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An extra hour for Raw?
Topic Started: Jul 2 2007, 02:19 AM (382 Views)
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USA Network has talked of wanting Raw to increase to three hours in the fall. The belief is that is guarantees the network one extra hour of very high ratings every week, thus enabling them to maintain their status of being the most watched network on cable television. The thought process being the move is that if Raw starts at 8 p.m. more often, people will get used to tuning into Raw at that time, and it will lead to higher ratings in the second hour in particular.

They also made the suggestion of Steve Austin and Undertaker being regulars on the show, even if they can't wrestle. On the WWE front, they aren't too keen on making Raw a three hour show, every single week. They think this is the last thing they need. Although, if they go through with the move, they'll likely get a rate increase from USA.
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I don't feel this will be good at all well it could be but I doubt it see with 1 more hour that more talk then ever if they use this hour to make the matches longer then thats would make it good but I don't think we will get that I think we will get more talking
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Yeah, I'm really not too keen on RAW going to three hours myself. Plus, Undertaker is on Smackdown!, unless there were plans otherwise.
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Jul 1 2007, 10:44 PM
Yeah, I'm really not too keen on RAW going to three hours myself. Plus, Undertaker is on Smackdown!, unless there were plans otherwise.

Taker to Raw would be nice and like Smackdown can take Cena lol and then Raw will be way way better off :evil:
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Kraul

If RAW does go to a regular three hour timeslot, I believe it will simply be too much WWE.

It may seem like a great thing to some, but I think it would just be a bad move. This would mean that there would be at least six hours of WWE television each week counting only ECW, RAW, and SmackDown. The hours would only increase on weeks with PPVs or Saturday Night Main Events, or other specials.

They need to cut down on the amount of WWE that is being put out there right now, if anything. The number of PPVs are far too much and in the past month or so, there has been far too much WWE on television right now.

Now, you could say that anyone who feels there is too much can simply not watch some of it. Afterall, no one is making you watch each hour. The problem with that is that WWE is always telling you about the other shows and always hyping up the other shows, so even if you don't watch anything else, you still hear about them constantly.
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Making another will make it seem more like WCW, even though WWE has much bettter talent.

Not a good idea.
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WordsLeftUnspoken
Jul 1 2007, 10:00 PM
Dark-Loner
Jul 1 2007, 10:44 PM
Yeah, I'm really not too keen on RAW going to three hours myself. Plus, Undertaker is on Smackdown!, unless there were plans otherwise.

Taker to Raw would be nice and like Smackdown can take Cena lol and then Raw will be way way better off :evil:

:birdie:
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Jul 1 2007, 11:37 PM
WordsLeftUnspoken
Jul 1 2007, 10:00 PM
Dark-Loner
Jul 1 2007, 10:44 PM
Yeah, I'm really not too keen on RAW going to three hours myself. Plus, Undertaker is on Smackdown!, unless there were plans otherwise.

Taker to Raw would be nice and like Smackdown can take Cena lol and then Raw will be way way better off :evil:

:birdie:

Hey now thats is way rude you know :P

but come on Smackdown should take Cena back Raw dont need him no more Smakcdown needs a huge star yes yes thats its they need him :evil:
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MY85
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WordsLeftUnspoken
Jul 1 2007, 10:45 PM
MakeYourself85
Jul 1 2007, 11:37 PM
WordsLeftUnspoken
Jul 1 2007, 10:00 PM
Dark-Loner
Jul 1 2007, 10:44 PM
Yeah, I'm really not too keen on RAW going to three hours myself. Plus, Undertaker is on Smackdown!, unless there were plans otherwise.

Taker to Raw would be nice and like Smackdown can take Cena lol and then Raw will be way way better off :evil:

:birdie:

Hey now thats is way rude you know :P

but come on Smackdown should take Cena back Raw dont need him no more Smakcdown needs a huge star yes yes thats its they need him :evil:

I wish the Draft never happened. However, the Draft made Raw interesting. And prior to the draft, I could easily ignore Raw and their episodes weren't that great, regardless of having Cena there.
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i seriously hope that Raw doesn't get that extra hour. WWE is overexposed, as it is. what's WWE gonna do......add more crappy segments?


if WWE does get this extra hour, they'd be smart to either add an extra match or two.....possibly with guys that haven't been used, much......or, give some of their matches a little more time. this way, the matches won't always feel so rushed.
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MY85
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Remember, it's not WWE wanting the third hour, it's USA Network who wants this to happen.
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Three hours is just too much... I never find the time to watch an entire special they're always airing...
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Three hours is overkill. Unless they choose to use Heat as their first hour :P
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This simply won't work. Less is more.
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Once again, leave it to mwa to have a positive spin on this. One day you'll realise how fucked up the attitude is around here. Fucking pathetic. As for that positive spin I mentioned. A 3 hour RAW every week, okay so you say more crappy segments, I say more great matches. With 3 hours, they can regularly have long matches every night. A good length match on RAW is around 10 mins. With and extra hour, we can see 3-4 15 min matches every week. Which is great considering RAW has the best talent and would easily showcase how superior they are to the rest of the world.
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MakeYourself85
Jul 1 2007, 11:16 PM
Remember, it's not WWE wanting the third hour, it's USA Network who wants this to happen.

i actually blame USA Network for wanting such a thing.
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JD Storm
Jul 2 2007, 10:46 PM
MakeYourself85
Jul 1 2007, 11:16 PM
Remember, it's not WWE wanting the third hour, it's USA Network who wants this to happen.

i actually blame USA Network for wanting such a thing.

I would post a rolling eyes smiley. But it would do no good.
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Jul 2 2007, 10:37 PM
A 3 hour RAW every week, okay so you say more crappy segments, I say more great matches. With 3 hours, they can regularly have long matches every night. A good length match on RAW is around 10 mins. With and extra hour, we can see 3-4 15 min matches every week. Which is great considering RAW has the best talent and would easily showcase how superior they are to the rest of the world.

If that was how it went, I'd be happy to see a 3 hour Raw with more wrestling. But, the WWE consistanly reminds us that they don't put on a wrestling show, they "Make Movies". They want to emphasise the segments and stories and not the wrestling.

Plus, the WWE has 5 hours of TV already and it's bordering on flooding the market so to speak. You want to leave fans wanting more. Also, I'm sure they will factor in the already busy schedule with the house shows etc and adding an extra hour a week may not seem like a big deal, but to the wrestlers I'm sure it is. That's an extra 4 hours a month and an extra 48 hours a year that their body has to take a beating and recover from. For people that do this nearly year round, that is a lot.

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I think WCW proved why a 3 hour weekly show is too much. WCW started off strong, but eventually the demand to produce 3 hours every week became too much for them and it showed in their product. I expect Raw would be the same. The only difference is that Raw currently isn't as strong as WCW was when WCW first went 3 hours.
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If that happen TNA will make its show for 2 hours
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ChainGangmaster2kgen
Jul 3 2007, 07:48 PM
If that happen TNA will make its show for 2 hours

TNA adding a second hour would be good for displaying more airtime for wrestling talent, backstage segments and storylines. However, the reasons for having a second hour wouldn't be just because WWE added a third hour.
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Trust TNA wants Competition with WWE. Evidence VKM.
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ChainGangmaster2kgen
Jul 3 2007, 07:46 PM
Trust TNA wants Competition with WWE. Evidence VKM.

Actually they want to BE WWE.

Evidence, everything from the VKM angle and on. :)
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