Raw is WWE’s flagship show and airs every Monday evening since 1993.
Mick Foley (as Mankind) helped Raw achieve its highest ratings ever by parodying TV show This Is Your Life with scenes featuring him with people from his past such as his home economics teacher and gym teacher.
The History of Raw
Twenty-five years ago, wrestling was an entirely different beast. Most nationally broadcast WWF shows were prerecorded and showed highlights from matches that took place days or weeks earlier; Raw was revolutionary because it broadcast live each week from New York’s Manhattan Center with competitive and storyline-developing matches featuring top stars of the organization.
Ric Flair’s victory against Mr. Perfect in January 1993 and The 1-2-3 Kid’s over Razor Ramon later that year were two examples of memorable matches which helped the show achieve some of its highest ratings in its early days.
Viacom was awarded the WWE television contract and acquired WCW in 2000, and since then it has aired Raw on TNN weekly with occasional holiday-season episodes being added as well as posting episodes to YouTube for countries that don’t receive WWE programming directly on television.
The Set
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The Matches
CM Punk and Cody Rhodes returned to Raw and began building towards WrestleMania. Also, Becky Lynch faced Nia Jax in a Last Woman Standing match; and Sami Zayn signed an exclusive contract with Gunther.
Cathy Kelley stands outside Chad Gable’s locker room accompanied by security guards, seeking comment from Gable about his Money in the Bank Qualifying Match against Ludwig Kaiser and reports of his supposed demise have been greatly exaggerated, according to Gable himself.
The Awesome Truth are determined to put an end to Judgment Day and take advantage of Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre’s distraction to attack Dakota Kai and Zoey Stark from behind with a Z-360 and qualify for Women’s Tag Team Championship.
The Hosts
Raw’s history is littered with celebrity guest hosts from diverse fields – Bob Barker and Hugh Jackman are often fondly remembered, while others can have more divisive effects, such as Jeremy Piven or Ken Jeong.
Seth Green stands out as the ultimate host. His debut on Raw on July 13, 2009 set the standard for celebrity hosts in WWE, later that night he and The Miz formed ShoMiz together forming one of its signature tag teams – now an icon.
Daphne Heder was another notable host during this era of Raw. Although she seemed out-of-place when participating in R-Truth and Batista’s match, her backstage interaction was hilarious and memorable. NASCAR driver Carl Edwards made an unforgettable entrance with his car – one of many unforgettable moments ever seen on Raw from non-wrestlers!