Report: WWE Raw To Be 'Closer To' 3 Hours Upon Moving To Netflix

Monday Night Raw may not air as a three-hour show on Netflix.

According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider, the expectation over the past few days has been that WWE Raw on Netflix will be "closer to" three hours, with the idea being that Raw's run time will be flexible and will be dependent on what is needed from that specific episode.

Raw will move to Netflix in January 2025 as part of a 10-year deal with Netflix worth $5 billion. The first episode on the streaming service is reportedly planned to be one of the biggest episodes in Raw history and the show will air from Los Angeles to accommodate as many executives from Netflix as possible.

While Raw may be close to three hours from January, reports have noted the current plan is for Friday Night SmackDown on USA to be a three-hour show from January 3, 2025 until mid-May. SmackDown will then revert back to being a two-hour show.

WWE Raw is currently two hours on the USA Network until the end of the year. The show had been three hours since the 1000th episode in the Summer of 2012.