WWE reportedly wants the January 4, 2027, Raw at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, to be one of the biggest Raws of the year.
The idea is to use the first Raw of the year to kick off 2027 while also celebrating the start of the show’s third year on Netflix.
According to WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select, the January 4 Raw is rumored within WWE creative to have “a little extra significance” to it. The show is expected to be heavily promoted by the company in the last few weeks of 2026, including during Christmas and New Year’s. The report added that one or two big matches are expected to happen on the show.
WWE has yet to announce any matches for the episode. Tickets went on sale on Wednesday.
According to Netflix’s data, the January 5 episode, which marked the one-year anniversary of Raw on the platform with a Stranger Things theme and CM Punk defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Bron Breakker, drew 3.2 million global views. As a result, Raw returned to the streamer’s global top 10 for the first time since December 8, 2025.
The number was 700,000 to 900,000 more than Raw did in October, when episodes were between 2.3 million and 2.5 million global views.
If those plans are confirmed, it will be the third straight year WWE has kicked off January with a special Raw tied to Netflix. The first was Raw’s Netflix debut on January 6, 2025, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, followed by the one-year anniversary show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.