Backstage News On WWE Network Relaunch (Patreon)

WWE announced a WWE Network relaunch this week, and Fightful Select has learned a little more info. 

The company was testing an interface via research surveys over a year ago and presented a look that seemed like the Netflix app with their own style laid over it. It featured superstars at the top akin to Instagram stories that would allow you to follow their news and matches. It's unknown if the interface will stick, as I'm told they were "clueless" on that as of early this year. 

WWE has been working on this since last summer at the very least, and a lot of the focus was placed on improving the search function, we're told. Their current setup wasn't made to handle the type of library and search variability that WWE entails, according to one source. There was a heavy emphasis put on this, and will extend beyond events and wrestlers, and instead take key terms into consideration. 

We're also told that due to some prior agreements, you shouldn't expect the re-launch to happen any time before the end of June. Those that we spoke to expected a late summer target date, instead.