WWE has hired a team dedicated to flying drones every week for their weekly television show, with their work starting tonight on Raw.
WWE Line Producer Brian Fades told the Sports Business Journal that the drones will be showing viewers never-before-seen shots of WWE talent both inside and outside the arenas moving forward.
“That’s one thing we’re really going to try to lean into [today],” said Fades. “Getting these drones to be used in intimate ways and really take the viewer who’s at home, trying to get them to feel here like everyone else.”
Apart from drones, WWE also rehearsed using a point-to-point sky cam system and a techno crane for more intimate in-ring shots.
WWE and Netflix used 1,200 drones during the weekend for the show they gave over the Los Angeles sky and 200 of those drones were also equipped with pyro.
Tonight’s Raw will also have a helping hand from the Goodyear Blimp which will give aerial views of the Intuit Dome.
