WWE Legend Batista’s new movie “Army Of The Dead” recently released on Netflix and it has been watched in 72 million households already.
Netflix noted that this movie is projected to be the most-watched original Netflix film ever.
Below is a list of the most-watched original Netflix films ever:
1. Extraction – 99 Million
2. Bird Box – 89 Million
3. Spenser Confidential – 85 Million
4. 6 Underground – 83 Million
5. Murder Mystery – 83 Million
6. The Old Guard – 78 Million
7. Enola Holmes – 76 Million
8. Project Power – 75 Million
9. Army of the Dead and The Midnight Sky (tied) – 72 Million
For those who don’t know, WWE promoted this movie at their WrestleMania Backlash pay-per-view earlier this month.
Damian Priest defeated The Miz in a Lumberjack Match. The lumberjacks in this match were “zombies“, who were there to promote Batista’s “Army Of The Dead”.
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A fan tweeted the following to Batista about this:
“Hey Dave I love you, but this zombie sh*t on the WWE Backlash show was insulting!”
Batista replied the following:
“Wtf you telling me?!! You think I booked a bunch of f**king zombies. I’m on a damn plane! Shouldn’t you be tweeting Vince?!”
Wtf you telling me?!! You think I booked a bunch of fucking zombies. I’m on a damn plane! Shouldn’t you be tweeting Vince?! 🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/Eb8wNdijRI
— Poor Kid Who Chased His Dreams. (@DaveBautista) May 17, 2021
AEW Superstar Chris Jericho also took at a shot at WWE using zombies by tweeting the following:
“Zombies…ZOMBIES? Wow that just set wrestling back 30 years.”
Zombies…ZOMBIES? Wow that just set wrestling back 30 years.
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) May 17, 2021
Jericho’s tweet was in response to a report that recently came out, which stated that WWE Management thought AEW’s Blood & Guts match set the wrestling business back 30 years (tap here to read more).
Nick Khan (WWE President & Chief Revenue Officer) made the deal with Warner Bros to promote Army Of The Dead on WWE pay-per-view and WWE got paid over a million dollars for this!
While a lot of WWE’s fans complained about this, this segment involving zombies was trending on Social Media, which resulted in Batista’s new movie getting a lot of publicity.
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