Netflix and WWE has announced a huge wrestling TV deal, with the flagship wrestling company to host its RAW programme exclusively on the streaming platform.
Beginning from January 2025, WWE Raw will be available through the long-running streaming service in a "transformative" move bringing the show to homes across the globe.
Mark Shapiro, TKO President, said: "It marries the can’t-miss WWE product with Netflix’s extraordinary global reach and locks in significant and predictable economics for many years.
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"Our partnership fundamentally alters and strengthens the media landscape, dramatically expands the reach of WWE, and brings weekly live appointment viewing to Netflix."
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Nick Khan, WWE's President, said: "In its relatively short history, Netflix has engineered a phenomenal track record for storytelling. 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."
Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria said: "By combining our reach, recommendations, and fandom with WWE, we’ll be able to deliver more joy and value for their audiences and our members.
"Raw is the best of sports entertainment, blending great characters and storytelling with live action 52 weeks a year and we’re thrilled to be in this long-term partnership with WWE."
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Fans of the wrestling platform were elated by the news, taking to Twitter/X and saying it was a "reason not to cancel Netflix". Another dubbed the deal a "seismic shift in the pro-wrestling landscape."
The shift from cable television to streaming services for the WWE next year comes after 31 years of broadcasting RAW. The programme launched the careers of notable names like John Cena and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
News of WWE's deal with Netflix comes as one of its biggest names, Hulk Hogan, believes he has another run in the ring left. The 70-year-old teased a return to the ring and teased he may have "one left in me".
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The icon of wrestling last stepped foot in the ring for an active showdown was a six-man tag team match under rival wrestling company TNA.
His final appearance in a WWE ring was years prior, with a bout in 2006 dropping the curtain on the WWF Champion's stunning career. But the Hulkster, who previously ruled out a return to the ring, seems game for a return.
Last year, Hogan said: "I would have loved to have had that last match. But now it’s completely out of the picture. You know, I’m just too beat up from the surgeries."
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