Netflix agreed to pay more than $5bn (£4bn) for rights to show Raw and other WWE programming, including archive content.
Viewers outside the US will be able to watch all weekly shows such as SmackDown, NXT and live events on the service.
The company said that would include pay-per-view specials including WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble.
It said the deal would affect fans in the USA, Canada, UK and Latin America first, before being expanded to other countries later.
“So many people use Netflix and they’ll put it on and see WWE prominently,” says Brandon Thurston, editor of wrestling site Wrestlenomics.
“So that [could] have a great positive effect for their business.”
With streaming on the rise and television numbers shrinking, Brandon feels WWE has the opportunity to enter more households around the world and attract newer, younger audiences.
“We’re going away from traditional TV [to] the most popular streaming platform. So it should increase that 18-49 audience even more.”