WWE announces debut date for Netflix in India

It’s a new era for WWE fans in India.

Episodes of Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and WWE Premium Live Events will become available on Netflix in the country beginning April 1. Paul “Triple H” Levesque announced the news in a video on Saturday, welcoming Indian fans to the Netflix era

“Namaste, India. This is the King of Kings, the Game, Triple H. Are you ready? Starting on April 1, WWE has a brand-new home in India. This means Raw, SmackDown, NXT, every premium live event from the Royal Rumble to SummerSlam and all of it leads to the grandest stage of them all, WrestleMania. So, India, I’ll ask you one more time, are you ready? Because this is the beginning of the Netflix era.”

WWE programming had aired on the Sony Sports Network (formerly TEN Sports) in the country since 2002. As part of the deal with Sony, two Superstar Spectacle events were produced exclusively for India. The first was filmed at the WWE Thunderdome in 2021 and the second took place in 2023 at the G. M. C. Balayogi Indoor Stadium.

WWE’s contract with Sony is one of several international media rights deals affected by the $5 billion Netflix agreement, which was announced in January 2024. As WWE moves its content to Netflix, it has opened the door for other promotions to sign deals with networks that previously aired WWE programming—such as AEW landing a deal with Fox Sports Mexico, WWE’s former home in the country, and TNA partnering with Sportsnet, which previously broadcast WWE in Canada.