More details on a past WWE deal before Raw on Netflix happened.
Last year, in January 2024, WWE announced an extremely valuable deal with the streaming giant. Estimated to be valued at around $5 billion, the partnership officially started earlier this year on 6th January 2025.
While only Raw moved to the online service in the USA, all other content made the jump to the streaming giant in the International market. Recently, appearing on the Pat McAfee show, TKO executive Ari Emanuel opened up on the deal, and how something else was previously considered.
“I had a breakfast with Bella. She runs all of content programming underneath [Netflix CEO] Ted Sarandos at Netflix. We did a presentation to her, and all of a sudden, we first started talking about NXT, and it immediately moved to Raw. Over Christmas a year and a half ago, we’re on Zoom, it’s all approved, we have to have a conversation with Ted Sarandos, he’s in London seeing Stranger Things play. We get on Zoom, [Mark] Shapiro and I, he’s with his CFO, it all gets done, we hang up the phone, we do a jig.”
H/t Fightful
Only Raw went online in the States, SmackDown went to the USA Network and NXT made a jump on the CW Network. However, all of these shows, air internationally on Netflix.
New Update On Upcoming WWE Money In The Bank Location
Taking place in London in 2023 and in Toronto in 2024, the 2025 Money In The Bank PLE is again reportedly headed toward another International location. As per WrestleVotes on Sportskeeda’s Backstage Pass podcast,
“So, in an update from this week’s show with Bill Apter here on Tuesday night’s backstage pass, we can confirm WWE has had discussions of hosting this year’s Money in the Bank from an international location in early July. However, our source states nothing is said at this time. Currently on the books for WWE internationally include a Saudi Arabia date in June, as well as the Clash in Paris PLE announced for August that WrestleMania broke last week.”
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