Triple H Confirms WWE Show Length Will Change

Triple H has informed WWE fans that the runtime of a television show is going to change again.

It’s been a year of change already for WWE since the first SmackDown episode of 2025 was the first-ever three-hour edition of the blue brand.

Monday Night Raw was a three-hour show from July 2012 until August 2024, but in the final four months of 2024, it was a two-hour show just like it used to be. Now that the Netflix era for Raw is here, WWE’s Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque made it clear that Raw’s runtime will be flexible.

“I think we’ll have more freedom in the format and more freedom to say if two hours is not enough, three hours you can be in the position of ‘did you need that or was it important?’

Sometimes, a three hour show, having hours that crossover, you’re so constrained by that, that you’re putting in the show what we call ‘collapsible.’ The show is heavy, we get late into an hour, something has to lose time. What is collapsible? What is not the story driving everything? What can be shrunk or can go quicker?

The amount of commercial time doesn’t change. It’s difficult. Sometimes, three hours can feel long, and two hours is not enough. Somewhere in the middle is a sweet spot.”

Triple H Says SmackDown Is Going Back To Two Hours

During an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show while discussing various WWE topics, Raw announcer McAfee mentioned SmackDown going three hours, which led to Triple H revealing there is a change coming there.

“Yes, for right now (it is three hours), and then it switches back to two.”

It has been previously reported by Wrestlevotes that SmackDown could go back to two hours in June 2025. It has been reported by Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics as well.

Regarding surprises on WWE Raw’s debut on Netflix, Triple H made it clear he would love to see his wife (and former WWE executive) Stephanie McMahon back on the show while saying it could happen in the Netflix era.