Customers of YouTube TV, Sling TV, Comcast and Cox will be unable to watch Wrestlepalooza through their existing cable or streaming subscriptions and instead need to purchase a separate subscription directly from ESPN to gain access. If you have Verizon or Spectrum, you must log in and activate ESPN Unlimited through the TV provider.

Here's how to watch WWE's Wrestlepalooza premium live event, the first event in a new deal with ESPN's new streaming option.

Stephanie McMahon’s Hall of Fame announcement is special and well-deserved. I am happy for her because she was a compelling character, hard-working executive, and good human being. But that announcement does not live up to the advertisement of “surprises.”

If you don’t have ESPN Unlimited and want to watch Wrestlepalooza, you have two options: 1. Go to ESPN’s website and sign up for ESPN Unlimited, which costs $29.99 per month or $299.99 annually. There also is an option to bundle with Disney and Hulu but no free trials.

WWE’s partnership with ESPN begins Saturday with Wrestlepalooza in Indianapolis. Fans are curious if they can watch without extra fees.

WWE leaned heavily into the connection between sports and entertainment as it made its Premium Live Event debut on ESPN’s new DTC offering Saturday night with “Wrestlepalooza,” from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025 featured several of the company's top stars, and there were plenty of must-see moments in Indianapolis.

Cody Rhodes defeated Drew McIntyre at Wrestlepalooza on Saturday to retain the WWE Championship. After beating John Cena at SummerSlam to become a two-time WWE champion, Rhodes joined forces with Cena on the Aug. 8 episode of SmackDown.