Hailed by the governing body as a "groundbreaking partnership", the agreement will see the NBC Sports Group hold exclusive television and streaming rights to the World Championships, Freestyle World Cup, Women’s World Cup and Greco-Roman World Cup in the United States.

The events will be televised on NBCSN, while they will be live streamed via Trackwrestling, a division of SportsEngine.

"Wrestling has been working hard to expand its worldwide reach and we think this new relationship helps bring our sport to the next level," said Nenad Lalovic, UWW President.

"Trackwrestling provides wrestling with a significant opportunity to grow our audience in North America and worldwide.

"NBC Sports and SportsEngine are valuable partners of the Olympic movement and we look forward to seeing how their expertise can help our sport grow."

All televised events covered by NBCSN will be available on-demand via NBCSports.com.

Competitions covered by the agreement will also be available on-demand on Trackwrestling.com with a subscription to Trackcast.

"NBC Sports Group is thrilled to showcase more wrestling, one of the world’s oldest, and best, Olympic sports," said Jim Bell, President of NBC Olympics for production and programming.

"This is great news for us and for wrestling fans alike, as more content will now be available on more platforms than ever before."

SportsEngine and Trackwrestling will also live stream over 20 more events per year as part of the agreement.

This will include Continental Championships, Junior and Cadet level World Championships and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification tournaments.

"Working with United World Wrestling and having the privilege to distribute live and on demand video associated with events at the pinnacle of our sport is an incredible milestone for Trackwrestling," said Justin Tritz, general manager of Trackwrestling.

"We have worked very hard to build a platform around presenting events of this calibre, and it is truly an honour for United World Wrestling to have chosen us as its partner.

"We look forward to many years of distributing this content through our platform for the wrestling world to enjoy."