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 identify to get 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 first 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's WWE content? We've got all the details on what it'south lacking — and the sweetness offering that will save yous 50% on your beginning 4 months of Peacock. And we'll explain information technology all faster than you tin can say "New! 24-hour interval! rocks!"

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Oh, and this news is simply for those in the Us. For the time existence, the WWE Network volition continue to operate internationally, though I would non be surprised to see WWE replicating this same experience in different regions and countries.

WWE Network shutdown date, details

The WWE Network close downwardly on Sunday, April 4, 2021.

That means our only choice (in us) for watching the 2020 and 2021 Hall of Fame ceremonies (April six), NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver Nighttime 2 (April viii) and both nights of WrestleMania 37 (April 10, 11) is to get a Peacock account.

WWE Peacock deal and deadline

While Peacock doesn't accept everything WWE fans may want yet (more on that below), information technology's going to be our only selection before long (unless yous buy a VPN such every bit ExpressVPN to make it look like yous're outside of the U.Due south.).

So, it'due south time to make this transition sting less by saving a lot correct now. Peacock may be free, but you need Peacock Premium (which starts at $4.99 per calendar month) to encounter WWE events. And WWE Network subscribers already know that this is half as much every bit they pay unremarkably — you tin can save even more.

Y'all can get Peacock for just $2.l per calendar month for the first 4 months — but this deal won't exist available on WrestleMania 37 day. You don't need to have a doctorate in thuganomics (John Cena fans know) to know that this $100 is as much as the WWE Network costs right at present. International subscribers volition still exist paying the total cost.

WWE Network features that Peacock doesn't have

Right at present, the big frustration amidst many fans is that Peacock is not there yet as a perfect substitute for the WWE Network.

WWE on Peacock Schedule

— WWE Hall of Fame 2020-21: April six
— NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2: April 8
— WWE WrestleMania 37: April ten-12

Every bit someone who watched Fastlane 2021 on Peacock, I tin can confirm the first frustration I saw others raise online: you can but tune into scout live shows from the current moment. There is no "start from the beginning" option, nor are at that place other controls that were standard on the WWE Network.

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

Peacock likewise lacks the deep search tools that the WWE Network offered, which made it easy to detect content related to specific wrestlers. You too will demand to manually fast forrad and rewind to notice matches, every bit the WWE Network's match markers (think chapters on a DVD or Blu-Ray) are non there anymore either.

Peacock cutting out the racist moments in WWE history

That timeline of "before Summerslam" has too been given every bit the timeframe for when the years of WWE's dorsum catalogue of PPVs, Telly shows and more than volition be on Peacock. Though every WrestleMania ever is already there — which led to a surprising discovery.

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

This is 1 of the many segments that will not be on Peacock. Peacock parent company NBCUniversal stated that Peacock is "reviewing WWE content to ensure it aligns with Peacock's 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. But seeing as how I don't want to pay for a VPN to concord onto it, I switched to Peacock weeks agone. Yes, the next months will have some growing pains, but the big discount on Peacock certainly helps with that.

Until Summerslam, we'll simply take a little less WWE to scout than we used to — and hopefully the live outcome navigation kinks get ironed out sooner or later on. That said, I think that search improvements will happen somewhen. I presume that Amy Poehler fans will want to notice all the episodes of SNL she appeared in, so it's non a tough sell to go Peacock to figure that out.

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Henry is a senior editor at Tom's Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the by six-plus years. Prior to joining Tom'south Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Magazine. He's also covered the wild world of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other manufacture veterans.

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