Published: 7 seconds ago by Dave Adamson | Last Updated: 7 seconds ago by Dave Adamson
Dave has been a website writer for WrestleTalk since October 2022, having previously written for Den of Geek, among a number of wrestling, movie and television-related sites. Dave has been around the independent wrestling scene for more than a decade, including behind-the-scenes.
WWE
Remember the days of the WWE Network, giving access to content, new and old, for the reasonable price of $9.99?
Between February 2014 and April of this year, fans in many countries around the world could binge on all the WWE Network content under a single subscription.
For fans in a post-WWE Network world in the United States, the offering is a touch more fractured, with costs for each platform:
WWE Raw
The flagship Monday night show, Raw streams on Netflix in the United States, along with much of the rest of the world, including Japan from next month.
At the time of writing, Netflix subscriptions start at $8.99 (with ads), rising to $26.99 for the ad-free, 4K experience. When it comes to WWE content, that’s still streamed in good ol’ 1080p high definition.
WWE SmackDown
Broadcast on the USA Network in the United States, and Netflix elsewhere in the world, watching WWE SmackDown requires a cable subscription, with prices varying depending on the provider.
WWE Premium Live Events
While Netflix may be the home for the regular calendar of PLEs internationally, US viewers have a choice of cable providers or ESPN Unlimited, with its $31.99 per month subscription (from September 17).
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event
For some international viewers, Saturday Night’s Main Event (or Sunday Night’s Main Event, if we’re referring to the September 6 edition) streams on YouTube, while United States viewers can take in the action on Peacock.
Peacock, as with many streaming platforms, offers multiple subscriptions, with their Select plan being $8.99 and Premium Plus being $12.99 per month.
Club WWE
Announced earlier this year, Club WWE is a subscription-based service that offers a new experience for fans.
One such experience is the Women’s World Championship match that saw Liv Morgan lose the title to Stephanie Vaquer on a recent house show in Chile.
WWE confirmed that the match was available in its entirety on Club WWE, with a subscription setting fans back $99 per year.
The True Cost Of Being A WWE Fan
Realistically, even during the life of WWE Network, many subscribers would likely have also been paying for Netflix, Amazon Prime and probably cable.
Further to this, it is unlikely that any fan is going to be subscribing to Netflix, ESPN Unlimited or a cable provider just to consume WWE content, with a wealth of other programming available on all services.
Club WWE would likely be the outlier among all the platforms, despite the idea of it being geared to the most intense fans. Aside from the aforementioned match, it was recently announced that a WWE 2K27 cover star would be decided by votes on the nascent fan platform, with no doubt more opportunities for engagement to follow.
WWE Network was a solid platform for its time, providing archive and current content under one wrapper, with a singular focus that isn’t going to be replicated through other streaming platforms. For fans searching for an alternative to WWE Network (and the company itself), perhaps MyAEW will fill the gap.
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