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Originally Posted by xrodmuc316
I still don't understand why they pulled every old Raw and NXT off Peacock. I get the deals with Netflix and CW might have included exclusive rights to the streaming rights of the new episodes, but all the older episodes should still be included in the current Peacock contract, even if they are no longer broadcasting the Raw or NXT brands.
Also, they had all the Smackdown episodes on the service even when Smackdown was on Fox, so it seems odd that Peacock would have got every Smackdown episode for the length of that 5 year contract, before they were actually broadcasting Smackdown, but would lose the streaming rights for the back catalogue as soon as their TV deals for Raw and NXT ended.
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I would assume that the pesky little clause that says "content availability may change over time" has something to do with it. That is likely how they got around that with Peacock. WWE can pull down whatever they want whenever they want and Peacock had no leg to stand on. I'm just pissed that they lied about their deal with Netflix because they said all Raw episodes, even the old ones, were going over to Netflix and that never happened.