WWE Didn’t Do Live Raw On December 26 To Help Give Extended Break To Some Production Staff

There won’t be a new WWE Raw on December 26 with a Best Of show airing, but talent will still be on the road working live events.

Fightful had been inquiring about the status of the December 26 Raw since before the announcement, and spoke to some within the company following it. One talent indicated they hadn’t been told the reason and said that they were wondering themselves as to why, before updating and noted that it was likely to give production workers some additional time off. Another WWE source confirmed this, mentioning that when WWE does live events, it requires far less people and even sometimes entire departments won’t have to work those.

WWE will not have had and television tapings from December 20 through December 28 on the main roster, giving that group an extended period off. One top talent also followed up with Fightful, noting that it’s probably a good move, even leading into John Cena’s in ring return in December 30 and the first Raw of the year on January 2. That talent also says while they wish they had a little more holiday time off, they’re reimbursed well to work December 26 and the week following.

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