What Is Going On With WWE's Tape Library?! (WWE News)
What the future holds for WWE's vast media library.
For many a wrestling fan, they love nothing more than diving into WWE's vast library, which, for those in the US, is currently housed on Peacock. However, with that Peacock deal up at the end of 2026, there's been plenty of uncertainty over where this content may be accessible in the future.
On that topic, Fightful Select has reached out to WWE "a number of times" in an official capacity, but hasn't been given an answer on the library's future. That said, the outlet has spoken to various sources "around the company" about what they expect to happen.
The belief is that content will be slowly rolled out to YouTube and the various Vault channels WWE has nowadays, with the size of WWE's YouTube "footprint" meaning they likely have a favourable deal with Google. As has been seen with how they've handled such content previously, it's now expected that WWE won't upload the entire library in one hit, with the company happy with the buzz those Vault channels have received, not to mention the financial returns generated.
A slower drip-fed approach to uploading content is viewed as a way to "cultivate" fans, with a more methodical approach to the upload process being to keep fans coming back in the hope of seeing new content rather than throwing everything online at once. As for those Vault channels, this Fightful report notes how they've not been told of any real change coming to them, just that there's a chance of more content being uploaded.
Previously, the WWE media library was packaged with PLEs and Saturday Night's Main Events as part of this Peacock deal, and that part of the agreement is set to expire soon. While the vast library was a big drawing point initially, and was seen as a nice extra to include as part of that Peacock deal, it was viewed as not being likely to receive a high rights fee on its own, though a WWE source told Fightful that, should they receive an offer for the library that makes sense, they'll reserve the right to take it.
For fans in the UK and various other international territories, elements of the WWE media library are available on Netflix, though it's a somewhat erratic collection in terms of the shows and PLEs included - particularly when compared to the incredible amount of content available on the WWE Network prior to that Netflix move.