Netflix is increasing its WWE offerings in 2026. The streaming platform has added a large selection of premium live events to its docket, including the pay-per-view catalog that had previously been available on Peacock.
The new switch adds decades of WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and other long-running WWE specials to Netflix’s search bar.
For those who want to watch, each annual edition will appear as a separate “season.” For instance, WrestleMania will appear with “41 seasons” of the show. Learn more about the change below.
New Agreement
The change reflects a broader shift in WWE’s distribution, beginning in 2025 when Monday Night Raw found a new home on Netflix under a long-term agreement.
Finalized in January 2024, the agreement reported a 10-year, roughly $5 billion deal that pushes WWE’s flagship show from linear television to the streaming platform in markets such as the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Latin America.
Limitations on Netflix
It’s important to note that the current catalog on Netflix is not a full one. WWE made it clear that the new library omits many events from promotions the company owns but hosted elsewhere, such as large amounts of WCW and ECW events.
It also does not include recent events exclusive to other U.S. partners. This is especially significant because in 2026, WWE’s Premium Live Events (PLEs) will be exclusive to ESPN’s new $29.99/month streaming tier.
This will result in the most recent live PLEs and some ESPN-only specials not being available on Netflix for U.S. viewers.
Spread Across Multiple Services
The switch from Peacock to Netflix is part of a bigger deal. Peacock has lost the back catalog, with much of the material switching to Netflix instead for international audiences and to other U.S. platforms in the newly negotiated streaming rights.
The shift will spread wrestling content across multiple services in the United States, increasing the cost for fans who want to access all WWE and rival promotion content in the future.
Future Netflix WWE Events
Netflix has set up a few wrestling events for the new year to keep an eye out for. Monday Night Raw on January 5th will be a crossover with Netflix’s Stranger Things, reflecting the show’s conclusion and the first anniversary of Raw on Netflix, along with the overall collaboration between the two companies.
Netflix will also be premiering the second season of the docudrama WWE: Unreal on January 20th. While it had some controversy surrounding the first season, there was enough audience interest to continue to a second season.
Final Thoughts
In conclusion, the moves show a fragmentation of the wrestling world when it comes to streaming. Netflix may hold a deep archive of WWE’s legacy PLEs and the weekly Raw stream, but ESPN has current U.S. PLEs, and still other platforms and outlets will retain their selective rights.
WWE’s main strategy with the move is to lean on multiple partners to monetize both live events and the historical library of past events.
If you are a huge wrestling fan in the United States, multiple subscriptions will be required to watch all the newest events.
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