Report: Reason Talents Have To Wait So Long In the Ring Before WWE Raw Main Events Revealed

It's recently been noted that wait times between wrestlers' entrances and Raw main events have become substantially longer in recent months. The reason for this has been unearthed, according to a report from Fightful Select, who state:

"The down time between the start of an entrance to the beginning of the match regularly goes 15 minutes these days for the WWE Raw main event. However, the 20 minute gap for Monday's last match between Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan seemed particularly egregious.

"Fightful reached out to several wrestlers who had been subjected to the waits over the last year, who expressed annoyance at the situations and said that they've conveyed that to higher ups. However, they were told the format was what it was and it improved the show flow. When we asked one talent what they did during that time, they said 'talk to the crowd, dance, get annoyed that I'm waiting that long.'"

It is unknown what Fightful's source means by "[improving] the show flow" - a viewpoint apparently not shared by certain talent. It may be something internal, regarding the ease of running of the show itself - but it's also worth noting that the delays have provoked noticeable discontent among fans on social media.