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in a five-year, $1.4 billion deal. Mark Shapiro, president and COO of WWE’s parent company TKO Group, called the new Netflix deal ‘transformative’, adding that it marries WWE’s unmissable content with Netflix’s extraordinary global reach while securing significant and predictable revenue for many years. “Our partnership fundamentally alters and strengthens the media landscape, dramatically expands the reach of WWE and brings weekly live appointment viewing to Netflix,” he said in a Netflix news announcement. The TKO Group currently boasts more than a billion fans worldwide, The WWE Championship is widely recognised as the most historic championship in WWE. It was first awarded to Buddy Rogers in 1963 after defeating Antonino Rocca in the finals. Since that time, the biggest names in the business have held the title, including Andre the Giant, Bret Hart, The Rock and Steve Austin. The current holder at the time of writing is Cody Rhodes.
Rumble , as well as all forthcoming projects and WWE documentaries. Reports from Netflix and WWE indicate that Raw ’s debut on the streaming platform drew 4.9 million live views globally, with an average of 2.6 million households tuning in from the US. This marks roughly a 116% increase from Raw ’s 2024 US average of 1.2 million households and the highest viewership for any Raw broadcast in the past five years. As soon as the event began, it was also the trending topic on X in the US, Brazil, Australia and UK. With more than 1600 episodes to date, Raw is one of the most iconic shows in sports entertainment, delivering action 52 weeks a year. Blending scripted content with unpredictable live entertainment, the three-hour show famously launched the careers of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin, Triple H, John Cena and many more.
Previous to the deal with the streaming giants, the rights to Smackdown had been sold to NBCUniversal and USA Network
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