While not exactly shocking news considering we’re less than 4 weeks away from January 1st, this development is still a major milestone in the anticipation of the international Netflix agreement. As of writing this article (as there’s nothing stopping the streamer from changing the visibility at any point), Netflix now has a scrollable “Sports Entertainment’ search category when looking for WWE content. Previously, this only brought up the placeholder pages for Raw, Smackdown and NXT. This new search category can be seen as follows:
As of now, here is every placeholder page (each with an arrival date of January 1st, 2025) populating the category, though obviously this could and likely will continue to grow as the launch date approaches:
- WWE Raw
- WWE Wrestlemania
- WWE Fastlane
- WWE Extreme Rules
- WWE SummerSlam
- WWE Elimination Chamber
- WWE Judgment Day
- WWE Royal Rumble
- WWE Evolution
- WWE King of the Ring
- WWE Day 1
- WWE The Bash
- WWE St Valentine’s Day Massacre
- WWE Invasion
- WWE Hell in a Cell
- ECW December to Dismember
- WWE Backlash
- WWE No Mercy (UK)
- WWE Capital Carnage (UK)
- WWE No Mercy
- WWE This Tuesday in Texas
- WWE New Year’s Revolution
- WWE Fully Loaded
- WWE Clash of Champions
- WWE Capitol Punishment
- WWE In Your House
- WWE Over the Limit
- WWE Cyber Sunday
- WWE No Way Out
To be clear, I have listed these as simple show names because each one appears to be set up as a series with a date listed for the earliest iteration of the event. So by and large, Netflix looks poised to add every historical WWE PLE. Yes, there do seem to be a couple of gaps right now, (Taboo Tuesday, Over the Edge, Money in the Bank or any big NXT events) but this is far more likely to be a quirk of in-progress preparation than intentional omission. And it would also be remiss of me not to acknowledge a complete absence of WCW or original ECW events. They may appear on January 1st but then again, Netflix paid for the WWE brand not their acquisitions. We’ll see how everything shakes out in the coming weeks.
What are your thoughts on the appearance of these WWE shows? Are you starting to feel excited? Are you justifiably anxious at any current omissions? Let us know in the comment section below.