WWE, Raw has found a new home and it
ain't gonna be on cable. WWE announced Tuesday morning
that Raw is taking its talents to Netflix in January
of 2025. Can you smell what Netflix is cooking
? All right, back to it. So this
is gonna mark the first time in three decades that
Raw has not aired new episodes on the linear television
network. And according to multiple reports, the deal
is for 10 years and more than$5 billion dollars
, 5 billion. We're never gonna be able to
share Netflix accounts after this. But this is a
great business move for WWE because it's another move into
the streaming space for the sports entertainment giant, which
has already aired pay per view events like the Royal
Rumble and wrestle mania already airing live on Peacock now
. As for Netflix, it's a major step toward
live sports entertainment as it's only previously dipped its toe
into that area. In fact, Netflix Chief Content
Officer Bella Boarda told variety quote, raw is the
best of sports entertainment, blending great characters and storytelling
with live action 52 weeks a year and we're thrilled
to be in this long term partnership with WWE and
Raw currently airs on USA. But in the year
2025 the phrase Netflix and Chill might get swapped out
for Netflix and body slammed.