It made the whole crossover feel pretty hollow, especially since the WWE likes to make a point of highlighting celebrities who show up to their shows. Hell, they've had plenty of celebrities host Raw over the decades, but none of that was on the table for this episode. At the very least, couldn't they have sent a pre-recorded message?

WWE Monday Night RAW took a walk on the dark side on Monday night, January 5, while celebrating its one-year anniversary on Netflix with a full-blown Stranger Things takeover at Barclays Center in Brooklyn,

CM Punk, Bron Breakker, Becky Lynch, Asuka, Kairi Sane, Maxxine Dupri, and many others are set to compete on the January 5 episode of Raw On Netflix. Fans can check out the current lineup for the show by clicking here. Fightful will have full coverage of the show as it airs, beginning at 8 PM EST.

On the one-year anniversary of the show's Netflix debut, here are three things we hated and three things we loved about the first "WWE Raw" of 2026!

WWE kicked off their Stranger Things episode of Monday Night Raw and Raw’s one-year anniversary on Netflix with a title match as the Kabuki Warriors defended their women’s tag team championship against Rhiyo.

Full results for the January 5, 2026, edition of WWE Raw on Netflix from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.