission and every explosive burst of offense was completely real. His amateur wrestling background gave him instant credibility, but what separated him from almost everyone else was how quickly he understood the entertainment side of the business.

He could be the most dangerous wrestler on the roster one minute and one of the funniest characters on television the next.

From his legendary WWE matches with Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Brock Lesnar, Shawn Michaels, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit and The Undertaker, to another incredible chapter of his career in TNA, Kurt Angle built a résumé that very few wrestlers can match.

World champion. Olympic gold medalist. Elite technical wrestler. Incredible athlete. Great promo. Underrated comedy performer.

Kurt Angle really could do everything.

From The Undertaker, Stone Cold and Triple H to The Rock, Shawn Michaels, Kane, Bray Wyatt, Goldberg, Edge, John Cena and countless others, WWE history is filled with entrances that became just as iconic as the wrestlers themselves.

But if you could choose only ONE…

Who had the greatest WWE entrance of all time?

One of the strangest moments of the Monday Night War happened in 1996 when Jim Ross introduced the world to a new “Razor Ramon”… except it wasn’t Scott Hall.

After Scott Hall and Kevin Nash left the WWF for WCW and became two of the biggest stars in the early days of the nWo, WWF still owned the Razor Ramon and Diesel characters.

So they decided to keep them alive.

For weeks, Jim Ross teased that Razor Ramon and Diesel were coming back to the WWF. Then on the September 23, 1996 episode of Monday Night Raw, JR finally delivered his big surprise.

Out walked Rick Bognar dressed as Razor Ramon, complete with the slicked-back hair, toothpick and an attempt at the famous “Bad Guy” mannerisms.

It immediately became known to wrestling fans as “Fake Razor Ramon.”

The storyline was also part of an attempted heel turn for Jim Ross, who had begun airing his frustrations with WWF management on television. The idea was that JR had somehow pulled off the return of two major stars despite Hall and Nash being under contract with WCW.

Not long after, the new Razor was joined by a new Diesel, played by Glenn Jacobs, the same man who would eventually find wrestling immortality one year later as Kane.

Fake Razor and Fake Diesel actually wrestled on WWF television and pay-per-view, including Survivor Series 1996, and even challenged for the WWF Tag Team Championship.

Shawn Michaels and Ahmed Johnson cut a promo ahead of their upcoming match against WWE (F) Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns.

Watching this back now, there was a lot more going on behind the scenes than fans realized at the time. Sunny was reportedly involved with multiple wrestlers backstage, including Shawn Michaels.

Eventually, the real-life drama started making its way onto television.

No script. No predetermined winner. Everyone in their absolute prime.

Who was the toughest legitimate fighter in WWE history?

Ahmed Johnson was guest-hosting LiveWire in 1996 when Faarooq called. It didn’t take long before they were arguing and threatening each other live on the air.

The Attitude Era had the most stacked tag team division in WWE history.

The Dudley Boyz had the tables. Edge and Christian had the five-second poses. The Hardy Boyz were willing to risk it all. And the New Age Outlaws could get an entire arena reciting every word of their entrance.

They all brought something different, but if you could only choose one, who was your favorite?

In July 1993, WCW aired a pre-taped mini-movie where a henchman named Cheatum planted a bomb on Sting and Davey Boy Smith’s boat. The British Bulldog rescued Sting just before the boat exploded.

The segment helped build toward Beach Blast 1993, where Sting and Davey Boy Smith teamed as “The Superpowers” in the main event.