Stephanie McMahon, meet dad Vince McMahon — maybe you two should talk.
The WWE family members have been planning to launch a stand-alone wrestling-themed cable channel for well over a year now, but so far nothing has materialized.
At a Multichannel News event Wednesday, Stephanie McMahon told attendees, “We’re looking at traditional and nontraditional distribution, and we’re targeting first quarter next year.”
Stephanie seemed to be breaking some news, but as sports-news site Bleacher Report noted, daddy Vince told investors on the company earnings call Thursday that no date had been settled on.
The WWE channel has had a slew of false starts and likely doesn’t want to be held to a deadline once again.
Reps for the channel reiterated to On the Money that no date had been confirmed.
We thank Stephanie for being candid and hope the McMahons have more luck with the distributors in talks this time around.