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Netflix’s WWE: Unreal Debuts With Unprecedented Backstage Access

By lifting the veil on WWE’s writers’ room, the five-part series reveals banned moves, backstage drama, documented star injuries.

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Overview

  • The five-part docuseries premiered July 29 on Netflix under the companies’ 10-year, $5 billion streaming agreement.
  • Episode four details how John Cena’s shocking heel turn was conceived and pitched by Triple H after approval from WWE President Nick Khan.
  • Unaired clips show Kevin Owens performing a decade-banned piledriver and a staged attack outside Cody Rhodes’ tour bus to amplify fan engagement.
  • Cody Rhodes and Rhea Ripley recount sustaining “terrible” injuries during botched matches, with Rhodes describing severe post-ladder match pain and Ripley revealing a collarbone sprain.
  • WWE: Unreal confirms that the original WrestleMania 41 main event was set for Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins before creative shifts reshaped the card.