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WWE star Seth Rollins to appear on Netflix skyscraping live special

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After contributing to Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL coverage, Seth Rollins is set for a role on another live special.

Netflix has announced that Rollins will be part of the broadcast team for “Skyscraper Live,” an event where climber Alex Honnold will attempt to climb the building Taipei 101 in Taiwan on Friday, January 23.

“One of the greatest climbers of all time, Alex Honnold, climbs Taipei 101 — one of the tallest buildings in the world — live on Netflix,” the streaming platform shared. “Unlike prerecorded climbing documentaries, ‘Skyscraper Live’ unfolds entirely in real time. Viewers will experience every moment as Honnold ascends the iconic skyscraper, making this a true high-stakes live broadcast.”

Sports broadcaster Elle Duncan is hosting the special, with Rollins listed among the other commentators who will be contributing to the coverage. Climber Emily Harrington, engineer Mark Rober, and climber commentator Pete Woods are also set to appear.

“Together, they’ll guide viewers through the physical, mental, and technical challenges of the climb as it happens,” Netflix announced.

The special is airing at 8 p.m. Eastern time on January 23, meaning that it will go head-to-head with WWE SmackDown that night.

Rollins is currently sidelined with a shoulder injury but is hoping to return in time for WrestleMania 42. Outside of wrestling, he continues to get more sports media experience. He is a huge Chicago Bears fan and is a regular guest host on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football.

Netflix touts WWE Raw viewership for first year on platform

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In a press release issued today, Netflix celebrated the viewership WWE brought in during its first year on the platform.

January 6 marked the one-year anniversary of Raw coming to Netflix. Over the first year of the partnership, Netflix claims its subscribers watched 525 million hours of WWE content. Most of that was for Raw, while the remaining portion was taken up by content that is available internationally but not on Netflix in the United States.

“Netflix members welcomed WWE with a bang (but thankfully, no permanent injuries). In 2025, our members watched 525M hours of WWE content,” the press release said. “Of this total, Raw accounted for nearly 340M views and 185M views for Premium Live Events broadcast outside of the US like SmackDown, WrestleMania, Elimination Chamber, Money in the Bank, Night of Champions and Royal Rumble.”

Netflix touted that Raw ranked in the top 10 of its category most weeks, with it only falling outside of the rankings in December when “Stranger Things” took up much of the top 10.

“Since Raw’s official Netflix debut on January 6, 2025, the show has made the Global English TV Top 10 nearly every week it’s been on service (47 out of a possible 52 weeks),” Netflix wrote. “Over 52 shows, Raw has averaged more than 3M views per week.

“And it’s not just in the US, the birthplace of the WWE. Raw has made the Top 10 in 34 countries, including the US (51 weeks), Bolivia (49 weeks), Canada (48 weeks), the UK (40 weeks) and Mexico (38 weeks).”

The start of 2026 saw the WWE PLE library added to Netflix. Along with that, season two of the docuseries “WWE: Unreal” will arrive on the service on January 20.

WOR: AEW and NXT, WBD and AEW, Netflix, tons more!

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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including updates on WBD, Netflix, the WWE library, CM Punk, Andrade and his AEW career and how they’ll handle indie titles he holds, New Year’s Dash recap, AEW Dynamite and that NXT show, and plenty more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:
Start: Bryan’s internet went out, WBD/Paramount/Netflix update, Netflix ratings changes
13:19: CM Punk’s comments on people fantasy booking
17:56: Andrade El Idolo returns to AEW
23:05: Dave’s NJPW New Year Dash recap
35:19: CMLL, ratings, Cain Velasquez likely getting paroled
46:18: AEW Dynamite recap
1:06:49: WWE NXT recap

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Netflix shares first look at upcoming John Cena movie

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Netflix has shared a first look at “Little Brother” — an upcoming comedy movie starring John Cena.

Cena plays one of the lead roles in the film alongside comedian Eric Andre. In the movie, Cena is a famous real estate agent whose “carefully curated world is upended when his eccentric ‘little brother’ (Andre) unexpectedly reappears in his life.” There is no exact release date for the movie yet, but it’s scheduled to come out this year.

Today, Netflix posted a first-look photo showing Cena and Andre in their roles.

“I have wanted to work opposite Eric for a very long time and this photo is many, many years in the making,” Cena wrote. “Cannot wait for you all to stream and enjoy the work of this incredible cast on
@netflix!”

The film is directed by Matt Spicer, whose credits include the 2017 comedy “Ingrid Goes West.”

Hollywood has been Cena’s main career for a while now, but it will now take up a bigger share of his focus following his WWE retirement. Cena competed in his final match by losing to Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event on December 13. Though he’s stepped away from the ring, Cena is still under WWE contract as an ambassador.

