Monday Night RAW's return to USA Network on 10/3 now a 3 hour show
On Saturday, September 10, 2005 at 1:26 AM EST In an update on the release issued on Wednesday, it was announced on WWE.com that Monday Night RAW's return to the USA Network on October 3rd will now be a three hour show. The show will start one hour early than normal at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central.
Those confirmed for the show include Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mick Foley, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, WWE Champion John Cena, Kurt Angle, Big Show and many others. This move to a three hour show was done mostly in part to UFC & Spike TV announcing that they would be running a live event head-to-head with RAW's debut on USA. (Thanks to Adam Lebow for sending word as well)