WWE is seeking a bigger stage and Netflix, pushing for more live events, is providing it

FILE - Wrestler Bianca Belair, top, leaps over Carmella during the WWE Monday Night RAW event, on March 6, 2023, in Boston.

FILE - Wrestler Bianca Belair, top, leaps over Carmella during the WWE Monday Night RAW event, on March 6, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)


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WWE will perform on a stage next month that could be vastly larger than its current home on cable television when it makes its "Raw" debut on Netflix. The sports entertainment company is moving to a platform with about 283 million subscribers worldwide as it departs its current home on the USA Network, which averaged 688,000 viewers in prime-time last year, according to the Nielsen company. For Netflix, onboarding the WWE is part of strategic move to air more live events on the heels of a hugely successful fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul that was viewed by more than 60 million people.

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