Netflix's new drama might sound familiar to wrestling fans

Netflix has not yet made an official announcement, but Deadline is reporting that your favorite streamer is in the early stages of development of a new fictional Netflix drama, which will take place in the world of professional wrestling. The reported name of the series might sound familiar to long-time friends of the entertainment event.

The show will be called Tuesday Night Titans, which is the same name as a 1980s wrestling program that eventually became a variety show. The series was also known as The TNT Show. That USA Network show is not connected to the new Netflix series.

The plot of the series follows a writer who recruits her long-estranged childhood friend, who works as a "jobber" in wrestling circles, in order to get jobs at a company they loved when they were young. Their lives become mirrors of the staged reality that professional wrestling encompasses.

Netflix wrestling drama Tuesday Night Titans in early development at Netflix

The talent involved in creating the series, which has no timeline for release and no announced cast, is formidable. Writer Michael Notarile should certainly know the industry well, as he has worked on WWE Monday Night RAW. Executive producer Jon M. Chu has been on a recent run of greatness.

Notarile is also working with Netflix on at least one other project besides writing for Netflix's medical drama, The Resident. He has previously worked on Fox's The Cleaning Lady, and he developed pilots for Amazon and NBC.

Chu directed Wicked, which garnered several Oscar nominations, and he is currently finishing up the sequel, Wicked: For Good. He also directed the excellent Crazy Rich Asians, as well as GI Joe: Retaliation, Now You See Me 2, and Never Say Never. His magic touch should translate to this new Netflix project, too.

Beyond his Netflix work, Chu is going to be extremely busy. He is expected to helm the Britney Spears biopic based on her memoir of the same name, The Woman in Me. Chu will also direct an adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book, Oh, The Places You'll Go!

Netflix signed a 10-year agreement worth $5 billion with WWE to begin showing Monday Night Raw in 2025. Netflix has an option to exit the deal after five years or to extend the deal for another 10 years. In other words, Netflix viewers should get used to a lot of wrestling content on the streaming giant.

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