WWE Announces New Multi-Year Partnership with Twitch, Viewership for Debut RAW Sidecast Stream

Jun 6, 2023

As noted before, WWE signed a deal with streaming service Twitch this past April to allow their talent to return back to the service with few restrictions in place.

WWE announced on Monday that they recently signed a new multi-year partnership deal with Twitch. As part of the terms, WWE announced that they will be airing a sidecast of their weekly RAW shows starting with the June 5th RAW show. This weekly sidecast for RAW was stated to be “led by a rotating cast of hosts and will regularly feature appearances by WWE Superstars, unique and exclusive content such as backstage interviews, and more.”

Official press release:

WWE^® Announces Multi-Year Partnership With Twitch
06/05/2023
Official Monday Night RAW Sidecast on Twitch Launches Today
STAMFORD, Conn. –(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE^® (NYSE: WWE) today announced a multi-year partnership with Twitch that will see the return of the official WWE channel and popular WWE Superstar channels, featuring live and exclusive content.
In addition to the launch of the channel, WWE will debut today a companion sidecast to Monday Night RAW, bringing the WWE Universe behind the scenes and closer to the in-ring action. The weekly viewing experience will be led by a rotating cast of hosts and will regularly feature appearances by WWE Superstars, unique and exclusive content such as backstage interviews, and more. Viewers can stream the sidecast live every Monday beginning at 8 p.m. ET via https://www.twitch.tv/wwe or the Twitch App.
Additionally, the official WWE channel will be home to other live productions and will serve as an alternate live streaming feed for all of WWE’s premium live event press conferences.

In regards to the viewership of the debut sidecast show for RAW, Post Wrestling’s John Pollock stated during Monday’s Rewind-A-RAW show that the peak live viewership was around 1100 to 1200 viewers. Pollock stated that RAW’s sidecast stream had dropped to as low as around 200 viewers during the third hour when it switched over to Drew Gulak’s Twitch channel for the remainder of RAW’s show.