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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michelle Chapman

WWE is seeking a bigger stage and Netflix, pushing for more live events, is providing it

WWE Netflix - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

WWE will perform on a stage next month that could be vastly larger than its current home on cable television when “Raw,” its weekly live show, makes its debut on Netflix.

The sports entertainment company is moving to a platform with about 283 million subscribers worldwide as it departs its current home on the USA Network, which averaged 688,000 viewers in prime time last year, according to the Nielsen company.

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