International viewers who were hoping to watch Smackdown live from Saudi Arabia this afternoon were stunned to see the feed freeze just minutes into the broadcast.
As Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton were about to have a chat, a face-to-face in the middle of the ring the broadcast just froze.
Netflix then put up ‘Sorry for the delay’ messaging and then replaced that with a looping ‘We’ll be right back’ video that usually plays when there are commercials during WWE broadcasts on Netflix, commercials that are part of the cable television broadcast but not part of Netflix’s showing.
The feed was down for 30 to 40 minutes. Michael Cole did apologize to fans when the broadcast resumed.
Viewers and fans expressed their frustration on X:
Wtf is happening @wwe @netflix#SmackDown ??
— Last Resort6666 (@Keith_C_666) June 27, 2025
Live on netflix, well meant to be. Outage at the minute. Europe and a lot of other places have all WWE shows on Netflix live.
— Jace (@JaceTNI1) June 27, 2025
May as well make my tea since we have absolutely nothing going on in #Saudi #SmackDown #WWE #Netflix get it sorted 😡
— Denise (@DeniseYNWAGGTTH) June 27, 2025
Now it says we’ll be right back and the show won’t start
— River Featherstone (@RiverFeatherst2) June 27, 2025
Great start @WWE @netflix, the shit doesn’t even work 🤣🤣🤣🤣
— HeroicBlaze (@HeroicBlaze_) June 27, 2025
ATTENTION: Netflix is currently having issues broadcasting and has had “We’ll be right back” for over 10 minutes. @NetflixUK @Netflix @WWE@WWENetwork#WWENOC #WWE#Smackdown #WWEOnNetflix
— WWETommy (@BlissRhodesWWE) June 27, 2025
@WWE Fix Your Feed Been Like This For Ages #SmackDown #wwe pic.twitter.com/CFamPKam0l
— RKO (@JackWhytte) June 27, 2025
