Backstage Update on WWE Monday Night Raw Moving Back to Two Hours

It's a surprising move that is being made for the remainder of 2024

WWE Raw moving to two hours in October / WWE

Update: There's been no confirmation yet from WWE, but multiple outlets are shining a light on the future of Monday Night Raw once it moves to Netflix.

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer says the show will be moving back to three hours in January, noting that it was the decision of the USA Network to drop the third hour for the remainder of 2024.

The insider X account WrestleVotes meantime, is reporting that the company is "eagerly" awaiting the freedom to not have a strict runtime for Raw and that no set decision has been made either way on a goal of two or three hours per episode.

Regarding the news of RAW switching to 2 hours for the rest of the year, I’ve heard that many production and social staff who work behind the scenes found out in real time, just like the rest of us.

As for what this means for 2025 and Netflix, one source said WWE is eagerly…

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) September 10, 2024

Original story: WWE is dropping the third hour of Raw for the remainder of 2024.

Commentor Joe Tessitore made the announcement on the September 9 edition of the show, that Raw will be returning to a two hour format starting October 7. WWE later confirmed the announcement on social media.

BREAKING: #WWERaw will be on @USANetwork from 8pm ET to 10pm ET starting on Monday, October 7th and through the rest of 2024 culminating with the @USANetwork finale on Monday, December 30!

— WWE (@WWE) September 10, 2024

While Raw will be two hours for the rest of the year, it is unclear how long the program will run once it moves from the USA Network to Netflix in January.

We will provide more information on this announcement as it becomes available.

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