Once WWE made a deal with Netflix that will see its flagship show, Monday Night Raw, move from the USA Network to the streaming service beginning in January 2025, they also agreed to more than just the rights to Raw.
The deal
The deal will see Netflix be the exclusive home to Raw in the US, UK, Canada, Latin America, and other territories. Also, Netflix will be the TV home for all WWE shows outside of the US, including SmackDown, NXT, and PLEs, replacing the WWE Network in many international markets.
WWE’s deal with Peacock to host the WWE Network library and PLE’s in the US expires in March 2026. It’s unclear what happens after that, as WWE will look for a new contract.
WWE Network
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted the WWE Network outside of the US will be closing at the end of this year, with the only international media rights deals not with Netflix being in India, Australia, Japan, and the Middle East.
“In March 2026, when the Peacock deal ends, the US aspect of it, which one would think Netflix would want given that Netflix is going to take over that everywhere else in the world, but pretty much the United States and I think wherever else, they’ve already signed it, I think Middle East, Middle East might be the other one. India might be that, also. But for most of the world, they’re going to be taking over the WWENetwork. The WWE Network itself, which does exist outside the United States, will be folding at the end of the year. And Netflix will pick up the content. So a lot of people have asked, ‘Will they pick up all the content?’ You know, all the archives? I don’t know. But they will be the sole source of that, you know, the archival content of all the old territories and all the old stuff that was on the old WWE Network. You know, that will move to Netflix outside the United States in January.”
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