WWE Network Officially Shutting Down On January 1

10 years on from the streaming service's launch in 2014, WWE have announced the WWE Network will shut down in international territories, including the United Kingdom.

An email to subscribers today announced that from January 1, 2025, the WWE Network will no longer be available due to Netflix becoming "the new exclusive home of WWE." All of WWE's weekly programming, including Raw, SmackDown, and NXT will air on Netflix internationally. WWE pay-per-views/premium live events will also air on Netflix, as will "historic PLEs and select programming."

The first episode of WWE programming on Netflix will be the January 6, 2025 episode of Monday Night Raw. WWE and Netflix agreed to a 10-year deal worth $5 billion in January 2024 that will see Raw air on the streaming platform around the world, including in the United States. The agreement was far more expansive for international fans of WWE, though, due to it including all WWE programming.

The change means WWE fans in the United Kingdom and other countries will need to subscribe to Netflix from January 2025 if they aren't already subscribed to the service.

The WWE Network was created in 2014, effectively ending the company's pay-per-view business. The streaming platform shuttered in the United States in 2021 after WWE reached a deal to merge the WWE Network into Peacock.

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