Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) and WWE® Host WWE Superstars ‘The New Day™’on Extraaa Innings T20

The longest-reigning WWE Tag Team Champions will bring together the best of sports and entertainment culture. Fans across will get a chance to watch their heroes as The duo from the Tag Team “New Day” will be seen visiting the IPL match between Mumbai Indians & Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede Stadium today- 11th May 2017.

More about ‘The New Day’

The New Day comprises WWE Superstars Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods, and the trio now performs as part of the SmackDown® brand. Fans can tune in to SmackDown locally every Wednesday at 5:30 AM on Ten 2, with additional airings later in the day at 5:00 PM on Ten 1 channel.

The New Day are two-time WWE Tag Team Champions, with their second reign being the longest for any tag team champions in WWE history at 483 days.

About the Sports Cluster, Sony Pictures Networks India:

The sports cluster of Sony Pictures Networks is the leading sports broadcast business in India with a portfolio of 9 channels.

Sony SIX, India’s Premier Sports Entertainment Channel, was launched in 2012 and is the first sports channel owned and operated by Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN). In 2016, SPN expanded its sports cluster in collaboration with ESPN to launch the SONY ESPN cluster of channels and has followed this up with the recent acquisition of Ten Sports that adds the Ten 1, Ten 1 HD, Ten 2, Ten 3 and Ten Golf HD channels to the SPN portfolio.

The Sports cluster of Sony Pictures Networks India now has rights to broadcast some of the biggest sporting content including;

The VIVO IPL, all cricket series and matches played under the auspices of “Cricket South Africa, West Indies Cricket Board, Pakistan Cricket Board, Sri Lanka Cricket Board and Zimbabwe Cricket“, the FIFA Under 17 World Cup, India, FIFA Confederations Cup 2017, 2018 FIFA World Cup, European Qualifiers for 2018 FIFA World Cup™, WWE, The 2018 Asian Games, the 2018 Commonwealth Games, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, The Emirates FA Cup, LaLiga Santander, Tim Serie A, The Australian Open, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events, ATP World Tour 500 events, ATP World Tour Finals, The NBA, Moto GP, The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and the European and Asian PGA Golf events amongst others.

About Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN)

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN), is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation which owns and operates the Sony Entertainment network of television channels. SPN comprises of 29 channels including Sony Entertainment Television (SET), one of India's leading Hindi general entertainment television channels; MAX, India's premium Hindi movies and special events channel; MAX 2, another Hindi movie channel showcasing great Indian Cinema; MAX HD, a high definition Hindi movie channel airing premium quality films; WAH, the FTA channel for Hindi movies; SAB, a family-oriented Hindi comedy entertainment channel; PIX, the English movie channel; LePlex HD showing critically-acclaimed Hollywood films; AXN, an action and adventure-oriented English entertainment channel; Sony BBC Earth, the premium factual entertainment channel, AATH, the Bangla movie channel; MIX a refreshing Hindi music channel; ROX HD, a channel for contemporary Hindi music; Sony SIX, SONY ESPN, TEN 1, TEN 1 HD, TEN 2, TEN 3, TEN Golf HD – the cluster of sports entertainment channels; YAY!, the kids entertainment channel; SonyLIV - the Digital Entertainment VOD platform and SPN Productions, the networks’ film production arm. Sony

Pictures Networks India is in its 22nd year in India

About WWE:

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