The Rock and John Cena breaking the Netflix 4th wall

In modern wrestling, there isn’t an imperceptible barrier between the fans and the inner workings of the business. The organizations behind all the drama will take fans into the control room where they orchestrate the action and have wrestlers criticize the company on air. And just because Netflix is the streaming partner helping bring Monday Night Raw to more households around the world than it’s ever been in, that doesn’t mean the leader in streaming will be exempt from ridicule. Actually, it’s the exact opposite.

It didn’t take long into the first Monday Night Raw on Netflix for arguably the two biggest superstars in WWE history to address the company directly. The Rock threatened to beat up Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos if the stream glitched while he was speaking, stating he’d “go Squid Game all over your candy ass.” John Cena was a bit more congenial, thanking Netflix for sharing the start of his retirement tour with the globe. The Rock’s Squid Game mention almost makes certain that someone is going to say “stranger things have happened” when Netflix inevitably starts promoting the final Stranger Things season soon.