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The end: WWE Network goes offline as last remaining countries lose access

The WWE Network is officially dead and buried, now worldwide.

While the original WWE Network went dark in the majority of the world at the end of 2024 just as WWE officially moved to Netflix outside the United States, the service was kept in operation for a few countries who still did not receive Netflix in their location due to local TV media rights.

Austria, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Switzerland were the last countries who still had access to the service until yesterday. All apart from South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa will now be getting the library and the premium live events on Netflix effective immediately. Other WWE weekly TV broadcasts in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland will remain on their current local TV deals.

South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa are stuck with their local television deals and will not get anything on Netflix for now.

The Network launched in the United States in February 24, 2014, offering a staggering amount of content from the whole WWE video library including pay-per-views for just $9.99 a month.

The worldwide rollout of the Network started in July of that year and took almost two years to finally reach almost every corner of the world. In fact, the Network operated in 186 countries, with the biggest omissions being China and Russia, where the service was deactivated in 2022 after the invasion of Ukraine.


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Colin Vassallo
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Colin Vassallo has been editor of Wrestling-Online since 1996. He is born and raised in Malta, follows professional wrestling and MMA, loves to travel, and is a big Apple fan!

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