Netflix buys streaming rights for WWE Raw - 10 Year Contract

I wonder will the back catalogue be added eventually too, it's a massive library and Netflix loves having alot of ready made content.

I always found the network to be quite janky so happy to see it move to a stable platform like netflix, I already have a netflix sub so it won't cost me much more but I'd assume there will be some kind of price bump in the sub price. Wonder will they have it tiered eg an existing NF sub can access the content for an extra couple of quid a month or you can access wrestling content only for cheaper than a standard NF sub.

How do adverts and PPVs work now?

So is this the end of the network as we know it ?

So will RAW go back to 2 hours now there is now need for ads.

Or is there where Netflix ad based subscriptions come into play so RAW stays 3 hours with ad breaks,.

Will USA put Smackdown up against RAW on a Monday night on TV.

I guess we will also get the watered down Vince Netflix doc now.

They won't want to taint the product they are paying billions for.

So presume Raw, SD and NXT are gone off BT/TNT (NXT already gone?) and it'll all be live / on-demand via Netflix?

That's the job. Use Netflix via the cheap Turkey route and share with family so should come in handy.

Well the TKO stock has shot up on the announcement of the deal. According to yahoo finance it may break one day record set in December, 1999. It’s getting reported all over the place.

It's a very clever clause by Netflix because if after 5 years it isn't hitting the numbers they want they can get out and if it is hitting or exceeding the numbers they want they can use that option and TKO cannot use other companies to bid against Netflix to get a bigger offer.

There's a lull definitely on content but I wouldn't put that on just Netflix, but for the prices they charge I'd expect more.

I have Disney and Prime, but I feel they're prices are just about OK for what they're delivering.

It's fascinating that Netflix swooped in on this, as WB/Max seemed to be the ones getting crap for removing original content in favour of more reality based programming, yet they haven't done any deals close to this. Netflix have just changed the game as a whole for streaming out of nowhere.

Seems like a really weird fit with Netflix.

I can see why they're spending the money. Only yesterday I was looking at WWEs 99million subscribers on YT.

With it's viewership worldwide the WWE legitimately has to be up there with the Premier League. It will only get bigger.

Seems like a good deal, but I am at a stage where I think the best way to keep up with the product is through clips on their YouTube channel.

Even lately, they have been very good at uploading segments in full length like The Rock return from a few weeks ago.

So what will now become the longest running episodic show on TV when RAW moves to streaming?

Poor Michael Cole will have to find a new line.

The longest-running weekly episodic television show in history.

Smackdown will be. If Smackdown moves to Netflix after its deal expires, then it will be TNA Impact. Wrestling is pretty unique in that it airs once a week, every week.

Some deal for WWE. Regardless if some think there is far less original content worth watching on Netflix these days, it is by far the top streaming service. Disney, Amazon, Paramount, HBO Max and Apple have all been hemorrhaging money and subscribers in the past few years whereas Netflix is dominating again after a slowdown in subs and a drop in stock in 2022. If you look at the US market alone , this recent report shows Netflix has a larger share in viewers than Prime, Disney+, Max and Paramount combined.

It got a good run

Did Netflix ever live stream anything ? Will Royal Rumble 2025 be the first streamed event on it

They streamed a Chris Rock special live.

I guess it is time to use my WWE Network subscription more than ever now.