last thursday The Hollywood Reporter announced that “MLW Fusion” will air on Tubi Thursday night. It began airing that night and will continue to air every Thursday on the free streaming platform.
While it’s not yet known how long the deal between MLW and Tubi will last, some more details have been revealed. By: Fighting Selectit’s a rights fee for library integration with revshare. The deal between the two was made in August.
The deal comes almost five years later MLW filed an antitrust lawsuit against WWE. The suit alleged that WWE pressured Tubby into withdrawing from contracts and prospective relationships with MLW. Tubi is owned by Fox, which at the time aired “WWE SmackDown.” The lawsuit alleged that Stephanie McMahon was the WWE official who pressured Tubby into leaving MLW. The settlement was reached in December 2023.
MLW has revived “Fusion”. in May, after a three-year break. The program was broadcast on YouTube for free. MLW owner Cort Bauer said THR: that “we built MLW around that, no paywalls, no subscription barriers, nothing between the fan and the show, and Tubi shares that same fan-first philosophy at scale.”