Netflix announces WWE PLE library deal

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Netflix and WWE are officially expanding their partnership with Netflix now hosting the WWE PLE library.

After the expiration of WWE’s deal with Peacock, the company’s PLE archive was added to Netflix on January 1. An official announcement has now been made, with The Hollywood Reporter reporting that it is a multi-year agreement. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

“Beginning immediately, Netflix is the new U.S. home for WWE’s library of Premium Live Events (prior to September 2025) including WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble, as well as award-winning documentaries and original programming,” Netflix’s announcement said.

September 2025 is when WWE’s new PLE deal with ESPN went into effect. Wrestlepalooza, Crown Jewel: Perth, and Survivor Series 2025 aired on ESPN, so ESPN has the rights to those events (and future PLEs) in the United States instead of Netflix.

The WWE-Netflix partnership began in 2025 with WWE Raw moving to the streaming platform. They celebrated the one-year anniversary last night with Netflix airing an episode of Raw branded as “Stranger Things Night.”

Netflix broadcasts a wider variety of WWE programming internationally, including airing PLEs outside of the U.S.

Peacock and WWE still have a relationship that includes Peacock airing Saturday Night’s Main Event and NXT PLEs. Peacock also carries the SmackDown library, while Netflix has the rights to the Raw library. It remains to be seen where other classic content like WCW and ECW events will end up.

WWE Raw notes: Hiroshi Tanahashi shout-out, Stranger Things, new theme song

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Notes from this week’s WWE Raw.

Monday’s show in Brooklyn, New York is a collaboration between WWE and Netflix’s Stranger Things show, which recently aired its series finale. Despite the tie-in, no one from the blockbuster television show is at Raw.

“I was told nobody from Stranger Things doing anything on the show tonight, which would be odd,” Bryan Alvarez is reporting.

Despite this, executives from both Netflix and TKO are at tonight’s show at the Barclays Center. It also serves as the one-year anniversary of Raw debuting on the streaming platform.

“A ton of TKO execs and Netflix people at the show tonight, it’s completely sold out,” Alvarez added.

During the opening match, IYO SKY gave Asuka a slingblade, Hiroshi Tanahashi’s signature move. Corey Graves on commentary gave a shout-out to Tanahashi, mentioning him by name and noted he had recently celebrated his retirement. Tanahashi had his final match in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 20, losing to AEW’s Kazuchika Okada. SKY & Ripley went on to defeat the Kabuki Warriors for the Women’s Tag Team titles.

WWE also revealed a new theme song that played during Monday’s show: ‘Godzilla’ by Eminem featuring Juice WRLD.

Netflix releases trailer for ‘WWE: Unreal’ season two

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Netflix has released a new trailer hyping the impending arrival of “WWE: Unreal” season two.

The behind-the-scenes docuseries is set to return on Tuesday, January 20 with a five-episode second season. Material for the show was largely filmed during summer 2025, with the trailer revealing some of the key topics that will be covered. Seth Rollins’ worked knee injury and trying to keep that a secret will be heavily focused on, along with R-Truth’s near-departure from WWE and subsequent return to the company.

At the beginning of the trailer, Paul Heyman addresses the concept of WWE pulling back the curtain for this docuseries and giving the fans an inside look at an industry that historically has been secretive.

“Sorry to disappoint everyone, but I’m not a fan of this show,” Heyman says. “I grew up in an era where you defended the secrecy of this business. That’s how we earn our living.”

Each episode in the season is listed as being 50 minutes long. Backlash, Evolution, and SummerSlam 2025 are three of the events that the “Unreal” cameras were present for. Pat McAfee’s match against Gunther from Backlash will receive some focus, and the show will document musician Jelly Roll making his in-ring debut at SummerSlam. A brief clip from the trailer indicates that Naomi will address why she and Mercedes Mone walked out of WWE in 2022.

Season one of “WWE: Unreal” debuted in July 2025 and consisted of five episodes as well. The series is produced by WWE, Omaha Productions, NFL Films, and Skydance Sports.

WWE asking fans to dress up for Raw’s ‘Stranger Things Night’

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WWE is hoping fans dress up in Stranger Things-inspired outfits for Monday’s episode of Raw.

The January 5 edition of WWE Raw in Brooklyn, New York will celebrate the one-year anniversary of Raw coming to Netflix. Branded as “Stranger Things Night,” the episode will also have a tie-in with one of Netflix’s most popular scripted series. WWE is asking fans to contribute to the crossover by wearing clothing inspired by Stranger Things.

