WWE on Netflix in the UK: launch date, shows, interviews and everything we know

"So incredibly excited! I'm a huge fan of Netflix, I watch it all the time, and the fact that literally all WWE programming in the UK is going to be on Netflix now — I'm talking Raw, I'm talking Smackdown, NXT, PLEs — it's unbelievable. It's such a great, great time to be a wrestling fan, and the amount of eyes that are already on Netflix, that's just going to open up our product to even more."

"There's absolutely nothing like what we do, honestly. If you like live sports, if you like entertainment, if you like drama, if you like action, a little bit of comedy... I think WWE offers just about everything anyone could want."

"I think everyone is different. Some people are more attracted to the physical aspect of what we do, the in-ring aspect, and some are more into the lights and the entrances, some are more into the promos, so I don't think there's really an entryway into it — you've just gotta watch a Raw or a Smackdown or a PLE. Obviously Wrestlemania would be a good start if you want to start there and kind of work backwards, but really there's something for everybody — wherever you start, you're going to be in a good spot!"

"I'm extremely excited, I think we're gonna open up a whole new fanbase for us. All three shows across NXT, Raw and Smackdown — in the UK, at least — are gonna get a whole new exposure from people who might never have seen us before."

"It's hot and it's fresh right now. I think WWE is going through another boom period, and this Netflix exposure is really going to open up a lot of people's eyes to say, 'hey man, this wrestling thing is kinda cool, and we can relate to these characters'."

"Definitely the characters — as a kid, you're always thinking about superheroes, right? For me, it was Batman, Spider-Man, and also The Rock, John Cena, Rey Mysterio — those were real-life superheroes, they had backstories, and you'd watch them week-to-week, live."

"Sometimes I've gotta step out of my shoes and and realise how they view me, because I see myself as regular, you know, but there are kids who do look up to you like that — the same way I looked up to whoever it was when I was a kid!"

Elton: "We're incredibly excited! You've got the biggest streaming platform in the world, you've got the best wrestling and sports entertainment company in the world, so you merge them two big titans together, and what do you get?"

Kit: "A behemoth!"

Kit: "For us, growing up in the UK, it was actually hard to watch WWE — you needed a certain channel and you had to pay for this and that. Now, everyone's got Netflix, it's going to be so easy, so I think it really opens up that opportunity — and what do you think they will come to expect?"

Elton: "Well, I think the best thing about WWE is that there really is something for everybody. As with any TV show or movie, there are some characters you like and some you don't, and some plots you like and some you don't. I think there is maybe a misconception that people wouldn't necessarily like the product, but I think once everybody does tune in — or especially if you can get yourself down to a local live event — I think your opinion will change. That's the exciting thing about Netflix: someone might put it on casually..."

Kit: "And fall in love!"

"We're super-excited. WWE is going to be global, international, there's going to be so much more people watching us — and more importantly, Tiffy Time is going to be on Netflix!"

"I was a gymnast my entire life, and I feel like gymastics and wrestling are kind of intertwined a little bit. There are lots of things that I do in the ring that I did in gymnastics, and I was always kind of a big personality, so I thought wrestling was the perfect fit for me."

Piper: "We're so excited that we're going to be on Netflix. That's what we like to do at home: relax, sit on the couch, get our animals, get our popcorn and binge Netflix. And now we can binge our favourite people: us!"

Chelsea: "We're not originally from America — I'm from Canada, and Piper's from Scotland — so this is going to be huge for other countries outside America. I'm very excited to have a wider audience."

Piper: "I feel like the UK really deserves this because they always got the raw end of the deal. It was always difficult getting wrestling if you didn't have Sky, and now the UK gets everything!"

Piper: "Ooh! I would say, 'do you love drama and action and comedy and love stories and make-up and hair and outfits? Wrestling is for you, boo!'"

Chelsea: "Yeah, it's a one-stop shop. I would say that wrestling is the ultimate variety show, so I don't think you can go wrong. Two to three hours of wrestling, it hits every single audience."

Piper: "It really does, and literally every single person in the whole family can come and watch it and have something about it that they will love. It's so universal, I think that's the great thing about wrestling."

Chelsea: "A lot of us got into wrestling just from sitting there watching it with our families, with our brother or sister or whoever. You know when you look into the ring, you're always going to see yourself in somebody — you'll always see yourself in a wrestler!"