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>The WWE has finished its exclusive negotiating window with Fox and Comcast/USA Network without a new deal, The Post has learned.
>This is not surprising, because most major deals go to the open market, even if the incumbents remain the favorites. We would maintain at this point that Fox, with “Friday Night Smackdown,” and USA, with “Monday Night Raw,” remain most likely to re-up; that is usually the common thought at these points in deals that have been wins for both sides.
>It is still early in the process, but one party that does have interest in adding the WWE is Disney, according to sources. The potential cable placement would not be ESPN, but rather FX.
>The reason FX makes more sense than ESPN is ESPN can’t guarantee a night of the week to WWE. It has too many game commitments, so it can’t just say Mondays are for WWE.
>When Peacock’s streaming deal is up, though, ESPN+ could be a contender again. ESPN+ was in on the last WWE streaming rights negotiations.