“This Monday, #WWERaw enters the Upside Down… and we want you to bring your best #StrangerThings looks to Brooklyn,” WWE tweeted. “Bring the energy. Bring the nostalgia. Bring the noise. We’ll see you and your #StrangerThings inspired ‘fits this Monday at @barclayscenter!”

Stranger Things, a retro horror series set in the 1980s, wrapped up its five-season run with the series finale premiering on December 31.

WWE has announced three title matches for the Raw episode, including CM Punk defending his World Heavyweight Championship against Bron Breakker.

WWE Raw Stranger Things Night (Monday, January 5) —

  • World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk defends against Bron Breakker
  • Women’s Intercontinental Champion Maxxine Dupri defends against Becky Lynch
  • Women’s Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane) defend against IYO SKY & Rhea Ripley

WWE PLE archive added to Netflix

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WWE’s PPV/PLE library has a new home in the United States.

An official announcement has yet to be made, but the WWE PPV archive — including every WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam — is now available on Netflix for U.S. subscribers. WWE’s deal with Peacock expired at the end of 2025 and some PPVs had already started to be listed as “coming soon” on Netflix, but it wasn’t clear how many would be added. It now appears that nearly the full PPV library is available.

Crown Jewel: Perth and Survivor Series 2025 are two PLEs not currently available in the U.S. on Netflix. Both of those shows were broadcast on ESPN, though Wrestlepalooza — the first event in WWE’s new PLE deal with ESPN — can be watched in the Netflix archive.

Peacock will still broadcast WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event specials and NXT PLEs. The SmackDown archive will also remain on Peacock, while Netflix has rights to the Raw archive. It remains to be seen where other content that WWE owns the rights to — like the WCW and ECW libraries — will end up.

Netflix became the broadcast home of WWE Raw in the U.S. in January 2025 and carries a wider variety of WWE programming internationally. This coming Monday (January 5), Raw will celebrate the one-year anniversary of its Netflix debut with a special episode featuring a crossover with the hit series “Stranger Things.”

Netflix lists several WWE PLEs, other events as ‘Coming next week’

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Several WWE events are currently listed as “coming next week” on Netflix.

As WWE archival content is set to leave Peacock this month, it appears select events are being added to Netflix. The WWE shows listed as “coming next week” appear to primarily be one-off pay-per-views rather than annual events, with the exception of the No Mercy show from Manchester in 1999.

Netflix currently lists the following events as coming next week in the United States:

  • Greatest Royal Rumble
  • No Mercy 1999 (UK edition)
  • Invasion
  • This Tuesday in Texas
  • St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
  • Break Down In Your House
  • December to Dismember
  • The Bash
  • Rock Bottom
  • Breaking Point
  • One Night Only
  • Capital Carnage
  • The Wrestling Classic
  • Great Balls of Fire
  • Roadblock End of the Line
  • Capitol Punishment
  • Bash in Berlin

WWE archival content is also expected to be rolled out to WWE’s YouTube channels, such as WWE Vault and the WCW channel, Fightful is reporting. Mark Shapiro mentioned in an interview earlier this month that a non-exclusive deal for WWE’s archival footage could be announced in the first quarter of 2026.

Two WWE wrestlers featured in new Netflix teaser

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WWE’s Bianca Belair and Liv Morgan are both featured in a new Netflix teaser video.

The promo, which was released on Christmas Day, hypes that Netflix will be making an announcement on January 7, 2026 regarding what’s next for the streaming giant. It appears that date is when Netflix will be unveiling some of its programming for the new year, with Belair and Morgan included in the video as WWE representatives. WWE Raw is entering its second year on Netflix — and season two of the docuseries WWE Unreal is also set to premiere in January.

“Another year has ended, but your future is on its way,” Netflix wrote. “So go on, we know you have questions. All you have to do is ask. What Next? Jan 7, 2026.”

The January 5 edition of WWE Raw will celebrate the one-year anniversary of Raw coming to Netflix. Branded as “Stranger Things Night,” the episode is a crossover between WWE and one of the most popular scripted series that Netflix has ever produced. Among the matches set for the show is a World Heavyweight Championship bout with CM Punk defending against Bron Breakker.

At the moment, Belair is still sidelined because of the hand injury that she suffered at WrestleMania 41. She is hoping that her broken knuckle will finally be fixed soon.

A shoulder injury kept Morgan away from WWE programming for a good portion of 2025, but she was able to make her return last month at Survivor Series.

Netflix announces ‘Stranger Things Night’ for upcoming WWE Raw

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The January 5 episode of WWE Raw is officially being branded as “Stranger Things Night.”

