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- As noted before, WWE star Curt Hawkins worked as a color commentator at the recent WWE developmental TV tapings. Hawkins said on Twitter that it wasn't a tryout but just a one time deal.
- Dave Meltzer reports that there is talk within WWE of making RAW three-hours each week if TNA moves to Monday nights for good. There has also been talk of keeping the guest host storyline booked if TNA goes to Mondays.
Apparently the USA Network is high on RAW going to three-hours but Vince and Stephanie McMahon are both said to be against it. Word is that this is something being talked about a lot among some in the company.
I can frankly agree with Vince and Stephanie in not wanting to take Raw to 3 hours. You see that everyone? Yet one more example to show where Sidious can agree with Vince on something.
We've seen this movie before when Nitro went to 3 hours, and it is a huge blow to Creative.
Creative has to struggle enough to come up with material on a weekly basis and it is obvious to pretty much all but the diehard WWE Universe Fans that WWE has been on Cruise Control with an extremely stale product for ages now. Vince and Stephanie are smart enough to realize that going 3 hours to combat Impact is going to be extremely difficult to pull off on a weekly basis.
I'm not sure what WWE's contract with the network specifically states, obviously, in whether USA can order Raw to go to 3 hours or not, but obviously USA wouldn't want to lose WWE from their network if they threaten WWE with this. So maybe Vince may have some bargaining power in the move after all.
If they are forced to do this, they will obviously go from 8-11 PM while Impact runs from 9-11 PM and therefore, WWE would have the advantage going into the 8-9 PM hour unopposed with a big angle. Of course, it's quite obvious that WWE is a little empty on the "Compelling Television" tank so we'll have to see what they can bring to the table in that regard.
Firstly, do you want to personally see Raw go to 3 hours? Not for "business" reasons, but "personally" ... would you be interested in seeing Raw being a 3 hour show each week?
Secondly, business-wise, do you think it is a good idea or not for WWE?
And finally, if WWE does this, do you think it will help or hurt TNA in the short-term? How about the long-term?