WWE Announces Main Event for Raw Debuts on Netflix

With just a few weeks left until “WWE Raw’s” Netflix debut, the promotion is doing everything in its power to make the show feel like a WrestleMania-esque event. They continued that trend on Wednesday by announcing what should be one of the biggest main events in “Raw’s” 30+ year history.

With “Raw on Netflix Kickoff Special” held on YouTube on Wednesday, WWE announcer Michael Cole announced that CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins would be the main event of “Raw’s” first Netflix show. The match had been one of two previously confirmed matches for the show, along with Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa, but it remained unclear which of the two marquee matches would close the show.

Punk vs. Rollins has been a long time coming, and the match was first teased when Punk was part of the short-lived “WWE Backstage” program in 2019. When he returned to WWE at Survivor Series last year, plans seemed to call for Punk to face Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania, only for Punk to be sidelined with a torn biceps. Punk would then go on to feud with Drew McIntyre, whom he feuded with throughout 2024 before defeating McIntyre at Hell in a Cell to win the feud.

After returning from a month off, Punk turned his attention back to Rollins, who had been involved in a feud with Bronson Reed before the latter injured himself at Survivor Series: WarGames. Over the past few weeks, Punk and Rollins have had several confrontations on “Raw,” with things finally boiling over in a brawl this past Monday night.