Netflix’s Bela Bajaria Says They’re ‘Totally Ready and Excited for WWE’

Netflix held a presentation at their Los Angeles HQ this week to discuss the streamer’s huge new partnership with WWE, which kicks off next month with the debut of Monday Night Raw on the platform. During the Q&A portion, the issue of Netflix conducting weekly live-streaming came up, specifically the streaming issues that gave users trouble during the live Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul boxing match that streamed live on Netflix. Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria indicated that Netflix’s engineers have been working on the issues, and she said that they’re “ready and excited” for WWE on the platform.

“Whenever we do any live events, obviously, we want it to go very smoothly for every single one of our members,” Bajaria said. “I think also to put things in perspective, it was 65 million concurrent streamers, right? It was a very successful night and a lot of people. The scale was very big, which was great. There was a lot of interest in it, and the thing is, when you test and push something to 65 million people … you can’t learn these things until you do them. So you take a big swing.”

Bela Bajaria also indicated that Netflix has learned from the previous issues, and they’ve been working hard in anticipation of WWE Raw’s live weekly debut on the platform on January 6. She continued, “We’ve learned from those things, and we’ve obviously done a lot of stuff to learn and get ready for the NFL, and Beyonce, and Half-Time, and we’re totally ready and excited for WWE.”

WWE Chief Creative Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque also chimed in with his thoughts during the presentation, “I’ll just say if it blinks a couple of times and we do sixty million, I’m good with that.” Bajaria then replied to Triple H, “We’re going to be ready for your sixty million!”

You can read 411’s complete recap of Wednesday’s Netflix & WWE: Lunch and Learn presentation RIGHT HERE. WWE makes its official debut on Netflix with Monday Night Raw on January 6, 2025 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Additionally, starting in January 2025, Netflix will be the streaming home of WWE outside the United States, including for SmackDown, NXT, and premium live events.