WWE Raw Will Exclusively Stream on Netflix Starting in 2025
The Pro-wrestling Show Has Swapped Partnerships and Is Moving to Streaming Platforms
Win-Win 🤑
“You can’t see me” isn’t a slogan Netflix will be loaning from John Cena because every WWE Universe fan will require a subscription with the streaming giant by January 2025.
You’ve already seen the header title, but to confirm the WWE rumors, the world’s No.1 wrestling company, World Wrestling Entertainment, and the globe’s No.1 streaming service, Netflix, have partnered up and are looking to become the most fearsome tag team in media entertainment.
WWE Raw is getting in the ring with Netflix!
Starting in January 2025, Netflix will exclusively stream WWE Raw in the US, Canada, UK, & Latin America. Every single week, all year long. https://t.co/4hiJ2bBpQG pic.twitter.com/i7lz1k80YL
— Netflix (@netflix) January 23, 2024
Netflix Pin’s Broadcast Television: 1,2,3!
WWE Raw, pro-wrestling’s most viewed episodic show, has aired on broadcast television for over three decades, but Netflix has swooped in and delivered a Stone-Cold Stunner to TV networks once again.
Streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime have already begun to command a larger audience than traditional cable services in 2022, and the latest WWE news is just another kick to the gut for television networks.
TKO Holdings – the UFC/WWE merger company – has sent WWE Raw exclusively to Netflix as of 2025, and for non-US residents, all weekly WWE shows and live events will also be viewable.
Between this new Netflix deal, the Smackdown deal, and the NXT deal,
The WWE are making well over $800 million per year in just TV rights alone from 2025 onward
Truly INSANE pic.twitter.com/UfzY9mjaGw
— Julian Weeks (@JulianWks) January 23, 2024
“We believe Netflix, as one of the world’s leading entertainment brands, is the ideal long-term home for Raw’s live, loyal, and ever-growing fan base,” said Nick Khan, the current WWE president and successor to Vince McMahon.
It’s a deal worth billions, but let’s not neglect the fact that the WWE brand brings in 17.5 million viewers per week in the United States alone. Alongside their one billion-plus social media followers, Netflix will surely make gains in this deal.
Netflix has been quiet regarding live sports and events thus far, but this deal, in my opinion, is giving us a glimpse of the future. It’s a trend I expect to continue, and while Netflix is new to the realm of sports and sports entertainment, the collaborations and possibilities that leagues can have with such a pioneering company should have us, as fans, excited for the future.
Who knows? Perhaps The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a fellow TKO Holdings brand to WWE, will dip their toes next.
Has there been a better time to be a wrestling fan? Unless you’re loyal to AEW, of course. WWE has seen CM Punk, Randy Orton, and The Rock return, Jade has joined the company, RAW is going to Netflix, and it’s rumored that Okada is on his way – you can see Tony Khan’s face right now.
Author: Sin City Sniper
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