In just a couple of weeks time, WWE will debut on BT Sport in the United Kingdom, moving away from Sky Sports, who have been showing sports entertainment since its inception in 1989.

The move has been heavily promoted on BT's platforms, and their specialised WWE Twitter account has already been active in hyping up the switch.

As part of the move, Stephanie McMahon spoke to a select group of UK writers and broadcasters to further promote the switch, and GiveMeSport got to speak to her about a wide range of topics, including Ronda Rousey, Bray Wyatt's re-incarnation and the possibility of pay-per-views returning to Great Britain.

GiveMeSport: Hi Stephanie, obviously it’s an exciting time for WWE in the UK with the move to BT Sport. You’re over here twice a year for TV tapings but the fans have been clamouring for years for a pay-per-view to happen over here. Is that likely to happen in the near future?

Stephanie: I am not making any promises, but we are definitely looking into that opportunity.

GMS: That sounds like something the WWE fans in the UK will be excited to hear. Earlier in the call the prospect of a second Evolution event was discussed, and one of the women who played a big part in the original Evolution event was Ronda Rousey. She’s been gone since April – do you foresee her returning anytime soon before WrestleMania season or do you have the feeling that it may be a while before the fans see her again?

S: Ronda will definitely be back at least that’s the plan – I am not sure of the timing as of when.

GMS: One thing that you and WWE are big on pushing are social media numbers and views – and one angle that seems to have done really well on YouTube on a weekly basis is the Lana, Rusev and Lashley love triangle – if you can call it that.

When you see the numbers do you see this angle as a success, even though there’s been quite vocal criticism from all corners of social media from the fans?

S: We look at all kinds of different metrics when we are looking at WWE as a whole from a business standpoint, from live event reactions and digital and social analytics, e-commerce - it’s a variety of different platforms – we’re actually over 50% direct-to-consumer now as a company.

We have over 60 data scientists constantly looking and evaluating that data. That’s how we are determining the success or lack there-of of any given storyline and again we always want to make sure that we are delivering the best experience and the best content possible for our fans.

GMS: There’s one superstar that’s really captured the imaginations of everyone this year and that’s Bray Wyatt. He was sitting on the sidelines for a while before he returned with his split personality and everyone seems to love it. But was there anyone in the creative process that wasn’t keen on the idea when he pitched or was everyone fully on board with Bray’s ideas?

S: I wasn’t involved in the process so it’s hard for me to say but I have certainly not heard any contrary opinion to the success of Bray Wyatt or The Fiend – he’s quite the compelling breakout character - I’d say the biggest breakout character of 2019.

GMS: The red lighting in The Fiend’s matches have also caused a bit of a split between fans and superstars – to put it bluntly, do you like the red lighting or do you find it really distracting?

S: I’m not sure what my personal opinion on it is. I like that we’re trying to represent different things in different ways, as long as you get sucked into the match – and what happens to me is that I get sucked into the match and I forget about the lighting because I’m so focused on what’s happening in the ring and the story the performers are telling.

As long as I do that and I don’t find it distracting then personally I think it works. But it’s not up to me, it’s what our fans really want, and if they really don’t like it we won’t do it anymore. But we’ll see what happens.

Whilst she was short and coy in some of her answers, it will peak the interests of UK-based WWE fans that pay-per-views may return to these shores.

We've seen big events in Australia and Saudi Arabia in recent years, so the time zone won't be an issue, and the last one they got was way back in 2003 when Insurrextion came to Newcastle, with the most high-profile being SummerSlam at the old Wembley in 1992.

They were stopped in favour of bringing Raw and SmackDown to the UK twice a year in 2004, but considering the UK fans could probably sell a stadium out for a big PPV, it definitely has to be thought about.

As for Rousey, Triple H also said she would be back soon months ago, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see her back in time for WrestleMania season.