{"id":117676,"date":"2023-01-18T15:29:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T20:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=117676"},"modified":"2023-01-18T15:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T20:29:26","slug":"wwes-deal-with-icw-progress-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/01\/18\/wwes-deal-with-icw-progress-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE’s Deal With ICW & PROGRESS Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

WWE’s deal with UK independent promotions PROGRESS Wrestling and Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) has ended. WWE had streamed both promotions shows on its WWE Network for a couple of years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Initially, shows from the promotions’ back catalogs were released on the WWE Network<\/a> in 2020 along with shows from EVOLVE and Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PROGRESS’s chapter shows from 101 – 146 were all subsequently released on the WWE’s streaming service. ICW’s weekly Fight Club show aired on the WWE Network between November 28, 2020, and December 10, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fantastic Relationship\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

PROGRESS co-owners Martyn Best and Lee McAteer<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>thanked the WWE for a fantastic relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very excited for what the future now holds for PROGRESS Wrestling and we are currently in discussions with several high-profile streaming platforms,”\u00a0<\/span><\/em>they said.<\/span>\u00a0“Our US show during WrestleMania 39 is an exciting venture and we can only say that our recent decisions put us between a Rock and a hard place.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

PROGRESS Wrestling will continue to be available via its Demand Progress streaming service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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PROGRESS Wrestling\u2018s first show of 2023 was named #StartSpreadingTheNews<\/a>\u2026 for a very clear reason & we can now confirm that its very positive and long-standing partnership with WWE Network is coming to a harmonious end.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49 Read all about it herehttps:\/\/t.co\/jGKh34BxHB<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/hFr0eMT3AW<\/a><\/p>\n

— PROGRESS Wrestling (@ThisIs_Progress) January 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n