10 MAJOR Changes Coming To WWE Following UFC Merger
4. Joint WWE/UFC Events?!
"Anything is possible".
Granted, this sounds so outlandish, but no-one's saying Roman Reigns is about to fight Jon Jones inside the Octagon here. Running package deal events could be an option for Endeavor in the short-term though, if only just to tout the merger. Sure, WWE matches and real UFC fights on the same broadcast would be risky on both sides, and yet...they'll probably try it at least once.
Naturally, both contrasting products would have to beam from separate venues with separate crowds. In effect, they'd be shows piggybacking on one another; watch a WWE show earlier in the day, then check out UFC's latest blockbuster fight when the sun goes down. That sort of thing.
Your writer is only spitballing here, and understands that hardcore MMA fans view wrestling as "that fake fighting sh*t". There's no way they'd want to sit through WWE matches before getting to the sport they love, put it that way.
This is one for the marketing geniuses out there.