World Sports Entertainment

World Sports Entertainment (WSE) is a division of ArgosyMTM Group, formed in 2011 after the merger of Argosy Communications and NASCAR/WWE Entertainment, with the former NASCAR/WWE assets being subsumed under the World Sports Entertainment banner. Its assets include World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the Arena Football League (AFL), Big3, and the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL).

History
WSE was formed in 2011 after the merger of Argosy Communications and NASCAR/WWE Entertainment, forming ArgosyMTM Sports along with the Pacific Northwest Sports Group. It initially served as a holding company for NASCAR, WWE, and AFL.

WSE launched Big3, a 3-on-3 basketball league, in 2017, with financial backing from rapper Ice Cube. In 2019, the Premier Lacrosse League was launched after ArgosyMTM and WSE failed to buy out Major League Lacrosse (MLL).

In 2020, the MLL–PLL merger happened, uniting MLL and PLL. Initially, it was planned to fold all locally-based MLL teams, but Ellen Peck vetoed that on sight, instead combining the locally-based teams of the MLL and the touring teams of the PLL into one league entity, similar to the NFL/AFL, NBA/ABA, and NHL/WHA mergers before it.