Netflix reportedly working on wrestling drama series ‘Tuesday Night Titans’


While some in the wrestling world argue about WWE’s numbers on Netflix, the streaming giant is showing no signs of buyer’s remorse over their multi-billion dollar investment in pro wrestling. They’ve continued to promote WWE, and use its shows & stars to promote their other properties. Wrestling seems to be a big part of Netflix’s global growth plans. A reality show called WWE: Unreal that promises/threatens to take viewers behind-the-scenes of the company’s scripted ‘reality’ is coming, generating buzz & debate ahead of its premiere sometime this summer.

Now, Deadline brings word that a new wrestling-themed dramatic series currently going by the name Tuesday Night Titans” is in “early development stages” at Netflix.

Despite the fact it shares a name with the then-WWF’s mid-1980s talk show starring Vince McMahon, Gene Okerlund, and Lord Alfred Hayes, WWE isn’t mentioned as being involved in the development of Tuesday Night Titans. Michael Notarile, a television writer who was a member of the main roster creative team for WWE from 2013-2015, is. Notarile created the Tuesday Night Titans and would presumably lead its writing team if the project is greenlit. He’s also an executive producer, along with Wicked and Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu.

Deadline’s description of Tuesday Night Titans reads:

Set in the spectacle-driven world of professional wrestling, Tuesday Night Titans follows a tenacious writer who risks her career in the big leagues to recruit her estranged childhood best friend – a ‘jobber’ wrestler on the indies – to join the same behemoth company they idolized in their youth. Their destinies become entangled as they battle personal demons, ruthless colleagues, and their complicated history in an industry where “kayfabe” – wrestling’s staged reality – isn’t confined to the ring, but bleeds into every aspect of their lives.

Sounds interesting, and something that could be a good addition to Netflix’s growing library of wrestling content. It’s probably not great for Stephen Amell and CM Punk’s hopes the streamer might save their cancelled Starz show Heels, though.

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