Freddie Prinze Jr. recently weighed in on WWE Raw going to two hours for the rest of the year, noting that he believes it could lead to talent cuts. WWE announced earlier this month that Raw will be going back to the two-hour format starting on October 7th and running through the end of the year until it moves to Netflix. Prinze weighed in on the matter on his Wrestling with Freddie, noting that he believes that it could lead to TKO making cuts to the roster.
“They’re moving it and cutting it down to two, which I’ve always thought is the perfect amount of time,” Prinze said (h/t to Wrestling Inc). “I predict they will not have as many wrestlers on the roster as they currently do because there won’t be enough time. That’s a full hour less of matches, segments, storylines, backstage segments, promos in the ring … a full hour less, which means it won’t be cost-effective for them to carry that many wrestlers.”
He continued, “They are now owned by TKO, another corporation, and they will do a cost-effective … [they’ll think] ‘This wrestler’s not being used, cut them. This wrestler’s not being used, cut them,’ which gives more opportunities for wrestlers to go to AEW, to go to another brand if it goes out there.”
It’s been reported that the change to two hours is just for the rest of the show’s time on USA Network, and it will likely return to three hours when it debuts on Netflix in January.
