SmackDown & Raw Expanding to 3 Hours in 2025

WWE SmackDown is set to expand to three hours starting January 3, 2025, as it settles in at its new home on the USA Network, according to WrestleVotes Radio.

Additionally, Monday Night Raw is slated to return to its three-hour format in early 2025, after a brief reduction to two hours starting October 7, 2024. This temporary shift comes ahead of Raw's planned transition to Netflix, though WWE has not provided an official explanation for the decision to scale back Raw's airtime for the remainder of 2024. Speculation suggests that WWE could be testing the waters with a leaner format before transitioning to a new platform. Fans will be watching closely to see how the two-hour version of Raw affects the pacing and storytelling before the show returns to its three-hour format in the new year.