WWE Netflix/Peacock/ESPN Discussion Thread

[Fiddy]

Absolutely wild that in 2025/26 we need 3 different apps or subscriptions or whatever to watch WWE. Comical honestly!

[SmashMan]

$29.99 a month? **** that.

They can have their record profits, I’ll find a stream somewhere.

[Majingir]

If you already have ESPN through your tv provider, it might mean wwe is bundled in with that?

[SmashMan]

If you already have ESPN through your tv provider, it might mean wwe is bundled in with that?

If that's true I retract my previous comment. 😂

I obviously watch sports but I don't watch enough random games to have ever considered the upcoming ESPN service. My assumption was that it was an extra thing on top of whatever cable/streaming provider people have, but if I can log in with my provider like any other app and it's just $30 for people who don't have any kind of TV package, alright then.

[Majingir]

If that's true I retract my previous comment. 😂

I obviously watch sports but I don't watch enough random games to have ever considered the upcoming ESPN service. My assumption was that it was an extra thing on top of whatever cable/streaming provider people have, but if I can log in with my provider like any other app and it's just $30 for people who don't have any kind of TV package, alright then.

That's what it sounds like which would make the most sense.

Use your cable provider account info to access WWE stuff on ESPN (which is similar to how the network used to be in Canada).

But if you don't have cable, you can still get espn streaming service for $30 a month.

As much hate as it gets, I wouldn't be surprised if majority of WWE fans in the US either have espn on their cable packages already, or already subscribe to ESPN streaming service. The biggest noise would be from the non cable subscribers and non espn subscribers where they do have to pay ore now than they did before, but if they're in the minority, then that's not as many fans WWE needs to worry about.

[TheMatrix31]

What a horrendous decision.

WWE with two companies I want absolutely nothing to do with.

Gotta love the fragmentation of everything. Who would have thought this would have been the result of all the "cord cutting." I mean a TOTAL SHOCK. Good luck getting people to know exactly where to be to watch your product.


Peacock Netflix ESPN Tubi CW USA in this country but not in this country at this time cuz it's overseas but oh no preshows and special start times. Good ****ing grief.

Yeah, I'll just use other means. Already do for everything other than PPVs but hey if my PPV methods don't work properly then hey. These people are getting too big for their britches.

Whatever. Hope they sink.

[J_Posse]

What a horrendous decision.

WWE with two companies I want absolutely nothing to do with.

Gotta love the fragmentation of everything. Who would have thought this would have been the result of all the "cord cutting." I mean a TOTAL SHOCK.

Yeah, I'll just use other means. Already do for everything other than PPVs but hey if my PPV methods don't work properly then hey. These people are getting too big for their britches.

Whatever. Hope they sink.

I doubt this will hurt their bottom line in any meaningful way.

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[TheMatrix31]

I doubt this will hurt their bottom line in any meaningful way.

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I'm under no impression it will. They need correcting, however.

[SmashMan]

I'm under no impression it will. They need correcting, however.

They’ve achieved the mainstream acceptance that Vince was always desperate for. Not sure what’s going to correct them at this point.

[TheMatrix31]

They’ve achieved the mainstream acceptance that Vince was always desperate for. Not sure what’s going to correct them at this point.

I agree. Hilarious to me that ESPN spent decades ****ting on wrestling and now they cover it, promote it and even air it.

Anyway, overall no coming back from it now. Same ****tiness that will come to NFL Network and Red Zone too. Same with the all sports and pretty much everything else in existence. All the same thing in different forms.

[dubcity]

Pay up that $30 a month, ya marks. Lol. I was looking at what actually airs on ESPN in 2025 (i don't have cable), and man it is so not worth the money. Being a cord cutter who likes sports is such a bad/expensive experience these days.

[Majingir]

I agree. Hilarious to me that ESPN spent decades ****ting on wrestling and now they cover it, promote it and even air it.

Anyway, overall no coming back from it now. Same ****tiness that will come to NFL Network and Red Zone too. Same with the all sports and pretty much everything else in existence. All the same thing in different forms.

ESPN is just paying for whatever they can get.

They STILL dont care about the NHL despite having the rights to it and have made fun of hockey for decades.

But as much as people might hate it, this is where we're at now with "live entertainment". Streaming services want it all.

But doesn't subscribing to ESPN get you NBA, NHL ,WWE and NFL network/Red zone now or however that'll work?

Seems like ESPN will overhaul their services real soon, so it'll probably make more sense before the NFL starts up. Such as, does subscribing through Disney plus to ESPN get you access to WWE?

[UFCMPunk]

If you use Peacock to watch SD/NXT then you might as well keep it. But seems like right now there's no word on the wwe on demand content, or even NXT PLEs. There's a chance those could wind up staying on Peacock, or moving to Netflix, ESPN or elsewhere.

I'm curious what happens for international Netflix subscribers. People speculated a reason for lack of a wwe vault is because wwe is still negotiating a USA deal. If the USA deal winds up being Netflix, maybe they move over everything at once for everyone?

I have YouTube TV so I'm able to watch SD, NXT and counting AEW all through one app at least lol. If I can get it through YouTube TV for free without paying the extra money, I'll be good. Still might get a VPN just in case but going to wait and see how this all plays out and what ends up where.

[UFCMPunk]

Pretty much sums it up.........

[TheMatrix31]

ESPN is just paying for whatever they can get.

They STILL dont care about the NHL despite having the rights to it and have made fun of hockey for decades.

But as much as people might hate it, this is where we're at now with "live entertainment". Streaming services want it all.

But doesn't subscribing to ESPN get you NBA, NHL ,WWE and NFL network/Red zone now or however that'll work?

Seems like ESPN will overhaul their services real soon, so it'll probably make more sense before the NFL starts up. Such as, does subscribing through Disney plus to ESPN get you access to WWE?

I have no idea. It's so confusing who's gonna wade through all this **** to figure it all out.