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Wednesday, January 1, 2025 Issue #7448
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Big day today for both WWE and AEW as they make their way to Netflix and Max respectively. Business is good!


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WWE GOES LIVE ON NETFLIX

- WWE's biggest distribution deal ever kicked in today as WWE officially started on Netflix. In the United States, the move officially starts on January 6 with Raw although some content is already online, but internationally, WWE content can already be watched on the service. Also, apart from Raw, NXT, Smackdown and all premium live events will be airing on the service in countries around the world. All WWE content on Netflix is part of your current Netflix subscription plan and there are no more additional costs to watch WWE. Netflix members in the United States will not be able to watch NXT, Smackdown, and premium live events as those remain part of Peacock, at least until 2026. Netflix has already started to roll out select WWE archived content but more will be uploaded over time. Not the whole WWE Network is moving to Netflix worldwide, so there will be a lot of items missing. Older Raw content will be available for streaming in the United States and worldwide. Episodes of Raw, Smackdown, and NXT will be available to watch immediately after the live stream ends and so will premium live events. WWE programming can be downloaded around 48 hours after it streams on Netflix. Netflix currently has around 282.7 million subscribers worldwide, 67 million of which reside in the United States. The U.S. count is a bit lower than the availability of USA Network in homes in the United States which stands at around 70 million.

SELECT WWE CONTENT ALREADY LIVE ON NETFLIX FOR U.S. VIEWERS

- While WWE on Netflix officially starts on January 6 in the United States with a live Raw from Inglewood, California, the streaming service is introducing its members to WWE with five different shows which are available to stream now. The shows are Raw Classics, Top 10, Road to WrestleMania, Superstar Profiles, and Legends Profiles. In Raw Classics, Big E hosts this must-see collection of Raw matches and moments, featuring WWE Legends and Superstars including CM Punk, Becky Lynch and Triple H. Top 10 will take a look at some of the biggest and best matches in WWE history from Raw, featuring Superstars John Cena, Triple H, Becky Lynch and more. Road to WrestleMania is also Raw-specific with the show featuring WWE’s top Superstars raising the stakes in must-see matches and thrilling moments. WWE Superstar Profiles and Legends Profiles will introduce the Netflix audience to the current crop of WWE stars and those who paved the way with unforgettable matches and moments inside the squared circle.

WWE GOES LIVE ON NETFLIX INTERNATIONALLY

- Netflix has started uploading WWE content on their streaming service with several premium live events and weekly television shows already available for watching. As of day one, the premium live events are all available for viewing including WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and all the other shows. Some are still listing coming soon and some only show up if you search "WW" instead of "WWE" in an apparent bug. Also, a large amount of Raw, Smackdown, and NXT episodes are also available to stream although not the whole catalog is available. The above content is available only for international subscribers. For those in the United States, Raw Vault, Raw is Netflix, Superstar Profiles, Best of Raw 2024, WWE Top 10, Road to WrestleMania, Legends Profiles, and Raw Classics are all available for streaming. These are also available for international viewers.

COUNTRIES NOT GETTING WWE ON NETFLIX

- While WWE is moving to Netflix for the majority of the world, there are still a few countries where there are active television deals which have to be honored and the Netflix move there will be held at a later time. In France and Belgium, WWE programming will continue to air on AB1. Germany, Austria, Switzerland fans will continue to watch WWE on BILD and ProSieben MAXX. Discovery+ and DMAX will air WWE in Italy. All WWE premium live events in these above mentioned countries will air on WWE Network. Sony Sports Network and Sony LIV will air WWE for the Indian Sub-Continent, with that agreement ending in March 2025. In the Caribbean, Rush Prime will air WWE while in Sub-Saharan Africa, Supersport continues its TV deal. ABEMA in Japan just recently signed a TV deal so that's staying put and IB Sports in South Korea also keeps their WWE. In Philippines, it's Tap Go for the weekly TV and in Cambodia it's Hang Meas HD. WWE premium live events will air on the WWE Network in these two countries as well.

