WWE and Netflix Announce Multiple New Wrestling Shows Are Coming

WWE Uncooked is coming to Netflix on January 6, however that is not all. The world’s largest streaming platform has stealthily revealed 5 WWE new exhibits debuting forward of that, on January 1.

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Whereas Uncooked could also be WWE’s flagship (and hottest by far) present, it seems that Netflix shouldn’t be going to place all its streaming eggs in that professional wrestling basket. 5 new exhibits have popped up on Netflix’s upcoming picks, which embrace:

• WWE High 10
• “Monday Night time Uncooked hosts a few of the greatest and finest matches in WWE historical past, that includes Superstars John Cena, Triple H, Becky Lynch and extra.”
• WWE RAW Classics
• “Huge E hosts this assortment of most-see Uncooked matches and moments, that includes WWE Superstars and Legends together with CM Punk, Becky Lynch and Triple H.”
• WWE Street to WrestleMania
• “The Street to WrestleMania goes by means of Uncooked, the place WWE’s high Superstars increase the stakes in must-see matches and thrilling moments.”
• WWE Celebrity Profiles
• “WWE Superstars step contained in the squared circle in pursuit of championships and glory in entrance of the WWE Universe.”
• WWE Legends Profiles
• “Legendary Superstars of WWE make historical past with unforgettable matches and moments contained in the squared circle.”

The partnership between Netflix and WWE is a reasonably big funding for each, with the wrestling promotion, particularly, breaking new floor by going whole-hog into streaming.

Through the WWE Survivor Collection: WarGames Publish-Present, Paul “Triple H” Levesque highlighted WWE’s growth efforts, with a specific concentrate on the corporate’s transfer to Netflix as a key aspect of its world development technique.

“As you recognize, that is a part of WWE’s world growth, which we have been very targeted on within the final yr, and lots of that has to do with our deal that we’ve got with Netflix,” Levesque mentioned. “At the moment, 80% of the globe will hit Netflix stay with Uncooked, SmackDown, NXT, and all our PLEs. US might be barely totally different, however that features all of Canada, so when that date hits, you are gonna get all WWE programming right here. It is a game-changer for WWE.”

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Through the NFL live-streaming Christmas video games, Netflix additionally debuted a brand new trailer for its WWE applications:

In only a week, WWE and Netflix are going to debut their grand experiment and see whether or not skilled wrestling can transition wholly into the streaming world. They’re clearly throwing every little thing they’ve at it.

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