Since 1993, WWE Raw has been a staple on Monday nights. WWE touts the program as the longest-running weekly episodic television program.
Being on Monday nights means competition from Monday Night Football during the NFL season, which has historically cut into WWE's overall viewership and demographic rating.
Speaking to Jimmy Traina on the SI Media podcast, Triple H was asked if there was any consideration to moving WWE Raw off Monday with the move to Netflix.
"One of the things working best in WWE with the team of Nick (Khan), Lee Fitting, and many others, we're all looking at what is the best way to do it. Forget what we have and what's on the table. Let's look at it with fresh eyes and say, 'If we were building this ground up, what would we do and how would we do it?' Take all the things we know and factor in the whys and hows. Monday night was contemplated. Is that a move off of Monday? Is it stay on Monday? It's also a 30-plus-year tradition. You have to factor that in. Plus, the business model and everything else. I'm a big believer that you can work around all of those things. We weighed all of it out, as we always do, with the partners and ourselves and we determined what was best and what was best was staying on Monday.
"You can move and understand the global nature of WWE and Netflix. Yes, Monday is NFL, but that is not a factor in a lot of the world. There were a lot of factors heavily weighed."
The NFL regular season came to an end on Sunday, meaning WWE Raw won't face competition from the NFL on Mondays moving forward with the exception of a playoff game on January 13.
Elsewhere during the interview, Triple H commented on the runtime of WWE Raw on Netflix. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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