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Line 178: ===[[Professional Wrestling]]=== [[Image:WWE SkySports.jpg\|thumb\|left\|WWE Raw, live on Sky Sports 3, 2005]] In [[1989]], '''Sky Sports''' had acquired the rights to '''WWF Wrestling''' (now [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] or WWE), from [[United States\|America]]. Despite being sports-entertainment as opposed to a competitive sport, the show proved popular. WWE ranks among the most watched Sky Sports shows, along with football and rugby league. As of late 2005, Sky have signed a new deal giving them the rights to show WWE Wrestling until 2010. Part of the deal states that major PPV's such as [[WrestleMania]] would be part of the Sky Box Office subscription, and that [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!\|SmackDown!]] would move from [[Sky One]] to Sky Sports. This, however wasn't a move favoured by many British WWE fans. However as part of the deal, [[WWE RAW\|RAW]] is now shown live at 2am on '''Sky Sports 3''' every Monday night. ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!\|SmackDown!]]'' is shown before it's shown in America, on Friday nights at 10pm on '''Sky Sports 3'''. Sky Sports 1 shows 6 WWE PPV's free and live a year. WWE Heat is also shown on Sky Sports despite being dropped from US television and shown as a webcast instead. ==References==

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