when you limit the PLE's to just 5 matches every time, there's always gonna be a title (or titles) and people left off the show that get people upset about it. Dunno why they are so married to the concept but I'm sure its financially motivated somehow
BB was 5 matches and still over 3hrs. If people want more matches expect 4 hour events. Then people will complain that the events are too long.
If they add more matches then you have to shorten them to keep it around 3hrs. Then people will complain that the matches are too short.
No matter what they do people will cry and complain.
I'm going to keep saying this, I'm positive Peacock mandating ad breaks in between matches lengthens the shows so HHH has to keep the matches to around 5 or risk going 4+ hours. Not to mention all the extra stuff they do between matches, like backstage or extra special segments like announcements.
Also BB had a time constraint to end before the main card of the UFC event per TKO, hence the 6pm start time.
We have to unlearn what we have learned from the Vince era on PLE events. Vince would have like a 10 match card but most matches would be 3-5 mins max and most would be meaningless or throwaway.