WWE fans were left raging as the Netflix live stream cut out just minutes into tonight’s episode of SmackDown.
The wrestling juggernaut is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ahead of tomorrow’s Night of Champions premium live event with Friday’s weekly show also being broadcast from the city.
After the usual introductions showing various stars arriving at the arena, the show got properly underway with Cody Rhodes making his way to the ring.
The American Nightmare was ready to address night’s King of the Ring final match against Randy Orton, but his opponent’s music interrupted him before he could say a word.
Unfortunately for fans, the live feed was halted before the two longtime friends and rivals could get started, with the show still off air almost 20 minutes later.
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An initial error message read: ‘Pardon the delay. The live event is starting later than expected.’
Then, the feed cut to the usual ad break footage of various WWE superstars making their entrances, and a message which read ‘We’ll be right back’ in various languages.
It’s currently not clear what has caused the apparent technical difficulties, but it’s safe to say fans aren’t impressed.
‘@netflix – fix your #smackdown feed, this is bull,’ complained @ALanNZ89 on X.
‘Dayum. Smackdown live feed crashed on Netflix during the Cody-Randy promo! That sucks #SmackDown,’ added @BeardWithATwist.
And @oppilaaOE wrote: ‘Come on @netflix, sort it out missing a big portion of Smackdown here. 🤦♂️’
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