“Macaulay Culkin’s Shocking WWE Return Leaves Fans Questioning Hollywood’s Most Unexpected Crossovers!”

WWE has just crashed onto Netflix, marking a monumental moment as the first-ever Monday Night Raw show streams live straight to your living room! Now, if you thought the storylines were wild, wait until you hear about the unexpected highlight that had absolutely nothing to do with grappling. Enter Macaulay Culkin, everyone’s favorite holiday hero known for outsmarting burglars as a kid. Yep, that’s right! This giggling, nostalgic slice of pop culture stole the spotlight, shaking up the ring in a way no chokehold could. With Netflix shelling out over $5 billion for the rights to these wrestling goldmines, the stakes have never been higher — but it turns out all it took for a standing ovation was a campy grin from Culkin! Ready to dive into the details of that star-studded event? Click here to LEARN MORE.

WWE has finally debuted on Netflix with the very first Monday Night Raw show broadcast live on the streaming platform to the living rooms of millions of households around the world.

And one of the biggest moments of the show had nothing to do with wrestling. Instead, it had absolutely everything to do with one of the world’s favourite festive folk: Macaulay Culkin.

Last year, Netflix agreed to pay more than $5 billion (£3.98 billion) for the rights to Raw and other WWE content, such as its vast archive of footage.

Those in the US can only watch Raw on Netflix but for those outside of the States, it will also come with SmackDown and NXT, the streaming platform says.

All Netflix subscribers on different plans will get access to premium live events (PLEs) as they happen, including the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, and SummerSlam.

In the very first episode of Raw on Monday night (6 January), legends of the industry returned in a showcase at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.

Icons such as The Rock, John Cena, and The Undertaker rolled on in, with Cena saying he ‘could not think of a better place to start’ before setting his eyes on winning the Royal Rumble in February.

John Cena returned! (WWE/Getty Images)

As for current talent, it was a star-studded event with the likes of Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa, CM Punk, and Seth Rollins all taking to the ring in a three hour showcase to the world.

But it was a moment between all the matches and promos in the ring that saw the loudest ‘pop’ of the night – that’s wrestling talk for getting a sudden, positive reaction from the crowd.

No, it wasn’t The Rock’s entrance or even Cena’s return.

Instead, it was a guy we know best for being an eight-year-old defending his home from two bumbling criminals.

Seth Rollins at the Netflix WWE debut Raw show (JC Olivera/Getty Images)

Enter the world of Macaulay Culkin. A lifelong wrestling fan, he was one of the many celebrities and WWE talent in the crowd that the camera focused on in the downtime between events, which included Ashton Kutcher.

In keeping with his cheeky demeanour that we know and love from Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Culkin at first hid his face behind a cap with the word ‘Papa’ on the front of it.

This was before revealing his face to the camera with a grin; a moment that saw the crowd go ‘holy sh*t, that’s Kevin!’.

Over on X (formerly Twitter), viewers praised the cameo.

“Macaulay Culkin with damn near the pop of the night,” one said with a bunch of fire emojis.

A second said: “That was an insane pop.”

Others said the closeness of the appearance to Christmas might have been why it was such a welcome addition, given how much we associate the now 44-year-old with festivities.

“Fresh off the holiday season. Not surprised he got that pop,” one said.