WWE’s “Raw” kicked off the wrestling giant’s “Netflix Era” on Monday with a worldwide showcase of some of their top superstars and world class production. Netflix and WWE has announced that their debut episode of “Raw on streaming got off to a strong start with 4.9 million views globally.

THE NUMBERS

In the U.S. the inaugural “Raw” averaged 2.6 million households (Live+SD) according to VideoAmp. This is 116% higher than Raw’s average 2024 U.S. audience of 1.2 million households. Also higher than any other “Monday Night Raw” broadcast in the fast five years. The debut event doubled the A18-49 audience vs. last year.

“RAW” ON SOCIALS

On social media site “X”, the hashtag #WWERaw was the number one trending topic in the U.S., Brazil, Australia, and the U.K. Specifically in the U.K. it trended for 14 hours straight and occupied 6 of the top 7 trending topics in the U.S.

MONDAY NIGHT RAW IN LA

The debut of “Raw” on Netflix took place at the sold-out new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. It set a company record as the highest grossing WWE arena event of all time. It also set a merchandise sale record, becoming the highest grossing non-premium Live Event of all time.

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The event saw Rhea Ripley reclaim the Women’s World Championship with a win over Liv Morgan, Roman Reigns topple Solo Sikoa in a tribal combat match, CM Punk best Seth “Freakin” Rollins in a highly anticipated grudge match and Jey Uso with a win over Drew McIntyre. Monday’s event also featured appearances from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, The Undertaker, Logan Paul, Travis Scott and John Cena, who officially kicked off his year-long farewell tour which will be featured prominently on Netflix.

Netflix is now the exclusive home of “Raw” in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia and Latin America. Among many other global territories. Netflix is also the exclusive home of “SmackDown”, “NXT”. As well as archive content and all WWE Premium Live Events. Including “WrestleMania”, “Royal Rumble”, “SummerSlam” and more — in most international markets.