Netflix Developing New Wrestling Drama Tuesday Night Titans

According to a report from Deadline, Netflix is in the early stages of developing a new drama series set in the world of professional wrestling titled Tuesday Night Titans. The series comes from creator and writer Michael Notarile, who has direct experience writing for WWE. Acclaimed director Jon M. Chu is set to executive produce.

The series follows a tenacious writer who puts her career in a major wrestling promotion on the line to recruit her estranged childhood best friend, a "jobber" wrestler working on the independent circuit. The story will explore their entangled destinies as they contend with personal demons, ruthless colleagues, and their own complicated history. A central theme will be how "kayfabe," the staged reality of wrestling, bleeds from the ring into every aspect of their lives.

The project is helmed by someone with an insider's perspective. Creator Michael Notarile was previously a writer for WWE Monday Night RAW. His television credits also include work on the Fox series The Cleaning Lady and The Resident. He is also writing films for Netflix and Monarch Media and previously developed pilots with Amazon and NBC.

Executive producing alongside Notarile are Jon M. Chu and Caitlin Foito through Chu's Electric Somewhere production company. Chu is the director behind major films like Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights, and the recent adaptation of Wicked.

The timing of the series' development is notable, as it follows Netflix's landmark deal to become the new home of WWE Monday Night RAW starting in 2025. While the show shares its name with a 1980s WWE talk show, the Deadline article specifies that this new project is not connected to the original. Netflix has declined to comment on the report.

This project enters a landscape where scripted series about professional wrestling have often struggled to find long-term mainstream success. The Starz drama Heels was canceled after two seasons despite critical acclaim. Netflix itself previously canceled the popular series GLOW before it could reach its planned conclusion. Similarly, the biographical comedy Young Rock, based on the life of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, ended its run on NBC after three seasons. The team behind Tuesday Night Titans will certainly hope to buck that trend.