Pat Laprade and Kevin Raphaël hired by Netflix

So we must commend the decision of the two entertainment giants to provide French-Quebec content to Quebecers watching WWE galas. #Tokébakicitte

After enduring a few minutes of the French broadcast of the Jake Paul – Mike Tyson fight, I admit I wasn’t too convinced…

What will be broadcast?
Kevin Raphaël and Pat Laprade will comment on ALL the wrestling produced by WWE, as the contract between Netflix and WWE includes Raw (Monday), NXT (Tuesday), Smackdown (Friday), and special events (WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and others).

Note that in the United States, only Raw galas are being broadcast on Netflix for now.

A duo that isn’t new
Pat Laprade and Kevin Raphaël have been commenting on wrestling events together for seven years. However, they only had one hour out of the three during the Raw galas on TVA Sports. And the galas were broadcast 48 hours later on TVA Sports…

On Netflix, we will also have to wait a day or two before gaining access to the galas described by the Quebec duo… but it won’t be like that for long. According to what I’ve been told, they would like to go live before the end of this year. Especially since Laprade and Raphaël will comment live (each from their own home) on gala nights…

Note that for now, WWE does not plan to send Pat and Kevin on-site for the galas. Maybe for a special event if the Bell Centre hosts a wrestling gala soon? We’ll see.

Pat Laprade is happy and excited
I was able to reach Pat Laprade between two meetings as he was preparing for his new job which starts tonight with the first Raw of 2025.

He didn’t hesitate to express how happy he was to join the Netflix/WWE team.

“Since the announcement that WWE was going to Netflix, it’s something I kept looking forward to. I’m really happy that WWE and Netflix thought about having a French version for Quebec. Kevin and I are very excited to take on this new challenge. This is big news for the history of wrestling in Quebec.” – Pat Laprade

Boy, am I happy for the guys, who must be raking in quite a bit of dollars (in US currency) for such a contract. Good for them, they fully deserve it!

In a nutshell

– A few moves with the Canucks, just hours before their game at the Bell Centre.

– Happy birthday Richard!

– Elias Pettersson knows he can (and must) be better.

– An American center-back of 21 years old, who is over 6’0, who has already represented the USA on the international stage and has experience in MLS: a great addition for CF Montréal!

– CF Montréal: who will be the next to leave? #GrandMénage