After a string of recent shows that started earlier, it will be back to normal soon… at least for a little while.
For the third consecutive Monday, WWE Raw will start at 7 p.m. Eastern this evening (Sept 29). But as we’ve seen with , with the show on Netflix it doesn’t seem to matter when it’s live. Both WWE and its streaming partner are focused on global audiences in time zones around the world, and the weekly numbers don’t seem to be impacted by earlier starts.
Our latest Rumor Roundup included one about WWE and Netflix possibly tweaking start times on some upcoming Raws, specifically John Cena’s final one in Boston on Nov. 10, and his farewell to New York’s Madison Square Garden the following Monday.
The item wasn’t terribly surprising. Both WWE and its streaming partner are focused on global audiences in time zones around the world. That’s been evident in the shows from the United Kingdom and Europe this year that streamed live in the afternoon in the United States. Since the numbers for those episodes didn’t change much, why not move others? They have evidence the people who watch will do so regardless of the start time.
And according to Fightful Select, we’ll start watching at 8 p.m. Eastern again next week. From Sean Ross Sapp’s report last night:
On October 6, 20, and 27 WWE Raw is back to its normal start time. We’re told that [WWE] likely would have continued to broadcast at 7 p.m. Eastern, but they’re in Dallas on the 6th and Sacramento on the 20th. This would have been a tough ask for fans in the local area. Specifically Sacramento, fans would have needed to be in the arena at 4 p.m. local time on a Monday.
So 7 p.m. Eastern this week, then back to 8 p.m. for the next three weeks at least, and then maybe something else at some point in November.
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Category: General Sports
