Netflix has snapped up exclusive rights to the WWE — what does this mean for sports broadcasting?

If the WWE experiment is successful, it could use some of that to land the first haymaker in the future of live sport, writes David Kent

From next January, WWE fans can watch wrestling on Netflix through its weekly programme Raw. Picture: Joern Pollex/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Next January, a bit of television history will be made.

For 31 years, WWE wrestling fans have been able to tune in to watch their fan favourites battle the dastardly bad guys.