WWE NETWORK: THE END

- The WWE Network came to an end today as WWE officially moved to Netflix outside the United States. The Network launched in the United States in February 24, 2014, offering a staggering amount of content from the whole WWE video library including pay-per-views for just $9.99 a month. The worldwide rollout of the Network started in July of that year and took almost two years to finally reach almost every corner of the world. In fact, the Network operated in 186 countries, with the biggest omissions being China and Russia, where the service was deactivated in 2022 after the invasion of Ukraine. But the total number of subscribers was not sustainable, with the service hovering around 1.5 million on average and only spiking during WrestleMania season, topping 2 million for the month when WrestleMania is on. In January 2021, WWE and NBCUniversal announced a deal to move the WWE Network to Peacock in the United States in a five-year deal worth just over a billion dollars. The service ceased its operations in the U.S. in April 2021 and completely moved to Peacock. The Network remain unaffected in other parts of the world, although six regions have, or had, local distribution partners such as Rogers Sports in Canada, MBC Group in the Middle East, SonyLIV in India, SuperSport in Africa, Binge in Australia, and Abema in Japan. For the rest of the world, that changed once WWE and Netflix announced their worldwide deal, effectively killing the WWE Network. The service will operate in a handful of countries where the Netflix deal is not in operation yet due to other TV contractual obligations. Once those contracts are up, WWE will completely turn the switch off as Netflix takes over.

OMOS AND NAKAMURA VICTORIOUS AT NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2025

- WWE Superstars Omos and Shinsuke Nakamura took part in today's NOAH The New Year 2025 show which aired live on Abema. Omos teamed up with Jack Morris to take on GHC Tag Team champions Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura and the challengers came out victorious, with Omos pinning Marufuji to capture the titles in his Japan debut. Morris sat on Omos' shoulders and lifted the GHC Tag Team championships in celebration. During his entrance, Omos also had a stare down with Japanese sumo wrestler Wakamotoharu who was sitting at ringside. Nakamura showed why he's still the King of Strong Style after defeating Ulka Sasaki in the semi main event of the night. Nakamura entered with the WWE United States title although the match was not for the title. Nakamura won after two Kinshasa kicks.

TRIPLE H, STEPHANIE, AND LINDA MCMAHON AT TRUMP'S NYE BALL

- President-elect Trump and incoming First Lady Melania Trump hosted a New Year's Eve Ball at the Mar-A-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, and had a few familiar guests on the list. WWE's Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque and his wife, former WWE co-CEO Stephanie McMahon were at the event along with education secretary nominee and former WWE President herself Linda McMahon. Linda will be joining the Trump cabinet for the second time if she is confirmed for her position. The event had over 300 guests, from politicians, to sports, media personalities and everything in between.

AEW DEBUTS ON MAX

- WWE is not the only one who made its debut on a streaming service today as AEW has also started on Warner Bros. Discovery's Max. From today onward, both Dynamite and Collision will be simulcast on Max in the United States, with replays available on the service afterward. Pay-per-views will eventually be part of Max as well in the months to come, although they will come at an additional cost. AEW content is also available on Max, including Dynamite shows and pay-per-views dating back to 2019, in addition to Rampage and Collision shows from 2024. Previous episodes from years past will be rolled out in the weeks to come as well, giving AEW fans all the content that they can watch. Tonight's Dynamite Fight for the Fallen will be the first AEW live broadcast on Max. The streaming deal, both for live simulcasts and archived content, is for customers in the United States only. The service is $9.99 a month with ads or $16.99 a month without ads.

DYNAMITE FIGHT FOR THE FALLEN TONIGHT

- Tonight's Dynamite live from Asheville, North Carolina is labeled Fight For The Fallen with proceeds going to the Hurricane Helene victims. It's also a very important night for AEW as tonight marks the first Dynamite simulcast on Max, with the streaming service airing the show live as well. The show is headlined by a huge trios match involving Adam Copeland and FTR teaming up to take on AEW World champion Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta. Other matches include Orange Cassidy vs "Hangman" Adam Page, Julia Hart vs Jamie Hayter, and Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin vs The Acclaimed. Plus, Jeff Jarrett will be making an announcement regarding his future.

ELTON JOHN SONG RETURNING AS COLLISION THEME SONG

- Elton John is returning to AEW Collision this weekend...well, his voice is! AEW President Tony Khan announced that John's song "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" is back as the Collision theme song for 2025. The song was used as the theme for Collision since the first episode in June 2023 but the company stopped using it in July 2024 after the rights to use it expired. The song was originally released in 1973 as part of his album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. This weekend's Collision will be the first one to also simulcast on Max.


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