WWE May Be About To Ditch Those Silly Commercial Breaks Which Put Matches On Hold

WWE May Be About To Ditch Those Silly Commercial Breaks Which Put Matches On Hold

During a lengthy women's match on Monday's RAW, fans turned on the bout because it was paused for over six minutes across two commercial breaks. Now, WWE is seemingly planning to drop this idea altogether...

By JoshWilding - Jul 19, 2019 08:07 AM EST
Filed Under: WWE
One of the biggest complaints about RAW in recent years has been the fact that the show often goes to commercial during a match and it then ends almost immediately after. Well, not too long ago, we learned that Vince McMahon had decided to scrap that so that, like real sports, the action comes to a halt when the show goes to a break. 

The problem with that is that WWE has been finding a lot of awkward ways to ensure that's the case, including stopping and restarting bouts and multiple two out of three falls matches. 

Well, fans turned on the women's fatal four way match on Monday because they were stuck sitting there for three minutes of nothing twice as the lengthy match went to commercial. Now, Dave Meltzer reveals in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter that there's a movement in WWE to stop this silliness with how matches fit around the breaks.

Whether Vince will listen is another matter but here's hoping Paul Heyman can get in his ear...
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