Stephanie McMahon Sparks VPN Buzz Over WWE on Netflix

John Powell

Stephanie McMahon Sparks VPN Buzz Over WWE on Netflix

Netflix and VPNs don’t get all.

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a legal tool, app, program that helps protect your privacy and security when you’re online.

While they hide your location (IP address) and encrypt you data so others cannot decipher it, they also allow you to make your device appear to be from other locations around the world. This allows many people to access content (movies and TV shows) on the streaming services they are subscribed to.

For example: Services like Netflix have different rights deals all over the world. Therefore, there are vast differences in the library you have access to in the UK as opposed to Canada. Using a VPN though bypasses all those geo-blocks giving you access to the library available to wherever you are appearing from with your VPN running, operating.

Netflix and other streaming services aren’t fond of them, try to block the use of them, because they interfere with content licensing agreements and can confuse their internal analytics. Though most have softened their stances in recent years, they still hassle those who use the legal services.

While it is common to see YouTubers or podcasters sponsored by VPN brands and companies, one such personality has shocked wrestling fans.

On her What’s Your Story? podcast, Stephanie McMahon cut a “promo” for a VPN company stating: “WWE on Netflix is truly the best thing ever. But there’s one catch — not everybody gets that. A lot of you are still watching WWE the old-school way on cable, dealing with boring commercials, while I’m enjoying uninterrupted action. Let’s fix that with today’s sponsor: (REDACTED) VPN. (REDACTED) lets you change your virtual location with just a few clicks. Just set it to Canada and boom — you unlock the Canadian Netflix library, which includes all that awesome WWE programming, commercial free. And while you’re there, you can also check out other shows exclusive to Canadian Netflix.”

WWE, of course, has signed a deal with a 10‑year agreement valued at approximately $5 billion with Netflix which works out to about $500 million per year.

Due to that agreement many international locations, like Canada, have access to all of WWE’s PLEs and weekly shows on Netflix. It is their one-stop platform for WWE content. They also get to watch Raw and Smackdown in real time, without it being taped delayed, as some broadcasts are in the USA when the WWE is in other time zones, countries.

Unfortunately for those in the USA, WWE rights are wide-spread between streaming platforms resulting in multiple subscriptions and fractured viewing.

McMahon’s promo has caused quite a stir among fans:

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