Jim Ross Not Sold On AEW Rampage Going Two Hours

AEW‘s play-by-play ace, Jim Ross doesn’t see Rampage moving to two hours permanently.

Rampage is a new weekly AEW show that is only two months old. It’s a one-hour show that has received one two-hour special thus far. Many have enjoyed Rampage being just one hour as it feels the show simply breezes by without filler.

During an episode of his Grilling JR podcast, Jim Ross shared his belief that Rampage won’t be moving to two hours anytime soon.

“That one-hour show on Friday night seems like it flies by. I think that the one-hour format still has its place. Two would be my absolute limit unless you’re doing a PPV where people are paying more, and you get more on a PPV. I think the one-hour thing still works. I don’t see Rampage going to two hours. I don’t see any of Tony Khan’s over-the-air content ever going to three hours. Who the hell knows for sure, but I would be surprised if that ever happened. I think we’ve all learned good lessons about these three-hour RAWs. It’s not done for artistic benefit. It’s done for the money. USA is paying a lot more money for that third hour of prime time television that’s live every week, but to me, it’s a little bit long.”

Rampage has already had some memorable moments. In the show’s debut, Christian Cage defeated Kenny Omega to capture the Impact Wrestling World Championship. On the Aug. 20 edition of Rampage, CM Punk made his return to the wrestling industry and received one of the loudest ovations you will ever hear.

The next episode of Rampage will take place on Oct. 15. It’ll go head-to-head with the final half-hour of WWE SmackDown, which airs on FOX Sports 1 due to a scheduling conflict with the MLB playoffs.

The card is stacked, including Junior dos Santos making his pro wrestling debut.