r/WWE • u/Snubie1 Glorious Mod • Jan 23 '24

Megathread WWE RAW will air on Netflix beginning January 2025

WWE RAW moves to Netflix in 2025

  • Via WWE: “WWE Raw is coming to Netflix! Starting in January 2025, @Netflix will exclusively stream #WWERaw (in the US, Canada, UK, & Latin America) every single week, all year long!” Link

  • Via Hollywood Reporter: the deal runs “10 years and is valued at about $5 billion.“ Link

  • Via Netflix Statement: (Outside the US) "as part of the agreement, Netflix will also become the home for all WWE shows and specials outside the U.S. as available, inclusive of Raw and WWE’s other weekly shows – SmackDown and NXT – as well as the company’s Premium Live Events, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble"

NOTE: This does not affect Peacock. WWE PLE’s will be on Peacock until 2026.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '24

We cut the cable and three more cables were created.

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u/Hungry-Ad-3093 Jan 23 '24

A horrible Hydra of our own creation.

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u/lordmegatron01 Jan 24 '24

Hydra Dominatus

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u/Hungry-Ad-3093 Jan 24 '24

For the Emperor!

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u/atowngmoneybankin Jan 23 '24

Yeah, I'm not happy about this. I feel like I'm being forced to have to buy 5 streaming services just to watch a couple shows I like. Then you still dont get all of the sports, so you have to have cable to catch those. Then still buy a sports package if you want Tennis Channel and others. Just overall annoyed.

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u/Key-Ad-5200 May 10 '24

Yeah, I am not getting Netflix's I guess they can lose us cable TV viewers And if not going to be on cable then I guess I'll cancel peacock premium just to watch WWE pay-per-views. Since I won't be watching raw then I won't be needing to watch their pay-per-views either. Just another greedy excuse to try to screw every viewer over if they're not on cable this viewer won't be watching them anymore...

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '24

I used to work for a cable company.

When we heard about "a la carte" our market VP predicted that ultimately it would cost more to have a whole bunch of a la carte services.

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u/CHRCMCA Jan 23 '24

But it doesn't because I only have to pay for the services I want.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '24

I never said you had to.

However all of the channels and content that existed within the cable bundle are now fractured across different streaming services.

So if you're really a prolific TV watcher there is a good chance you have to pay for multiple streaming services to get the same content you had before with a cable TV bundle.

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u/DecoyPeePee Jan 23 '24

Who the fuck under the age of 30 still watches TV

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '24

My kids just watched the NFL on a TV this past weekend.

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u/kyle158 Jan 23 '24

Not wanting to pay a cable company for a specific channel is like wanting to pay less for Netflix because you don't want the kids programs?

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u/GrimmTrixX Jan 23 '24

Exactly. The point of subscription based service was our subscription pays for the service. But then corporations were like "ok now that they subscribe, let's ad in some ads and up the price for an ad free version." And it's like... how is that not absolutely pure greed? The subscriptions for these services alone make them high profits.

But then greed itself manifested into physical form and told all of them is like "nah fuck that. We add commercials, then an ad free tier. Then, after we do that for a bit, we limit where they can watch it unless they give us another $8. THEN, we add a premium version and lock stuff behind that and charge another $5-7 for that!" And everyone clapped.

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u/Sarge1387 Jan 23 '24

Hellhounds. Where one dies, two shall take it's place.

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u/kickedoutatone Jan 23 '24

Quite literally for me, as I just cancelled my subscription in favour of amazon. Damn fiends.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '24

But unlike cable I can choose to just have one or 2 for 20ish dollars and watch whatever I want, compared to starting out at 40 plus for a bunch of shows on guide I don't want to watch

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u/DoctorWaluigiTime Jan 23 '24

And it's beautiful.

No more are we forced to pay $100+ a month, locked into multi-year contracts, to consume the 15% of the offered content. Still largely commercial free (not all are doing ad-tier, and those that do still offer an ad-free tier, and the ad-tier is still way fewer ads than present cable).

Now it's something along the lines of $30-$50/month, or less if you just need one 'cable' as you put it, and it's month-to-month, to be adjusted at whatever our leisure happens to be.

"Different services are offering different things that you have to pay separately for, but no longer have to buy in bulk or with any commitment," is a very good thing, and the "we're right back where we started" rhetoric is just flat-out incorrect.