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The numbers are in for the much-anticipated star-studded premiere of WWE’s Monday Night RAW on Netflix. The streamer’s first live show with the sports entertainment dynamo kicked off their 10-year partnership from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on January 6.

According to Netflix, Monday night’s opener with appearances by The Rock, John Cena and Undertaker plus key matchups featuring: CM Punk and Seth Rollins in the main event, and Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa in a “Tribal Combat Match” for ula-fala, captured an average worldwide audience of 4.9 million Live+1 viewers.

The premiere also averaged 2.6 million households (Live+SD) in the US, according to VideoAmp. That is 116% higher than RAW‘s average 2024 US audience of 1.2 million households, and higher than any other Monday evening RAW issued within the last five years. The event also more than doubled the key 18-49 audience demo from last year.

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It should be noted that the international viewership numbers do not yet include 92 countries where Netflix has yet to distribute its WWE content, including: France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Philippines and South Korea.

In addition, the premiere ggenerated 223 million WWE social impressions across all platforms on the day of RAWNetflix premiere. These numbers were greater than any other RAW section from 2024.

The debut of RAW on Netflix from Los Angeles, also set a company record as the highest-grossing WWE arena event of all time. In addition, the event set a merchandise sales record and became the highest grossing non-Premium Live Event of all time.

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Monday Night RAW previously ran on USA Networks until its final episode on December 30. Notably, the ratings data can be a bit tricky since the metrics came from the Nielsen ratings while they were on cable. From the beginning of October 2024 to the end of December, RAW averaged approximately 1.65 million viewers per week, according to their numbers.

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Netflix reached a deal with WWE back in January 2024 that is said to be worth $5 billion with the option for the streamer to extend for another 10 years or opt out after five.

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