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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/WWE_Raw_Logo_2019.svg/220px-WWE_Raw_Logo_2019.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/WWE_Raw_Logo_2019.svg/330px-WWE_Raw_Logo_2019.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/WWE_Raw_Logo_2019.svg/440px-WWE_Raw_Logo_2019.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="921" data-file-height="662" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>history of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">WWE Raw</a></i></b> began as WWF's <i>Monday Night Raw</i> on January 11, 1993. Over the next two decades, <i>Raw</i> would become the promotion's flagship show, achieving numerous milestones along the way. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premiere_and_early_years_(1993–1999)"><span id="Premiere_and_early_years_.281993.E2.80.931999.29"></span>Premiere and early years (1993–1999)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_WWE_Raw&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Premiere and early years (1993–1999)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Raw_debut_episode" title="Monday Night Raw debut episode">Monday Night Raw debut episode</a></div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WWF_Raw_(1993-1997)_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WWF_Raw_%281993-1997%29_Logo.svg/200px-WWF_Raw_%281993-1997%29_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WWF_Raw_%281993-1997%29_Logo.svg/300px-WWF_Raw_%281993-1997%29_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WWF_Raw_%281993-1997%29_Logo.svg/400px-WWF_Raw_%281993-1997%29_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="381" /></a><figcaption>The first <i>Raw</i> logo used in The New Generation Era between January 11, 1993 to March 3, 1997</figcaption></figure> <p>The program first aired on January 11, 1993, on the <a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA Network</a> as a replacement for <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Prime_Time_Wrestling" title="WWF Prime Time Wrestling">Prime Time Wrestling</a></i>, which aired on the network for eight years. The original <i>Raw</i> was sixty minutes in length and broke new ground in televised professional wrestling. Traditionally, wrestling shows were pre-taped on sound stages with small audiences or at large arena shows. The <i>Raw</i> formula was considerably different from the pre-taped weekend shows that aired at the time such as <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Superstars_of_Wrestling" title="WWF Superstars of Wrestling">Superstars</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Wrestling_Challenge" title="WWF Wrestling Challenge">Wrestling Challenge</a></i>. Instead of matches taped weeks in advance with studio voice overs and taped discussion, <i>Raw</i> was a show shot and aired to a live audience, with angles and matches playing out as they happened. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Savage" title="Randy Savage">Randy Savage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rob_Bartlett" title="Rob Bartlett">Rob Bartlett</a> were the original hosts of the show, as well as serving as traditional commentators. Bartlett, a comedian who previously had nothing to do with the wrestling industry, would be replaced by <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Heenan" title="Bobby Heenan">Bobby Heenan</a> in April 1993. Heenan left the WWF in December 1993 to join <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">WCW</a>, and left McMahon and Savage to host the show alone, before Savage too would leave the WWF for WCW in October 1994, leaving McMahon with several different co-hosts each week including Shawn Michaels and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Cornette" title="Jim Cornette">Jim Cornette</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a> would become McMahon's permanent co-host on April 10, 1995. In 1997, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a> would take over for Vince McMahon as RAW's play-by-play commentator. Ross and Lawler worked as a regular team until 2008, when Michael Cole was moved to this role after being drafted to Raw. On December 29, 2014 <a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a> replaced Lawler on commentary for <i>Raw</i> following Lawler's hospitalization for diverticulitis. On June 8, 2015, <a href="/wiki/Byron_Saxton" title="Byron Saxton">Byron Saxton</a> would be replace Booker as a permanent co-host for <i>Raw</i> following Booker's filming <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Tough_Enough" title="WWE Tough Enough">Tough Enough</a></i>, along with <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cole_(wrestling)" title="Michael Cole (wrestling)">Michael Cole</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a>, who joined <i>Raw</i> as a color analyst on April 1, 2013, making <i>Raw</i> announce team consist of Cole, Layfield and Saxton. <a href="/wiki/Corey_Graves" title="Corey Graves">Corey Graves</a> would later replace JBL. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vince_McMahon_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Vince_McMahon_2.jpg/150px-Vince_McMahon_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Vince_McMahon_2.jpg/225px-Vince_McMahon_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Vince_McMahon_2.jpg/300px-Vince_McMahon_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1972" data-file-height="2860" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a>, the owner and chairman of WWF (now WWE) and creator of <i>Raw</i>, also served as an announcer until 1997</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Raw</i> originated from the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_Center" title="Manhattan Center">Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center</a>, a small <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> theater, and aired live each week. The combination of an intimate venue and live action proved to be a successful improvement. However, the weekly live schedule proved to be a financial drain on the WWF. From spring 1993 until spring 1997, <i>Raw</i> would tape