{"id":280305,"date":"2025-11-13T11:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/280305\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T11:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:56:08","slug":"wwe-and-mlse-partner-for-monday-night-raw-event-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/280305\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE and MLSE partner for Monday Night Raw event in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) and WWE are partnering together for a new initiative that aims to join wrestling superstars with Toronto sports athletes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In an announcement on social media Wednesday morning, MLSE said the new \u201clong-term strategic partnership\u201d would explore opportunities like \u201cexclusive merchandise collaborations, original content development community-focused programs, and regular cross-brand appearances from team players and WWE superstars.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MLSE owns a number of teams based in Toronto including the Maple Leafs, Raptors, Argonauts and TFC. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The companies say that WWE\u2019s flagship show, Monday Night Raw, will return to downtown\u2019s Scotiabank Arena next year on Jan. 26, with Toronto sports personalities in attendance. The event will air live on Netflix worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MLSE says WWE superstars will make appearances in the following two days at the Leafs\u2019 home games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cCollaborating with an iconic organization like MLSE is a natural extension of WWE\u2019s deep and growing connection with Toronto,\u201d said Alex Varga, co-head of revenue at WWE. \u201c(It) allows us to create new and authentic experiences for fans to reinforce our long-term commitment to the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cMLSE and WWE have a long and strong history together, teaming up many times over the years to create iconic entertainment moments for our fans,\u201d added Phil King, chief business officer at MLSE. \u201cWe are thrilled to expand out partnership with WWE&#8230; to create world-class content and build on Toronto\u2019s standing as a leading market globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The pair of companies say the new partnership will build on the existing launch of \u201cexclusive\u201d licenced WWE Legacy Title Belts that featured the Leafs and Raptors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/YEZVV7V6FJEMPBON7ITWWWXCGA.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>mlse wwe title belts Exclusive licenced WWE Legacy Title Belts featuring the Toronto Raptors and the Toronto Maple Leafs. (WWE) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tickets for January\u2019s Monday Night Raw event in Toronto go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time on Ticketmaster. Presale tickets can be purchased at 10 a.m. on Thursday with the code WWEVIP. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) and WWE are partnering together for a new initiative that aims to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[712,49,48,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-280305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}