- WWE. WWE's Monday Night Raw dethroned "Squid Game" in Netflix's Top 10 List
- WWE. Bill Simmons went viral as he sat next to Nikki Bella at the debut of Monday Night RAW on Netflix
On January 6th, the first episode of Monday Night RAW premiered on Netflix worldwide. The event took place at the Los Angeles Clippers' Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. WWE announced that it was the highest selling show in the company's stadium history.
In this episode featured big names like Triple H, The Rock, John Cena and Hulk Hogan participated. We saw celebrities like Travis Scott and Macaulay Culkin. Also, CM Punk defeated Seth Rollins in the main event, Rhea Ripley was crowned Women's World Champion, Jey Uso shocked Drew and Roman Reigns defeated Solo Sikoa.
In a statement released Thursday, Netflix and TKO shared more details of this premiere. RAW reached 4.9 million views worldwide (Live+1 views).
Netflix and WWE announce the premiere of Raw on Netflix averaged 2.6 million households live+same-day, according to data from third party VideoAmp. That's up 116% compared to the average for 2024 on the USA Network.
Just a reminder, Monday Night Raw is still not available on Netflix in some major wrestling markets like India, , , Italy, Japan, and South Korea due to ongoing TV deals. Once it's available in all these countries, the numbers are gonna be way higher than they are now.
WWE RAW trended for 14 hours and received up to 223 million social media views on the day of the premiere, all this, as reported in their press release.
¿RAW on Netflix will be a 3-hour show?
In an interview with Sports Illustrated,Triple H assured that the duration will be calm and that they will not be forced to meet a specific time:
"It will be flexible in the sense that the time constraints of network or cable television will not necessarily apply. It's a slightly different platform," said WWE's Chief Content Officer.
"If the episodes have to be an hour long, great, they are an hour long. If the next one has to be 42 minutes, it's 42 minutes. That's what makes the best product, but I promise you no show will ever be less than an hour", HHH commented.
The reality is that less than a week after its debut, WWE is already at the top of the streaming platform, suring one of the most popular series and sensations such as The Squid Games.
Let's see if the company, now led by Nick Khan and Triple H, can keep up this excellent momentum.