several weeks worth of episodes after a live episode had aired. The WWF taped several weeks worth of <i>Raw</i> from the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Hudson_Civic_Center" title="Mid-Hudson Civic Center">Mid-Hudson Civic Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Poughkeepsie,_New_York" title="Poughkeepsie, New York">Poughkeepsie</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> in April 1993, and again in June and October (from 1984 to 1986, the Civic Center was the home of another WWF TV show, <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Championship_Wrestling" title="WWF Championship Wrestling">Championship Wrestling</a></i>). The first episode produced outside of New York was taped in <a href="/wiki/Bushkill,_Pennsylvania" title="Bushkill, Pennsylvania">Bushkill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> in November 1993 and <i>Raw</i> left the Manhattan Center permanently as the show would be taken on the road throughout the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and had in smaller venues. </p><p><i>Raw</i>, uniquely in its day, featured some competitive matches between upper level talent such as <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Martel" title="Rick Martel">Rick Martel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curt_Hennig" title="Curt Hennig">Mr. Perfect</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lex_Luger" title="Lex Luger">Lex Luger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_DiBiase" title="Ted DiBiase">"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rotunda" title="Mike Rotunda">Irwin R. Schyster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Razor Ramon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doink_the_Clown" title="Doink the Clown">Doink the Clown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yokozuna_(wrestler)" title="Yokozuna (wrestler)">Yokozuna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marty_Jannetty" title="Marty Jannetty">Marty Jannetty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sean_Waltman" title="Sean Waltman">The 1–2–3 Kid</a> in its early years. Up until that point, unless it was part of an ongoing <a href="/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling)" title="Feud (professional wrestling)">feud</a> or a title match, most matches on nationally televised WWF programs were primarily "<a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Squash" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">squash</a>" matches (which were featured on <i>Raw</i> early on as well). Only <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event" title="Saturday Night's Main Event">Saturday Night's Main Event</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_The_Main_Event" title="WWF The Main Event">The Main Event</a></i> generally featured the type of competitive matches <i>Raw</i> had, though unlike <i>Raw</i>, those two programs were run infrequently. Huge storyline-developing matches were regularly featured, such as <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a> vs. Mr. Perfect in January 1993; this would be Flair's last appearance in the company for almost 9 years. Also, The 1–2–3 Kid's upset victory over <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hall" title="Scott Hall">Razor Ramon</a> in May 1993 would result in The Kid becoming an upper roster mainstay for years to come. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Monday_Night_War_and_Raw_Is_War_(1995–1999)"><span id="The_Monday_Night_War_and_Raw_Is_War_.281995.E2.80.931999.29"></span>The Monday Night War and <i>Raw Is War</i> (1995–1999)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_WWE_Raw&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Monday Night War and Raw Is War (1995–1999)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_War" title="Monday Night War">Monday Night War</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WWF_Raw_is_War_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/WWF_Raw_is_War_logo.svg/200px-WWF_Raw_is_War_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/WWF_Raw_is_War_logo.svg/300px-WWF_Raw_is_War_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/WWF_Raw_is_War_logo.svg/400px-WWF_Raw_is_War_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="281" /></a><figcaption>"RAW is WAR" logo used from March 10, 1997 to October 1, 2001</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:10.9.10JerryLawlerByLuigiNovi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/10.9.10JerryLawlerByLuigiNovi.jpg/150px-10.9.10JerryLawlerByLuigiNovi.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/10.9.10JerryLawlerByLuigiNovi.jpg/225px-10.9.10JerryLawlerByLuigiNovi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/10.9.10JerryLawlerByLuigiNovi.jpg/300px-10.9.10JerryLawlerByLuigiNovi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1375" data-file-height="1434" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a>, who was the longtime color commentator of <i>Raw</i> since April 10, 1995 until December 29, 2014, left <i>Raw</i> to join the <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown</a></i> broadcast team on January 15, 2015, during its move to Thursday nights on <a href="/wiki/Syfy" title="Syfy">Syfy</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On September 4, 1995, the WWF's chief competitor <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> (WCW) began airing its new wrestling show, <i><a href="/wiki/WCW_Monday_Nitro" title="WCW Monday Nitro">Monday Nitro</a></i>, live each week on <a href="/wiki/TNT_(American_TV_network)" title="TNT (American TV network)">TNT</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-p53HistoryofWWE_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p53HistoryofWWE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Raw</i> and <i>Nitro</i> went head-to-head for the first time on September 11, 1995. <i>Nitro</i> was transmitted live on television, and due to <i>Raw</i> still being pre-recorded on certain weeks, <i>Nitro</i> play-by-play voice <a href="/wiki/Eric_Bischoff" title="Eric Bischoff">Eric Bischoff</a>, who also was WCW's vice president at the time, would frequently give away the