WWE Raw to be three-hour show on Netflix
After a brief return to two hours, WWE Raw will be a three-hour show again when it comes to Netflix.
It was announced on Monday night that — from October 7 through the end of 2024 — Raw will be a two-hour show on USA Network. On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer discussed the news and confirmed that Raw will still be three hours on Netflix when it moves to the platform in January 2025.
“It’s a three-hour show when they move back to Netflix,” Meltzer said. “Yeah, I got it confirmed a few minutes ago. The basic situation is — it was a USA Network call, not a WWE call.”
Raw’s current TV deal expires at the end of September, but WWE and USA Network reached a deal to keep the show on USA for three months until the Netflix move. This period will be the first time Raw has not been three hours since 2012.
The date for Raw’s Netflix premiere episode is Monday, January 6.
WWE SmackDown aired its final Fox episode last week and will be back on USA Network this Friday, returning to the channel for the first time since 2019. A new TV deal for WWE NXT also goes into effect soon. Including tonight, NXT has three more episodes on USA Network before moving to The CW at the start of October.
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