The USA Network announced today that WWE RAW will be moving to 3 hours effective July 23rd, 2012 with a new start time of 8pm Eastern.

The announcement was also tweeted by WWE superstar John Cena, who stated, “STARTING Monday Night July 23 @USA_NETWORK WILL BE ADDING A 3RD HOUR TO @WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW – PERMANENTLY.”

A press release confirming the details is expected shortly.