{"id":700227,"date":"2026-05-28T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/700227\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:00:10","slug":"fox-nation-expands-streaming-rights-deal-for-raf-with-new-next-gen-series-reality-competition-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/700227\/","title":{"rendered":"FOX Nation expands streaming rights deal for RAF with new Next Gen series, reality competition show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Real American Freestyle is covering more territory on the FOX Nation service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Promotional officials confirmed to MMA Fighting that the promotion\u2019s new Next Gen events will stream exclusively on the platform, with the first match card taking place July 19 in Milwaukee following RAF 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cRAF is growing so fast because every decision we make is centered around one goal: giving<br \/>the entire wrestling community the exposure it deserves,\u201d RAF co-founder Chad Bronstein said.<br \/>\u201cWe\u2019re building a complete platform for the sport &#8211; from Olympic champions and<br \/>global stars all the way down to the next generation coming up behind them. This continued<br \/>commitment from FOX Nation in less than a year says a lot about the momentum behind this<br \/>and how strongly they believe in where we\u2019re headed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Next Gen series focuses on youth wrestlers getting the opportunity to compete on a larger platform in front of their idols. It\u2019s expected that RAF Next Gen will have 14 live events on the streaming network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Additionally, RAF is launching a new program on the platform called UNDISCOVERED: The Search For The Next RAF Superstar. The reality show gives aspiring wrestlers the chance to be signed to the RAF roster with an audition process, competition, and storytelling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">RAF returns to action this Saturday with RAF 9 in Dallas headlined by Gable Steveson vs. Alexandr Romanov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real American Freestyle is covering more territory on the FOX Nation service. Promotional officials confirmed to MMA Fighting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,214253,214254,85],"class_list":["post-700227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-raf-wrestling","tag-raf-wrestling-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}