With the move of Monday Night Raw to Netflix, WWE executives believed it would be able to expand its viewership globally. One show in and the results indicate a big day for the show's debut on the streaming service.

WWE Raw’s Netflix debut did not disappoint as a live event spectacular, but its decision to book a one-off standalone show meant a missed opportunity to hook casual fans.

Raw’s debut on Netflix (which was mostly good), there were a lot of conversations, arguments and questions amongst the fanbase about how adult the show was going to be. Throughout its history, the target audience WWE is catering to has yo-yo-ed,

WWE's flagship programme Raw has moved to Netflix meaning that, for the first time since its launch in 1993, the weekly show is available for streaming around the globe. Fans who live in the UAE, Saudi Arabia,

CM Punk had some fun with a clip of his meeting with Kieran Culkin at the WWE RAW on Netflix premiere. Golden Globe winner Kieran Culkin was in attendance at the buzzworthy WWE RAW on Netflix premiere.

The first episode of WWE’s “Monday Night Raw” to stream live on Netflix pulled in 4.9 million views globally. That is according to Live+1 data provided by Netflix, with a view defined as total hours viewed for the program divided by its runtime.