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'India is Important to US' - WWE President Drops Major Hint on Flagship Show Being Held in India, Reveals Company Timeline
@Source: republicworld.com
World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE for short, have a passionate fanbase in India. According to the company's metrics, their shows are the second-most watched sporting programming in the country behind cricket. Despite that, WWE have never held a Premium Live Event or live TV Raw/SmackDown event in the nation despite holding many non-televised events. ALSO READ | WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman Serenades Roman Reigns in London During WWE SmackDown, Video Goes Viral - WATCHHowever, that may change soon as according to WWE president Nick Khan, they are planning to bring a live flagship televised event to India in the near future. The news will be music to the ears of fans of the pro wrestling promotion in India. The move comes about thanks in no small part to WWE's deal with Netflix, with their flagship programme WWE Raw being livestreamed in the USA and many other countries on the OTT giants. Notably, India is not one of the countries that has Raw on Netflix but that is set to change soon. WWE content - including Raw, SmackDown, NXT and Premium Live Events - will be on Netflix India come April 1. And that is one of the reasons they want to do a live televised show in the nation. WWE's last major event in India came in the form of the ‘WWE Superstar Spectacle’ event held on September 8, 2023 in Hyderabad. Prior to that, WWE also held the ‘WWE Live India Supershow’ in 2017.They also held ‘WWE Live Tour India 2016’ a year prior.
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