10 Reasons WWE Raw Will Never Be The Same Again
2. Three Hours...
...and they'd make it longer if they could.
Nick Khan was being glib for the purposes of a tasty quote when he noted how financially beneficial a fourth hour of Monday Night Raw would be to WWE's bottom line, but it's because this is true that the company would absolutely take it if USA Network made an offer.
Nothing is forever in pro wrestling and the three hour Raw's look here to stay for years and years to come, but the reality is that it's precisely as likely that the former flagship would add an hour as take one away. The wrestling landscape looked awfully different in 2018 when WWE last secured its status for another five years, but how different will it look from now in 2023 when that one expires?
A recent demographic defeat at the hands of AEW Dynamite generated an ultimate people-pleasing moment in Big E's WWE Championship victory on the very next show, and the sheer joy around this individual moment was enough to make most people forget that the broadcast had been diabolical for most of the year.
The run-time, much like the creative direction, is only changing as per the whims of whomever pays the most for it.