Should Raw start earlier

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Lol at murricans saying they need to go to bed at 11. Starts at 2 AM here and finishes at 5. So yeah, would like to finish RAW at 4
 
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Nah, 3 hour Raws can be good if they know how to utilize the time correctly, they've done it before


100% vehemently disagree. Any good 3 hour Raw could be made into a great 2 hour Raw by cutting down on the bullshit. The one positive is we get 1 or 2 extended matches, but they are usually ADR or Orton matches that nobody gives a fuck about.
 
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100% vehemently disagree. Any good 3 hour Raw could be made into a great 2 hour Raw by cutting down on the bullshit. The one positive is we get 1 or 2 extended matches, but they are usually ADR or Orton matches that nobody gives a fuck about.
I partially agree. I do think cutting down would make for a great Raw, however I think that if they used that spare time for storylines that involved some mid carders who can really deliver like Barrett & Ziggler, rather than just having vanilla matches it'd be much better. I would have been way more invested in Ziggler/Ambrose if there was some sort of story attached to those matches.
 

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I partially agree. I do think cutting down would make for a great Raw, however I think that if they used that spare time for storylines that involved some mid carders who can really deliver like Barrett & Ziggler, rather than just having vanilla matches it'd be much better. I would have been way more invested in Ziggler/Ambrose if there was some sort of story attached to those matches.


Until I see WWE fully utilize all 3 hours it is just fantasy booking to think they would ever use that extra time to book the mid card properly. They've been on 3 hours for over a year now (and for seemingly 10 years) but you can count on one hand (possibly finger?) the number of really solid properly booked mid card feuds have come of it.

In fact, the one mid card feud that comes to mind for me (Rhodes/Sandow) was more built on PPVs and Smackdown than it was on Raw.
 

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I partially agree. I do think cutting down would make for a great Raw, however I think that if they used that spare time for storylines that involved some mid carders who can really deliver like Barrett & Ziggler, rather than just having vanilla matches it'd be much better. I would have been way more invested in Ziggler/Ambrose if there was some sort of story attached to those matches.

There's kind of a story, Ambrose has the belt that Ziggler apparently wants.

Raw being 8-10 sounds fine. Even during the good Raws the show feels like it goes on forever.
 

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Until I see WWE fully utilize all 3 hours it is just fantasy booking to think they would ever use that extra time to book the mid card properly. They've been on 3 hours for over a year now (and for seemingly 10 years) but you can count on one hand (possibly finger?) the number of really solid properly booked mid card feuds have come of it.

In fact, the one mid card feud that comes to mind for me (Rhodes/Sandow) was more built on PPVs and Smackdown than it was on Raw.
Let me dream ziggler, let me dream :please:
 

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It does start at 7 over here. 7:00-10:05.

I find it silly that even with a three hour time slot, they still have the five minute overtime attached to it. And they still exceed over that on most weeks.
 

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No, no it should not. Like CrayJ said, it starts at 7 already here, which is early enough for me. If they showed it too early it'd screw things up, whereas the way it is now usually allows me time to get home from work and get one or two things done before the show starts.

However, the shows do seem to drag on and on with few worthwhile things actually taking place. After watching it drag on for two hours it's hard to hang in there for the last hour.