Netflix to air WWE documentary? What we know so far
Netflix will stream WWE Monday Night Raw from January, 2025. With this mega development, WWE fans and Netflix subscribers are expecting that there may be a WWE documentary which will stream on Netflix sooner rather than later.
Netflix Original library does not have any show on WWE or WWE documentary. However, the multi-billion deal can change the scenario. In an interaction with Bloomberg, WWE President Nick Khan said that global audience base of WWE will only grow «with a show like that».
The WWE is a ratings blockbuster that owes much of its success to entrepreneur and promoter Vince McMahon. After buying what was then the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from his father in 1982, he turned the second-rate league into an entertainment giant. Transformed into World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002, the league passed the billion-dollar mark in annual sales last year.
WWE's weekly television show Raw will move to Netflix next year as part of a major streaming deal worth more than $5 billion. TKO Group Holdings Inc., which houses WWE and UFC, said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that the agreement is for 10 years, with Netflix having an option to extend the deal for an additional 10 years. There's also an opt out available to Netflix after the initial five years.
Raw, which debuted in 1993, has produced 1,600 episodes to date and features wrestlers such as Cody Rhodes, Becky Lynch, Seth Rollins and Rhea Ripley. The three-hour program currently airs on USA Network and its media rights were considered a hot commodity over the past several months, particularly after the WWE return of CM Punk in November, with many speculating it could land at any number of
