Content and media giant Netflix has significantly expanded its tie-up with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), becoming the home of the promotion's archived content in the US.
Specifically, Netflix will carry WWE's library of Premium Live Events that took place before September 2025, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Royal Rumble. The deal also covers rights to hold documentaries and original programming.
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Peacock, the streaming service run by NBCUniversal, previously held WWE content library rights before its five-year tie-up with the wrestling promotion came to a close at the end of 2025.
The initial Netflix-WWE agreement came into effect last January – Netflix now broadcasts the weekly Monday Night Raw WWE program across a large number of global territories, including the US, while it also acts as the dedicated broadcaster of WWE's Friday Night SmackDown and NXT weekly shows outside the domestic market.
This expansion should not, therefore, come as a surprise, and simply comes as an add-on to Netflix's increasing hold on WWE action in the US.
TKO, the WWE owner, has said that following the deal last January, Monday Night Raw has "become a weekly staple in the global English Top 10 [rankings]."
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By GlobalDataIndeed, past episodes of Monday Night Raw will also be made available on Netflix's WWE library.
This news also comes ahead of the release of season two of Netflix's WWE: Unreal series, which will air on January 20.
Overall, Netflix's presence in the world of sports coverage has ramped up significantly over the last 12 months – the latest example of this came as the streaming giant secured record viewing numbers for its coverage of American football's NFL on Christmas Day (December 25).
The fixture between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings became the most-streamed NFL game in US history, drawing an average of 27.5 million viewers in the US.
For WWE, meanwhile, its other US media rights partners include Disney-owned ESPN, through a deal activated early last August.
