Yes, WWE’s looking to make January 1st kind of (like) a big deal this year, with the inaugural edition of it’s New Year’s Day show. At the top of the card, of course, you had the biggest fight you could make with current active/semi-active WWE roster members: Roman Reigns defending the WWE Universal Championship against “The Beast Incarnate” himself, Brock Lesnar. Except that’s no longer happening. On Dec. 27, Fightful Select (opens in new tab) reported that WWE is no longer mandating Covid-19 testing. Not only does that put another outbreak at risk, but we wonder how the immunocompromised Roman Reigns feels about all of this. Especially now that he’s no longer on the card. Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp (opens in new tab) just tweeted that there’s a lot of change about to happen to the card. To start, Roman Reigns is not on the show. Sapp (opens in new tab) claimed this is “due to COVID protocol.” This cancels Reigns’ title defense, and moves Lesnar to the WWE Championship match, according to Sapp. Ariel Helwani (opens in new tab) is reporting that Reigns has tested positive for Covid. WWE (opens in new tab) confirmed both leaked reports, and the new match. As for the next big WWE show to watch? We’ve got all the WWE WrestleMania 38 live stream details, including the full card for both nights, start times (including kickoff shows), our predictions and the matches we’re most excited about.
How to watch WWE Day 1 live streams from anywhere on Earth
While Peacock is available all across the U.S. and the WWE Network is still the standard around the world, WWE Day 1 live streams can get a bit confusing. You might want to check out a VPN if you can’t watch with the service you normally use. International audiences will be pretty jealous of U.S. audiences, which will save up to 50% by switching to Peacock (unless you get the no-ads tier at $9.99 per month). The best VPN is ExpressVPN (opens in new tab). It meets the VPN needs of the vast majority of users, offering outstanding compatibility with most devices and impressive connection speeds.
WWE Day 1 live streams in the U.S. are cheaper
The only place to watch WWE Day 1 in the U.S. is Peacock (opens in new tab), via the $4.99 Peacock Premium, the tier you will need for this event. Fortunately, having arrived on Fire TV recently, Peacock is now available on most of the best streaming devices. There’s no need to pay for the ad-free tier for WWE live events, as there are always ads in the live editions of Peacock programming.
WWE Day 1 streams in the UK and around the world
The rest of the world will grab WWE Day 1 live streams on the WWE Network (opens in new tab), for a higher price — closer to the $9.99 that Americans used to pay. That said, don’t expect this to last forever. Peacock is now touching down internationally, landing in the United Kingdom and Ireland this week. Who knows how soon the WWE content will filter over. While those in the States pay less now, there is less content available — and the ad breaks are weird — so it’s a monkey’s paw situation on getting that discount.
WWE Day 1 card and live results
We’ll update this below as the show unfolds. We’re predicting Kevin Owens, The New Day, The Miz, Becky Lynch, The Street Profits, Drew McIntyre and the tag team of Sheamus and Ridge Holland
Brock Lesnar vs. Big E (c) vs. Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Kevin Owens for the WWE ChampionshipBecky Lynch (c) vs. Liv Morgan for the WWE Raw Women’s ChampionshipEdge vs. The MizRK-Bro defeated The Street Profits for the WWE Raw Tag Team ChampionshipDrew McIntyre defeated Madcap MossThe Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and King Woods) for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team ChampionshipSheamus and Ridge Holland defeated Cesaro and Ricochet
