During the big 4 PPV's i'd agree with that, they should be extended beyond the typical 2hrs 30mins or as they put it on the old PPV video tapes roughly 3hrs, definately WrestleMania needs to be 4hrs.
but for Raw/Smackdown from watching non-ppv WWE live though, 2hrs was more than enough to sit through, mind you when they came to my part of Aus there was no commentary and the music was distorted
As a TV viewer, the more the merrier LOL i wouldn't object to an extra hr. but poor old commentary team and the production staff. they have to work the whole time plus pre-show and post-show stuff that needs to be done. Also to take into account, the show would have to start 1hr earlier wouldn't it. I don't know what time RAW/Smack shows start there for the live audience, but when they've came here they started around 7:30pm actual start time 8:30pm so you didn't get out of there and leave the arena til almost 11pm, thats too late for most folks.
Better bet for 2hr shows is, less story, more action.
Raw/Smackdown during the attitude had better time management imo. they were still 2hrs and yet lots of people got air time.
As for WrestleMania never being seen on Free TV. LOL
In Australia WrestleMania's 1-6 were on free-to-air tv.
and they had 1hr wrapups of WrestleMania's, Summerslams and Survivor Series during the Attitude era for a number of yrs too.
but for Raw/Smackdown from watching non-ppv WWE live though, 2hrs was more than enough to sit through, mind you when they came to my part of Aus there was no commentary and the music was distorted
As a TV viewer, the more the merrier LOL i wouldn't object to an extra hr. but poor old commentary team and the production staff. they have to work the whole time plus pre-show and post-show stuff that needs to be done. Also to take into account, the show would have to start 1hr earlier wouldn't it. I don't know what time RAW/Smack shows start there for the live audience, but when they've came here they started around 7:30pm actual start time 8:30pm so you didn't get out of there and leave the arena til almost 11pm, thats too late for most folks.
Better bet for 2hr shows is, less story, more action.
Raw/Smackdown during the attitude had better time management imo. they were still 2hrs and yet lots of people got air time.
As for WrestleMania never being seen on Free TV. LOL
In Australia WrestleMania's 1-6 were on free-to-air tv.
and they had 1hr wrapups of WrestleMania's, Summerslams and Survivor Series during the Attitude era for a number of yrs too.