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Deadline.com featured a piece this morning covering yesterday's WWE event at Netflix HQ in Los Angeles and among the talents pictured in a group photo is Becky Lynch, who is obviously back officially with the company. PWInsider.com exclusively broke yesterday Lynch was slated to be part of the event, weeks after we reported she was expected to be "back in the mix" as the Netflix deal loomed.
On WWE potentially changing their product once they hit the streaming service, WWE President Nick Khan noted, "We’re not changing the rating of our programming. So there’s some online chatter about, ‘oh, it’s going to be R-rated, or for us old folks, X-rated.’ That’s definitely not happening. It’s family-friendly, multi-generational, advertiser-friendly programming. It’s going to stay that way. I would look for more global flair, especially as the relationship continues to develop. Countries outside of the United States are as important to us as the United States is. So we have certain targeted countries that are priorities for Netflix. They’re priorities for us. You’re going to see more of that. I think that’s the way you’ll see a bit of a difference."
The article also noted, "Both Netflix and WWE have had ongoing conversations about potential IP expansion and opportunities for wrestlers and those who love them, specifically their passionate celebrity fans which include Bad Bunny, Travis Scott and Jelly Roll. Levesque shared that there will be more celebrity involvement on Raw, a perfect situation for at least one of the three previously mentioned with major wrestling ambitions."
The event also saw the announcement of a new John Cena film for Netflix. Bela Bajaria from Netflix noted, "We are really looking forward to doing documentaries and taking some of [WWE’s] great history and characters and doing that on the unscripted and scripted side. Again, we have so many great stars that come from WWE that we’ve had a great relationship with on the TV and movie side. We are about to do a new movie with our very own John Cena. It’s a really great comedy called Little Brother [starring Cena] and Eric Andre together, and we’re super excited about that."
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