On Christmas Day, Netflix released a new trailer hyping the upcoming collaboration between Raw and its hit series Stranger Things. The first Raw episode of 2026 will feature a crossover between the shows, though it’s still unclear what that exactly means.

“RAW gets Stranger – It’s Stranger Things Night on WWE RAW!,” Netflix wrote. “The 2026 premiere episode on January 5th will feature some of the biggest names in WWE and kick off WrestleMania season. Live on Netflix 8 PM ET | 5 PM PT – You won’t want to miss it.”

The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York is hosting the January 5 episode, which will celebrate the one-year anniversary of Raw coming to Netflix. So far, three title matches have been confirmed for the broadcast:

  • World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk defends against Bron Breakker
  • Women’s Intercontinental Champion Maxxine Dupri defends against Becky Lynch
  • Women’s Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane) defend against IYO SKY & Rhea Ripley

Stranger Things is one of the biggest shows Netflix has ever produced. The retro horror series is currently airing its fifth and final season.

There was also a WWE crossover on Netflix’s NFL coverage today with Seth Rollins appearing on the pre-game panel for the Minnesota Vikings vs. Detroit Lions game.

Netflix reveals date for WWE-Stranger Things crossover

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We’re officially less than two weeks away from a crossover between WWE Raw and the hit Netflix series Stranger Things.

Last week, it was reported that a promotional crossover between WWE and Stranger Things would be happening soon. Details were sparse at the time and there is still not much information available, but we now know that it will be taking place on January 5. The crossover is happening on the first Raw of 2026, which will celebrate the one-year anniversary of Raw moving to the streaming platform.

“THE WWE GETS STRANGER,” Netflix tweeted out today. “January 5 LIVE only on Netflix at 8 PM ET | 5 PM PT #WWERaw”

Brooklyn, New York is hosting the January 5 show. It will feature a World Heavyweight Championship match with CM Punk defending against Bron Breakker. Two other title bouts are also set for the episode. Maxxine Dupri defends her Women’s Intercontinental Championship against Becky Lynch, while Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY challenge Asuka & Kairi Sane for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles.

Stranger Things — one of the most popular original series in Netflix’s history — is currently in the midst of its final season. More episodes will be released on Christmas Day, with the final batch then set to drop on New Year’s Eve.

“In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits,” the official description for Stranger Things says. “As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.”

Hulk Hogan Netflix docuseries moving forward

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A docuseries on Hulk Hogan is moving forward to Netflix.

During an interview with John Ourand on The Varsity podcast, Netflix’s Vice President of Sports Gabe Spitzer confirmed that a documentary series on the WWE Hall of Famer would be one of their upcoming documentary projects alongside projects on other sports icons such as Mike Tyson and Deion Sanders.

Following Hogan’s death in July, it had been reported by Puck News that a Hulk Hogan docuseries had been in the works since 2024, and over 20 hours of new interviews featuring Hogan were filmed before his passing. 

“The Hulkster died mid-documentary: Hulk Hogan, who died today at 71, will be remembered for mainstreaming pro wrestling and bringing down Gawker,” Matthew Belloni of Puck wrote. “He also left behind an unfinished docuseries on his life that Netflix has quietly been working on since last year, per sources. Director Bryan Storkel and producer Connor Schell’s Words + Pictures have been collaborating with WWE and Hogan on the multipart series, which will include more than 20 hours of new interviews with Hogan that were shot before his passing. There’s no release date yet.”

WWE has a strong relationship currently with Netflix, which airs Raw every Monday. In addition, a new season of the behind-the-scenes docuseries WWE Unreal is set to premiere on January 20.

Netflix confirms details regarding WWE: Unreal Season 2

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Netflix has confirmed several details regarding season two of WWE: Unreal.

In an article published on its website on Saturday, Netflix stated that season two will feature five 50-minute episodes, the same format as season one. The season will premiere on January 20, 2026.

Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch, Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley, Pat McAfee, Jelly Roll, R-Truth, IYO SKY, Naomi, Chelsea Green, Penta, and Lyra Valkyria are being advertised for the upcoming season.

Chris Weaver is returning as director, while Erik Powers is again listed as showrunner. The series is produced by WWE, Omaha Productions, NFL Films, and Skydance Sports. Executive producers listed include Peyton Manning, Jamie Horowitz, Ross Ketover, Keith Cossrow, Ken Rodgers, Jessica Boddy, Lee Fitting, Ben Houser, and Marc Pomarico. Producers listed include Harley Glantz, John Galiani, Brian Decker, Michael Flynn, Dan Gati, and Jeremy Lundblad.

Netflix and WWE are also reportedly expected to announce a crossover collaboration with WWE and Netflix’s hit show, Stranger Things, in the near future.

The full Netflix release is available here.