It’s safe to say that WWE RAW is a big hit with Netflix.
Variety has a new feature about WWE’s success so far on the streaming giant. WWE RAW moving away from cable was seen as a risk by some. However, the gamble has paid off for the sports-entertainment company.
WWE RAW has been in the global Netflix Top 10 rankings for 27 consecutive weeks, meaning it has ranked every week since its debut on January 6. In addition, RAW is averaging approximately 6.3 million hours viewed per week and more than 3 million views per week. (Note: Netflix determines a “view” as the total hours viewed divided by total run time.)
“Netflix has been amazing, in every sense of the word. They are phenomenal partners,” says WWE chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque. “And we can’t say enough about WWE fans. They’ve shown up in full force, as passionate and engaged as ever.”
Netflix is very happy with the WWE partnership so far
“It’s everything we could have hoped for and more,” says Gabe Spitzer, vice president of sports at Netflix. “We knew going in that we’re not going to change WWE. It was more, how can we add to it in small ways, and that’s what we’ve seen so far.”
In addition to the English-language rankings, Spitzer says WWE content has made the Top 10 list in multiple countries. This includes Canada for 26 weeks, the U.K. for 23 weeks and Mexico for 22 weeks. WWE PLEs have also done well on Netflix, despite still airing on Peacock in the United States. According to Netflix, WWE PLEs made the Top 10 in 37 countries. This includes the 2025 Royal Rumble making it on the English-language TV Top 10 list the same week it aired despite not being available on Netflix in the United States.
“[WWE’s] distribution has been pretty fragmented up to this point, and the hope was ‘Let’s combine the power of what you guys do with the power of what we do with our global distribution, and get our marketing teams together … and try to lift this,” Spitzer says.
Spitzer commented on the rumors that Netflix will take over the rights for domestic WWE PLEs when WWE’s deal with Peacock expires in March 2026. He said it’s still in the “early stages” of the relationship, but they will keep having talks with leagues whose broadcast rights are coming up.”
