United Kingdom, July 24 -- Netflix bosses say their WWE partnership has been "everything they could have hoped for and more".

In January, the streaming giant launched its landmark $5 billion deal with the professional wrestling company which saw Monday Night Raw join the platform all around the world, while SmackDown and premium live events like WrestleMania and SummerSlam air on the streamer outside the US.

Reflecting on the deal almost eight months in, Gabe Spitzer, vice president of sports at Netflix, told Variety: "It's everything we could have hoped for and more.

"We knew going in that we're not going to change WWE. It was more, how can we add to it in small ways, and that's what we've seen so far."

On July 7, Raw was in Netflix'...