Then, now, and forever.
But mostly just now.
RAW is an iconic brand in the world of professional wrestling.
Razor Ramon makes a statement on the first episode of RAW in 1993. Almost 32 years later to the day, John Cena makes an announcement on the premiere of RAW on Netflix.
But now much of that history is not available to watch.
However, out of 1650 episodes as of this writing, only 257 are on Netflix.
That means about 84% of the RAW library is missing.
To add more perspective, 157 of the available episodes are from the past three years.
There is even a 20-year gap with zero episodes from 2002 to 2021.
However, it is unclear if a complete RAW library will ever come to Netflix.
Stone Cold Steve Austin challenging The Undertaker for the WWE Championship is one of the highest rated matches in RAW history, but you can’t watch this episode on Netflix. (image grabbed from a clipped version of the match on WWE’s YouTube channel)
Select sure doesnt sound like complete.
This isnt the first time this sort of thing has happened.
Now, the only archival episodes of NXT available to stream are those that originally aired on The CW.
That means the library dates back no further than October 1st, 2024.
This is all incredibly frustrating for longtime fans of WWE.
Back in 2014 when the WWE data pipe originally launched, it was like a dream come true.
Today that dream is fractured across various networks and streamers, each with their own ideas about content curation.
