WWE Peacock transition date, price and deals — everything you need to know

WWE Network shutting down — what you need to know

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The WWE is now on Peacock — the only place to go a WrestleMania 37 live streams. This is the big meta-news in the pro wrestling fandom at the moment, and it creates a little bit of defoliation on the road to WrestleMania 37, the offset Peacock-exclusive PPV (at least for the Raw and SmackDown stars).

So, when will the WWE Network stop working? What's the deal with Peacock'due south WWE content? Nosotros've got all the details on what it'due south lacking — and the sweetness offer that will save y'all 50% on your first 4 months of Peacock. And we'll explain information technology all faster than you can say "New! Day! rocks!"

WWE on Peacock — everything you need to know
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Oh, and this news is only for those in the The states. For the time being, the WWE Network will continue to operate internationally, though I would not be surprised to see WWE replicating this same experience in different regions and countries.

WWE Network shutdown appointment, details

The WWE Network shut downward on Sunday, April 4, 2021.

That means our only option (in the States) for watching the 2020 and 2021 Hall of Fame ceremonies (Apr 6), NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver Dark 2 (April 8) and both nights of WrestleMania 37 (April 10, eleven) is to go a Peacock business relationship.

WWE Peacock deal and borderline

While Peacock doesn't take everything WWE fans may desire nevertheless (more on that below), it's going to be our only option soon (unless you buy a VPN such as ExpressVPN to make it expect like you're outside of the U.South.).

So, it'southward time to make this transition sting less by saving a lot right at present. Peacock may be free, but you need Peacock Premium (which starts at $four.99 per calendar month) to come across WWE events. And WWE Network subscribers already know that this is one-half as much as they pay usually — you tin save even more.

You can go Peacock for just $2.50 per calendar month for the first 4 months — but this deal won't be bachelor on WrestleMania 37 day. Yous don't need to take a doctorate in thuganomics (John Cena fans know) to know that this $100 is every bit much as the WWE Network costs right now. International subscribers will still be paying the full price.

WWE Network features that Peacock doesn't have

Right now, the large frustration amongst many fans is that Peacock is not at that place nevertheless equally a perfect substitute for the WWE Network.

WWE on Peacock Schedule

— WWE Hall of Fame 2020-21: April 6
— NXT TakeOver: Stand & Evangelize Nighttime 2: April 8
— WWE WrestleMania 37: April 10-12

As someone who watched Fastlane 2021 on Peacock, I can confirm the first frustration I saw others enhance online: you tin can only tune into watch live shows from the electric current moment. There is no "starting time from the kickoff" choice, nor are there other controls that were standard on the WWE Network.

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer reports that Peacock anticipates "making live pause, restart controls, and scrub bar previews bachelor before SummerSlam." Which means you lot better tune in for WrestleMania (and likely all other pre-August events) at the moment they showtime.

Peacock also lacks the deep search tools that the WWE Network offered, which fabricated information technology easy to discover content related to specific wrestlers. Y'all too will need to manually fast forrad and rewind to find matches, as the WWE Network's match markers (think chapters on a DVD or Blu-Ray) are not at that place anymore either.

Peacock cut out the racist moments in WWE history

That timeline of "earlier Summerslam" has also been given equally the timeframe for when the years of WWE's back catalogue of PPVs, Television receiver shows and more will be on Peacock. Though every WrestleMania e'er is already in that location — which led to a surprising discovery.

Every bit the New York Times reports, racist and offensive segments in the history of WWE will not be preserved on Peacock. The NYT singled out the Wrestlemania VI match between Roddy Piper and Bad News Brown (a Black pro wrestler), where the former came out with one-half of his confront painted black. This moment is no longer institute on the regular WWE Network either.

This is i of the many segments that will not be on Peacock. Peacock parent company NBCUniversal stated that Peacock is "reviewing WWE content to ensure information technology aligns with Peacock'south standards and practices."

WWE on Peacock: Outlook

As someone who subscribed to the WWE Network since its inception in 2014, I was surprised to hear it wasn't going to terminal a decade. Merely seeing as how I don't want to pay for a VPN to hold onto it, I switched to Peacock weeks ago. Yes, the next months will have some growing pains, merely the large discount on Peacock certainly helps with that.

Until Summerslam, we'll simply have a lilliputian less WWE to lookout than nosotros used to — and hopefully the alive event navigation kinks become ironed out sooner or afterwards. That said, I think that search improvements will happen eventually. I presume that Amy Poehler fans will desire to discover all the episodes of SNL she appeared in, so it'south non a tough sell to get Peacock to effigy that out.

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