WWE hosted its 2026 SummerSlam premium live event (PLE) over the weekend of August 1st and 2nd at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
According to the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Saturday’s SummerSlam broadcast ranked in Netflix’s weekly top 10 in several countries, including Bolivia, The Bahamas, Canada, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Trinidad & Tobago, Bulgaria, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Egypt, Bahrain, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. Notably, it reached #4 in both the UK and Canada, #8 in India, and #5 in Saudi Arabia.
On the other hand, Sunday’s show entered the weekly top 10 in Bolivia, Canada, and Trinidad & Tobago, with its highest ranking reported at #6 in Canada. If it ranked in the top 10 in other countries, that information will not be available until next week. The report also noted that Saturday’s event surpassed the go-home episode of RAW in viewership almost everywhere outside the U.S.
Based on Netflix’s published data, Dave Meltzer estimated that each WWE SummerSlam broadcast garnered more than 1.26 million views but fewer than 1.6 million views worldwide through midnight on Sunday. The 1.6 million figure was the threshold needed to enter Netflix’s global top 10 for the week.
The report indicated that “RAW’s total views for the week outside the U.S. would be 1.26 million,” but Netflix would report it as 1.45 million. Complete viewership information for the Sunday show will be available next week.
