Netflix writers left speechless by antics of ‘WWE GOAT’ as fans lap up new backstage skit ahead of Raw

WWE will bring plenty to impress fans when it kicks off its Netflix era on Monday night, but it will seemingly be staying true to its roots.

The January 6 edition of Monday Night Raw is arguably one of the biggest in the programme’s history.

Over the years the red brand show has provided countless historic moments; the iconic feud between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon, the rise of The Rock, the emergence of Logan Paul and tons more besides.

No single instalment of the flagship weekly offering has felt quite as significant as the one heading to Netflix on Monday night, however, as a $5bn broadcast deal well and truly kicks off.

Fans internationally have plenty more wrestling offerings to pick from going forward – SmackDown and NXT will be among the shows also airing on Netflix on this side of the pond – but Raw is the foundation of the package in the US.

For show one, legends aplenty are scheduled to appear including The Rock and John Cena, while four mega matches will provide the cut and thrust of the epic as the dramatic current day storylines continue to progress.

But for as much as the Netflix launched has been built around the cinematic qualities of WWE’s current product and the huge financial cloud of the streaming deal itself, one video has at least provided diehard fans with some assurance that wresting will continue to be, well, wrestling.

The official Netflix UK & Ireland account dropped an hilarious new video during Monday featuring WWE stars invading the ‘writer’s room’ as they task a group with writing the latest streaming hit, with ridiculous results.

Fully playing up to the pantomime character and chaos that’s always been professional wrestling’s ethos, Bayley and the Street Profits joined would be Netflix writers around the table – dressed in their full wrestling outfits.

The meeting kicks off with a suggested pitch for a new show, which Bayley promptly cuts off by suggesting it ends with a key character getting ‘power bombed off a mountain.’

She wails in delight and the Profits join in, too, with the rest of the room falling into an awkward silence before the meeting moves on, with each passing suggestion met with similarly farcical responses by the WWE stars.

Steel chairs, garbage cans and cages are all thrown in as further suggestions by Bayley and co, leading to an enraged ‘writer’ bringing their involvement to an end by booming: “Nobody’s getting power bombed… I’m really not sure what you guys are bringing the table,” – at which point Angelo Dawkins fires up an ad for Monday Night Raw.

It was absurd stuff but, as expected, a huge number of wrestling fans loved every second, not least Bayley’s involvement.

“My favourite wrestler Bayley is so funny,” said one amused fan.

“Bayley’s got the right idea,” said another, while a third commented: “Raw didn’t air yet and I already love the WWE x Netflix collab.”

“Bayley, the GOAT, end of,” trumpeted another, with another echoing: “We’re definitely going to have fun with Netflix.”

Fans have been viewing archive WWE content on Netflix since New Year’s day while in the early hours of Monday, Raw-ready viewers got their first glimpse of the set of up the Intuit Dome, venue to the mammoth episode.