WWE, MLB enter multiyear partnership to supply workforce branded championship belts and equipment

If MLB outfielder Josh Reddick ever wants a substitute to the WWE Championship belt he purchased for himself after his Houston Astros received the 2017 World Collection, he is in luck. On Wednesday the WWE announced a multi-year partnership with Main League Baseball through which they’re going to make WWE Championship reproduction titles and equipment for all 30 Main League golf equipment. 

That is the primary time the WWE has partnered with a U.S. main sports activities league in providing WWE Championship reproduction titles. Along with team-branded belts, the WWE will create titles for marquee MLB occasions such because the World Collection, All-Star Recreation and Dwelling Run Derby. The WWE may also launch MLB-inspired customized facet plates and Lucha Libre masks.

“At MLB we’re continuously seeking to serve our followers with probably the most distinctive merchandise doable in order that they will assist their favourite Golf equipment and gamers within the methods they need,” MLB Senior Vice President of worldwide client merchandise Denis Nolan stated in an announcement. “We regularly see baseball followers and gamers bringing their MLB and WWE fandom collectively at video games and on-line, so it is a pure improvement for us to work collectively and supply the best high quality, official co-branded objects for followers around the globe.”

Whereas the WWE hasn’t formally been a accomplice with a significant sports activities group like this, it has intensive historical past with the MLB. The WWE gave team-branded title belts to the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers to honor their wins within the 2019 and 2020 World Collection, respectively. 

Moreover, the WWE made customized title belts for the newest champions in each different main U.S. sports activities league: the Milwaukee Bucks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. 

“We have been regularly amazed by the response to customized WWE Championship title belts, and we’re excited this partnership will permit us to make them extensively out there to followers,” WWE Senior Vice President of direct-to-consumer merchandise Kevin Moore stated. 

The WWE-MLB merchandise line will launch in 2022.