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We’ve known for several days now that WWE Ride Along will be debuting this week immediately following RAW, although we didn’t know much else. Now we found out a little more about the program, in particular that it will be about 30 minutes long. While that is kind of short, the program likely doesn’t lend itself to being long form. Besides, there will be plenty of other content, right?
Monday – January 25th
RAW Pre-Show (7:30 PM EST)
“From WWE Studios in Stamford Connecticut. Scott Stanford, Corey Graves and David Otunga cover all the events leading up to Monday Night Raw.”
WWE Ride Along (11:06 PM EST)
“Ride Along from Boston to Philly with The New Day, Dolph Ziggler and The Miz, as they navigate the road, life, and everything in between!”
Wednesday – January 27th
WWE NXT (8 PM EST)
“Sami Zayn, Baron Corbin, and Samoa Joe compete in a Triple Threat Match to determine the new number 1 Contender.”
Friday – January 29th
WWE Superstars (3 PM EST)
“WWE Superstars features the best of the best in matches you’ll have to see to believe. You never know what to expect – so expect everything!”
Saturday – January 30th
This Week in WWE (3 PM EST)
“Get caught up on all the highlights from Raw and SmackDown with This Week in WWE.”
Closing Thoughts
Okay, maybe we won’t be getting more original programming. Really? Listen, I try to be as optimistic as possible and chances are WCW Nitro episodes will keep pouring in to complete 1998 and 1999. However this is just ridiculous. Outside of the usual content we receive, which in and of itself adds up to three hours, we only are getting 30 minutes of original programming. A reminder, when the WWE Network first launched we had three hours from three programs alone in Wrestlemania Rewind, Countdown, and The Monday Night Wars. That isn’t even including Legend’s House or any other programs.
It has been a really bad drought for original content for awhile now and unfortunately we have at least another week of it. We know Edge and Christian’s show will be coming in February, so hopefully that will help make things a little more interesting, although part of me feels like we still won’t be seeing more than an hour of original programming each week until after Wrestlemania season. And that is pretty disappointing.
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