Netflix VP Of Sports: WWE Is Everything We Could Have Hoped For And More

WWE Raw premiered on Netflix in January, and the show has consistently been in the top ten in terms of global views. While only WWE Raw is on Netflix in the United States, International fans enjoy WWE weekly shows, premium live events, and archival content on the platform.

Speaking to Joe Otterson of Variety, Gabe Spitzer, vice president of sports at Netflix, said “It’s everything we could have hoped for and more. 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.

“[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,”

WWE’s deal with Peacock, which currently houses WWE PLEs and archived content in the US, expires in March 2026, and Netflix has been a rumored partner should the rights become available.

“For us, it’s still early stages,” Spitzer says. “We want things that are going to create global conversation. And I think with WWE, we already know they have that. … So we’ll continue to have conversations with the leagues that have rights coming up.”

Fightful has coverage of Raw every Monday beginning at 8 p.m. ET.