Peacock Sets March 24 Premiere for WWE Evil, Its First WWE Original Series

By Rebecca Theodore-Vachon 

Peacock will debt WWE Evil, an eight-party docuseries about WWE’s most notorious villains, on Thursday, March 24. Created and hosted by former WWE superstar John Cena, WWE Evil is Peacock’s first WWE original series, and the first-ever original series from WWE Studios.

Each episode will focus on a different WWE character, with a deep dive into their history, career highlights, and rivalries. WWE superstars featured include Hulk Hogan, The Miz, Sasha Banks, Brothers of Destruction, Randy Orton, Stephanie McMahon, Ric Flair and Roman Reigns.

The streamer also dropped the first trailer for WWE Evil:

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“As Peacock continues to expand its WWE programming, we are thrilled to bring the new original series WWE Evil to platform, working with the one and only John Cena,” said Benny Reuven, vp of entertainment unscripted content at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said in a statement. “There is no one better to take viewers into the minds of WWE’s fiercest villains than Cena himself. We can’t wait for WWE fans to devour this series.”

Micah Brown serves as showrunner for WWE Evil. Vince McMahon, Kevin Dunn, Julie Pizzi, Farnaz Farjam and Steve Ezell for Bunim Murray Productions are executive producers.

 

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