Where can you watch wrestling at this very moment? With more streaming services than you can keep up with (and new ones launching all the time), it can be difficult to know which one is right for you and what’s on offer from your favourite promotions.
While prices vary, it stands to reason that you want to get the most bang for your buck. Of course, some services are free. But this means you’ll have to tolerate adverts endless adverts interrupting the action. It all comes down to what’s included in the service and what you’re interesting in watching. Whether it’s weekly TV shows, pay-per-views and special events, or original content such as documentaries and reality series.
Take a look at our essential list below detailing where to watch wrestling from the top companies. This guide isn’t exhaustive and there will be other streaming services out there to cater to all tastes. So if you can’t find what you’re looking for here, there’s bound to be something out there for you. And make sure to let us know how you watch your pro wrestling in the comment section!
Where to watch wrestling
WWE – WWE Network
You shouldn’t be surprised to see the WWE Network at the top of this list. Love it or hate it, WWE is by far the biggest wrestling (*cough* sports entertainment) promotion in the world. And it’s got the streaming service to match, complete with over 17,000 hours of on-demand content. While its somewhat janky apps can let it down, the sheer volume of what’s available is irrefutable.
First off, you get every WWE pay-per-view event ever produced plus virtually every episode of Raw, Smackdown, and NXT. You also have access to tonnes of original documentaries, archival content from countless other promotions, and a huge back catalogue of old and new WWE programming. To list it all here would take forever, so head over to WWE’s website for more info.
A monthly subscription will set you back $9.99 (£9.99 in the UK). From 18th March, WWE will be shutting down the US-version of the WWE Network and moving all content over to Peacock – NBCUniversal’s direct-to-consumer streaming service. This is part of a recently-signed $1 billion dollar deal lasting five years, and will lower the subscription cost for American customers to $4.99 for their bottom tier.
AEW – FITE TV & ITV Hub (UK only)
FITE launched back in 2012 and isn’t just for pro wrestling. It’s a dedicated streaming service for all combat sports, including pro wrestling, MMA, and boxing. The cool thing about FITE is that you can start watching without spending a penny – it includes free-to-air content as well as PPV and subscription programming.
Pro wrestling subscription packages such as Impact Plus and AEW Plus are featured on FITE, too. AEW Plus costs $4.99 following the 7-day free trial, and includes live and on-demand episodes of Dynamite, premium events and PPVs, all episodes of AEW Dark, and more. If you want, you can buy their PPVs individually through FITE instead.
You might not have expected to see ITV Hub on this list of where to watch wrestling. It’s only available in the UK and couldn’t be further from a dedicated wrestling platform. For anyone who doesn’t know, ITV Hub is the video-on-demand service for ITV – one of the UK’s biggest TV networks.
It features a grand total of one pro wrestling show – AEW Dynamite. But it’s totally free and if you’re in the UK and want to watch Dynamite on demand, this is the quickest and easiest place to go. There’s a two-day delay before it’s available, so you can’t watch it immediately. But if you’re not bothered about waiting then it won’t be a problem. You’ll also have to put up with some obnoxiously long ad breaks, but it’s free so that’s expected.
Impact Wrestling – Impact Plus
Impact Plus originated all the way back in 2009 with the TNA Video Vault. Things have changed a lot since then. Impact now has its own streaming service similar in scope to WWE Network and New Japan World.
It comes with all the promotion’s pay-per-view events, select episodes of Impact and Xplosion, lots of archival content from years past, and an extensive catalogue featuring numerous independent promotions. All this will cost $7.99 or $71.99 for a full year subscription. Not bad.
NJPW – New Japan Pro-Wrestling World
As you can probably guess, New Japan World is NJPW’s video streaming service. While not as comprehensive as WWE’s gargantuan Network, it does feature some of the very best pro wrestling in the world – something WWE is arguably lacking.
For ¥999 (around $9-10) per month, you receive all the big NJPW shows live and have complete access to the promotion’s archives dating back almost five decades to 1972. Additionally, you can watch hours of their TV shows, documentaries and backstage content, as well as some CMLL programming to boot.
ROH – Honor Club
Last but not least, we’ve got Honor Club. This is Ring of Honor’s streaming service which launched in February 2018. Like its competitors, Honor Club offers every weekly episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling and its back catalogue, plus the company’s PPVs. On the basic monthly tier ($9.99), PPVs are provided at a 50% discount. To receive them at no extra cost, you’ll need to stump up $119.99 for the VIP membership. The VIP membership comes with some additional benefits and discounts, so there is definitely value in paying a bit extra for the premium tier.
Did our list covering where to watch wrestling help you? Do you use a different streaming service that we didn’t mention? Let us know in the comment section below and don’t forget to check out our other pro wrestling articles…
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