Triple H Addresses WWE RAW Duration After Netflix Transition

The news of Monday Night RAW’s transition to Netflix has created widespread discussion among pro wrestling fans, as the move to the streaming platform may lead to several changes. Triple H has now addressed how RAW’s runtime might be affected following the switch to Netflix.

It was reported that WWE and Netflix confirmed their huge deal to move Monday Night RAW to the streaming service, which will begin in January 2025. The reported deal, valued at over $5 billion for a duration of ten years, shocked fans all over the world and the deal was announced on January 23rd.

During the September 9 episode of RAW, it was announced that WWE’s flagship show will be reduced to a two-hour format from October 7 until the end of 2024, airing from 8 pm ET to 10 pm ET on the USA Network. This made fans wonder if the 2-hour format will remain the same on Netflix next year.

While speaking during the post-Bad Blood media scrum, Triple H talked about the future of RAW on Netflix, saying they haven’t decided how long the show will be yet. He mentioned that if RAW gets shortened to two hours in 2025, it could bring some big changes. He explained that running a three-hour show is much harder than doing a two-hour one, and cutting it down would make a big difference.

Right now, RAW is three hours long, but will go down to two soon. Triple H thinks this will reduce some of the stress, and sometimes “less is more.” He believes the move to Netflix and the shorter runtime will be good, although they’re still figuring things out.

The Game also said that no matter how long the show is, the main goal is to put out the best product and tell great stories. People sometimes focus too much on the show’s length, but the most important thing is how good the storytelling is. He compared it to making a movie each week and said the key is to write the best stories and fit them into whatever time they have.

“When I find that out, I will let you know. RAW goes down to two hours. What does that do for us? Hour less show. We found ourselves in this wild spot. If you had asked me a few years ago, three hours was just—the difference between two and three is like night and day. I can’t even express to you how much different that is. Now we are at this place where we are doing three-hour shows, and it will drop to two.

It’s a different way of looking at it that’s just different. It’s a little bit of stress. It’s less, but I think sometimes less is more. I think that’s going to be a really good thing. When we get to Netflix, we are still working through all of that. I think the truth is, you guys will have to watch and see.”

I will wait and see, but we will deal with it. The truth is, no matter what the length of time is, it’s about putting out the best product we can, telling the best possible stories we can. At the end of the day, this is what it’s all about—telling stories. Sometimes in our business, we get so caught up into our, ‘three-hour, one-hour.’

The movie is the movie. When the movie is over, it was either good or it was not good, or too long or too short, whatever it is. But we are just making a movie every week, twice a week—actually three times a week—with more to come. We approach it in that manner. Let’s write the best stories and then figure out how to jam it into whatever timeslot we have available.”

We have also reported that WWE RAW will have commercials on Netflix and that it was always part of the plan. Triple H is also confident that fans will make the transition to Netflix without any concerns. Regardless, it remains to be seen whether WWE will undergo significant changes with RAW’s transition to Netflix next year.

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