WWE issued the following:
WWE® & FANATICS PARTNER TO LAUNCH “WHAT DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT” PODCAST WITH UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPION CODY RHODES
Debut Episode Premieres Later This Month
“What Do You Wanna Talk About” Sponsored by Wheatley American Vodka
April 15, 2025 – WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), and Fanatics today announced the launch of “What Do You Wanna Talk About” hosted by Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, a podcast sponsored by Wheatley American Vodka. The first episode will debut later this month, with new episodes launching every other week.
“What Do You Wanna Talk About” will feature Rhodes one-on-one with WWE Superstars and Legends as they share never-before-heard stories, discuss their career-defining moments and more while enjoying their favorite cocktail from Wheatley Vodka, the Official Vodka of WWE made in the Heartland at America’s oldest continuously operating distillery, Buffalo Trace Distillery. The podcast expands on the Rhodes-led digital franchise which launched in July 2024 and featured interviews with Randy Orton, Bianca Belair and others, as “The American Nightmare” traversed the country in his Wheatley-wrapped tour bus. New episodes will be available across all audio platforms and WWE’s YouTube channel, which has amassed more than 108 million subscribers.
In March, WWE announced that Fanatics will partner on producing and distributing all WWE podcasts, strengthening an already successful partnership between the two brands, which includes global e-commerce, licensed merchandise and memorabilia, and more. The expanded partnership includes the recent launch of “The Raw Recap Show” hosted by Megan Morant and Sam Roberts which reacts to the highlights and headlines of every episode of Monday Night Raw. WWE will also debut an instant-reaction podcast hosted by Morant and Roberts following each Premium Live Event, with the first episode debuting after WrestleMania® 41.
In 2022, Fanatics became WWE’s exclusive global e-commerce partner and later expanded their comprehensive long-term sports and entertainment partnership to include operations of WWE’s global event merchandise business which has led to record growth for WWE’s annual calendar of live events, including Premium Live Events such as WrestleMania, Royal Rumble® and more. In 2024, WWE and Fanatics hosted the first-ever WWE World – Fanatics Events’ debut event – as part of a record-breaking WrestleMania XL in Philadelphia. Returning for WrestleMania 41, WWE World is a five-day interactive fan experience taking place from Thursday, April 17 through Monday, April 21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall.
About Fanatics
We are building a global digital sports platform. Our vision is to serve sports fans around the world across their digital sports journey. Few passions are as strong as those that sports evoke. Sports provides connections, creates a sense of community, spans generations, inspires hope to achieve the impossible, serves as a platform for social change, and teaches the value of teamwork. We ignite these passions for global sports fans by offering an integrated, personalized, and immersive fan experience across our businesses, which today includes Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming.
About Wheatley American Vodka
Wheatley American Vodka is a 10x distilled triple filtered vodka that is so smooth one can sip it straight. Hailing from Buffalo Trace Distillery the World’s Most Award-winning Distillery Wheatley is made with the same red winter wheat and limestone water that the Distillery uses in its revered bourbons. Crafted in small batches every time to ensure that each bottle meets the Distillery’s high standards Wheatley Vodka is according to the brand’s namesake and Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley “how vodka is supposed to taste.” Though distilled from red winter wheat Wheatley Vodka is gluten-free.
About WWE
WWE® is the global leader in sports entertainment. The company creates and delivers original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, premium live events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion households worldwide in more than 20 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, The CW and Netflix. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to all premium live events, a variety of original programming and a massive video-on-demand library. Netflix is the exclusive home for WWE programming around the world, other than select international markets. WWE is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO). Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.
Stay tuned 👀 https://t.co/R6vmnPodS0
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) April 15, 2025
