How WWE performed on Netflix in 2025: Raw, PLEs, SmackDown & Unreal
In case you missed it, Netflix released viewing data for the second half of 2025 earlier this week, revealing how WWE performed among its fellow content peers.
The following highlights and notes come from their biannual “What We Watched” report which was released in concert with their fourth quarter earning report.
Unreal
In the second half of the year, the highest ranking show overall for WWE was the first season of Unreal which brought in 4.9 million global views and 22.8 million total global hours viewed, putting it at 407th overall. The show was available worldwide.
PLEs
September’s first-ever WWE Wrestlepalooza brought in 1.9 million total global views and 5.7 total million global hours viewed to lead the pack for the second half.
November’s Survivor Series WarGames was right behind it with a reported 1.8 million global views and 5.3 total million global hours viewed.
Evolution was the worst performing at just 900,000.
| Show | Total Global Views |
| Wrestlepalooza | 1,900,000 |
| Survivor Series: WarGames | 1,800,000 |
| SummerSlam night 2 | 1,700,000 |
| SummerSlam night 1 | 1,500,000 |
| Crown Jewel: Perth | 1,400,000 |
| Clash in Paris | 1,300,000 |
| Evolution | 900,000 |
For the year, last January’s Royal Rumble finished the year in the top spot at 3.2 million global views, beating out night two of WrestleMania (2.9 million), WrestleMania night one (2.5 million), and March’s Elimination Chamber (2 million) with Wrestlepalooza finishing fifth overall.
The worst performing was July’s Evolution followed by Clash in Paris (1.3 million) and Night of Champions (1.3 million).
Of note, these numbers are worldwide minus the U.S. where PLEs were either on the Peacock or ESPN streaming service.
Raw and SmackDown
The best performing edition of WWE Raw in the second half was on November 17 with 3.5 million total global views, edging out the August 4 episode that did 3.4 million. 13 episodes were above three million overall with the lowest bringing in 2.2 million for the December 29 episode. However, since the numbers are as of December 31, that was only based on three days.
The highest ranking episode of the year by far was the Netflix debut on January 6 with 7.1 million total global views.
SmackDown, available worldwide but not in the U.S. on Netflix, saw the majority of its second half episodes finish in the 700,000 to 1.3 million range. The highest was the September 5 edition (1.3 million total global views) which also was the best performing for the year, beating out several 1.1 million episodes.
NXT
Available worldwide but not in the U.S. on Netflix, nearly every PLE had 200,000 global views with their weekly TV in the 100,000-200,000 range. The best performing was the September 16 Homecoming episode at 300,000.
Here’s the analysis for the first half of the year.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.