WWE Unreal Director Chris Weaver Believes Bringing In New Fans Was A Major Goal For WWE With The Series

Chris Weaver discusses WWE’s main goal with WWE Unreal.

On July 29th, WWE will release their ‘Unreal’ show on Netflix, which will feature a behind the scenes look at the WWE creative process, including interviews with wrestlers and Triple H about said process.

While speaking to Jimmy V3 in a new interview, WWE Unreal Season 1 director Chris Weaver was asked if he believes that the company were looking to bring in new fans with the series.

“I think that was a goal for WWE for sure, it was like, they’ve seen how these behind the scenes follow doc series on Netflix have sort of propelled leagues and athletes and opened up to new audiences. I think that was a major goal for them. Let’s see if we can get more people to watch this thing and expand our footprint, expand our audience, our fan base. So yes, and hopefully we’re going to do that. I know it’s been a polarizing discussion in the wrestling realm. But my hope is… the next fan coming in is what we’re after. Bringing in new fans.”

Elsewhere in another recent interview, Rhea Ripley spoke about what she hoped fans will take away from the series when it launches. You can read more about that here.

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