WWE, Netflix reach deal to lope ‘Raw’ in 2025

WWE’s flagship weekly program “Raw” will lope dwell Monday nights on Netflix initiating in January 2025.

The deal, announced Tuesday, is payment greater than $5 billion over 10 years.

“Raw” originated on USA Community in 1993 sooner than transferring to TNN in 2000. “Raw” returned to USA in 2005 and has been a three-hour program since 2012.

“SmackDown,” which is broadcast on Fox on Friday nights, will shift to USA in October, allotment of a five-yr deal payment roughly $1.4 billion.

As allotment of WWE’s address Netflix, the streamer plans to originate scripted tv and movies from the wrestling promotion’s intellectual property.

“In its moderately rapid history, Netflix has engineered a out of the ordinary music represent for storytelling,” acknowledged WWE president Gash Khan. “We deem Netflix, as even handed one of many sphere’s leading entertainment brands, is the ultimate lengthy-term home for Raw’s dwell, accurate, and ever-rising fan putrid.”

WWE’s month-to-month top class dwell events are within the meanwhile streamed on Peacock, allotment of NBC Universal, USA Community’s father or mother firm.

WWE and UFC are allotment of TKO Community Holdings Inc., a publicly traded firm.