Preview: WWE Raw (1/5/25) Netflix Anniversary Stranger Things Special

WWE celebrates one year since it ‘changed the game’ and did all the other superlatives Triple H claimed when it moved to Netflix.

WWE Raw’s Netflix anniversary special has a loaded match card which shows off its best stars. The show will have a supernatural feel as it ties with Netflix show Stranger Things.

The WWE Raw Stranger Things special will offer many stars the chance to return from the Upside-Down and regain their championships. WWE Raw streams live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY at 8c/5e on Netflix.

WWE Raw (1/4/25) Match Card 

• Women’s Tag Team Championship: “The Kabuki Warriors” Asuka & Kairi Sane vs. Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY
• Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Maxxine Dupri vs. Becky Lynch 
• World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk vs. Bron Breakker 

Netflix Anniversary: WWE Raw x Stranger Things

WWE Raw’s resident demogorgons, “The Kabuki Warriors”, look to extinguish the momentum of Hell Fire Club member Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY.

Ripley proved she was the top female star in WWE 12 months ago when she beat Liv Morgan on the Netflix premiere. It ended a fierce feud and gave Ripley the World Championship.

Ripley overlooked IYO SKY to lose that title just before WrestleMania. Now, Ripley and SKY look to return to holding gold and vanquish their current enemies.

One of Stranger Things season 5’s main storylines involved the redheaded and hardy Max taking the younger blonde Holly under her wing. Redhead Becky Lynch has been trying to keep blonde Maxxine Dupri down recently. But, Dupri somehow manages to always defeat Lynch in an underdog story not seen since the misfit kids from Stranger Things managed to destroy malevolent Vecna.

Dupri holding the Intercontinental Championship is a parallel world in Lynch’s mind. The two meet for the title on this WWE Raw Stranger Things special.

A New World Heavyweight Champion?

CM Punk defending his World Heavyweight Championship against Bron Breakker is reminiscent of Hopper’s situation in Stranger Things season 4.

Hopper faced an entire Russian army interrogation and a final fight with a demogorgon. Punk must see off the ever-expanding “The Vision” during his bout with the dog of the group, Bron Breakker.

If Breakker ends the night as champion, it would signal a new beginning for WWE Raw in 2026.