Vince McMahon, "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Rob Bartlett were the original hosts of the show, Bartlett being a comedian who previously had nothing to do with the wrestling industry. The Kid's upset victory of Razor Ramon in May 1993 would result in The Kid becoming an upper roster mainstay for years to come. Huge storyline developing matches such as Ric Flair Vs Mr Perfect in January 1993 would be Flair's last appearance in the company for almost 9 years. Perfect, Doink the Clown and the 1-2-3 Kid in its early years. Raw, uniquely in its day, featured some competitive matches between upper level talent such as Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Mr.
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The first episode to air outside of New York was taped in Bushkill, Pennsylvania in November 1993, and Raw left the Manhattan Center permanently as the show would be taken on the road throughout the United States and had in smaller venues. From Spring 1993 up until Spring 1997, Raw would tape several week's worth of episodes after a live episode had aired.The WWF taped several weeks worth of Raw from the Mid Hudson Civic Centre in April 1993, and again in June and October. However, the weekly live schedule proved to be a financial drain on the WWF. The combination of an intimate venue and live action proved to be a successful improvement. Raw originated from the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center Studios, a small New York City theater, and aired live each week. Instead of taped matches weeks in advanced with studio voice overs and taped discussion, Raw was a show shot and aired to a live audience, with angles playing out as they happened. The Raw formula was considerably different from the taped weekend shows that aired at the time such as WWF Superstars and WWF Wrestling Challenge. Traditionally, wrestling shows were taped on sound stages with small audiences or at large arena shows.
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The original Raw broke new ground in televised professional wrestling. It aired on the USA Network for one hour. As of the show's 1,000th episode, airing on July 23, 2012, WWE Raw has become a three-hour broadcast from two hours, a format that had previously been reserved for special episodes.īeginning as WWF Monday Night Raw, the program first aired on January 11, 1993. Since its first episode, WWE Raw has broadcast live from 203 different arenas in 169 cities and towns in ten different nations (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan in 2005, Iraq in 20, South Africa, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Mexico). On OctoWWE Raw returned to the USA Network. WWE Raw moved from the USA Network to TNN in September, 2000 and then to Spike in August, 2003 when TNN was rebranded. With the distraction set up, AJ Styles emerged to plant Orton with a devastating Phenomenal Forearm, bringing an end to the match.Īll attention turned toward trying to halt Styles & the colossal Omos, but it was to no avail as Riddle, Ford and Dawkins were all left lying courtesy of the former Raw Tag Team Champions, who culminated the attack with a super-sized kick from Omos to The Viper.WWE Raw (also known as WWE Monday Night Raw and advertised as Monday Night Raw or simply known as Raw) is a professional wrestling television program that currently airs live on Monday evenings on the USA Network in the United States. Randy Orton & Riddle were in the midst of a heated battle against Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins until Omos slowly made his way down the ramp to get a closer look. The Street Profits are back on Raw, and they wanted the smoke right off the bat in tag team action against the red brand’s Tag Team Champions, RK-Bro. Catch WWE action on Peacock, WWE Network, FOX, USA Network, Sony India and more.
Raw Tag Team Champions Randy Orton & Riddle get their first look at The Street Profits in tag team action until AJ Styles & Omos crash the party.
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