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Emanuel currently also serves as CEO of TKO Group, the parent of WWE and UFC that Endeavor spun out in 2023, and Shapiro is its president and COO. Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026 Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor, which was taken private last year by longtime backer Silver Lake, was reconstituted into WME Group, with a number of holdings being shipped to sister company TKO, parent of the UFC and WWE. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026 Hearn reckons Zuffa will be successful because of the people involved; not just White, but Khan, Shapiro and Ari Emanuel, the powerful Hollywood agent who is now executive chairman of TKO. Chris McKenna, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026 Those increases are thanks in no small point to the new rights deals that TKO inked for WWE (with Netflix and Disney) and the new UFC rights del with Paramount, and at IMG’s On Location business, which will benefit from the 2026 Winter Olympics and the FIFA World Cup. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for TKO

Word History

Etymology

technical knockout

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of TKO was in 1941

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“TKO.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TKO. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.

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