results of WWF's pre-taped <i>Raw</i> shows on the live WCW show. Some fans also looked at <i>Raw</i> taping results on the steadily growing <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>; this caused the <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">ratings</a> of the taped <i>Raw</i> episodes to decrease. </p><p>At the start of the ratings war in 1995 through to mid-1996, <i>Raw</i> and <i>Nitro</i> exchanged victories over each other in a closely contested rivalry. Beginning in mid-1996, however, thanks primarily to the <a href="/wiki/New_World_Order_(professional_wrestling)" title="New World Order (professional wrestling)">nWo</a> <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Angle" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">angle</a>, <i>Nitro</i> started a ratings win-streak that lasted for 84 consecutive weeks, ending on April 13, 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-p53HistoryofWWE_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p53HistoryofWWE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Nitro</i> also moved to two hours from May 27, 1996, while <i>Raw</i> stayed at one hour up to the January 27, 1997 episode. </p><p>Controversy erupted on the November 4, 1996 episode of <i>Raw</i> when <a href="/wiki/Brian_Pillman" title="Brian Pillman">Brian Pillman</a>, engaged in a feud with <a href="/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pillman%27s_got_a_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Pillman's got a gun">pulled a gun on Austin</a> during a home-invasion segment. Pillman was also heard shouting the word "fucking" during the segment, which, due to the live nature of that week's <i>Raw</i>, went uncensored. Executives at USA Network were not pleased with the episode, and forced the WWF and Pillman to apologize for the incident. Pillman was sent to a mental hospital a few days after the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The November 4, 1996 episode is also the first appearance of <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a>, as Rocky Maivia.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The poor rating (2.2) for the January 20, 1997 episode of <i>Raw</i>, the night after the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(1997)" title="Royal Rumble (1997)">Royal Rumble</a>, caused the WWF and USA Network to increase <i>Raw</i> to two hours and prevent TNT's <i>Nitro</i> from having an unopposed hour. The WWF also decided to run <i>Raw</i> as a live show more often to combat <i>Nitro</i>, with the normal schedule being one live <i>Raw</i> followed by a taped episode. </p><p>On February 3, 1997, <i>Raw</i> went to a two-hour format,<sup id="cite_ref-p53HistoryofWWE_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p53HistoryofWWE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to compete with the extra hour on Nitro, as <a href="/wiki/The_Attitude_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="The Attitude Era">an edgier, more hostile attitude</a> was starting to come in full stream in the WWF. In an attempt to break the momentum of what had turned into ratings domination by <i>Nitro</i>, <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a> (ECW) was brought in as <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a> challenged ECW on February 17, 1997. In an episode where <i>Raw</i> returned to the Manhattan Center, the challenge was answered with <a href="/wiki/Tazz" class="mw-redirect" title="Tazz">Taz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mikey_Whipwreck" title="Mikey Whipwreck">Mikey Whipwreck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabu_(wrestler)" title="Sabu (wrestler)">Sabu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Dreamer" title="Tommy Dreamer">Tommy Dreamer</a>, <a href="/wiki/D-Von_Dudley" title="D-Von Dudley">D-Von Dudley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Sandman_(wrestler)" title="The Sandman (wrestler)">The Sandman</a> and "ECW representative" <a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a> appearing and performing ECW-style matches for the WWF audience.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Cole_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Michael_Cole_2010.jpg/150px-Michael_Cole_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Michael_Cole_2010.jpg/225px-Michael_Cole_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Michael_Cole_2010.jpg/300px-Michael_Cole_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1189" data-file-height="1622" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cole_(wrestling)" title="Michael Cole (wrestling)">Michael Cole</a>, the lead announcer of <i>Raw</i> since November 1997 until July 1998, during <i>Raw Is War</i> aired in the first hour, in December 1998 until April 1999, from June 30, 2008, until September 23, 2019, and since August 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>On March 3, 1997, a <a href="/wiki/House_show" title="House show">house show</a> from <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin, Germany</a>, which was filmed with few cameras and poor lighting and featured an array of <a href="/wiki/Heat_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heat (professional wrestling)">cold</a> matches with no storyline builds to them, aired as that week's episode of <i>Raw</i>. The show—notable for featuring the initial awarding of the <a href="/wiki/WWE_European_Championship" title="WWE European Championship">WWF European Championship</a> to <a href="/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith" title="Davey Boy Smith">The British Bulldog</a>—was very poorly received by fans (earning only a 1.9 rating, one of the lowest the show has ever recorded) and WWF executives, alike.<sup id="cite_ref-2xZone_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2xZone-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following week, <i>Raw</i> was completely revamped with a new set, new theme music (originally "<a href="/wiki/The_Beautiful_People_(song)" title="The Beautiful People (song)">The Beautiful People</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Manson" title="Marilyn Manson">Marilyn Manson</a>, later a WWF-created song), and was renamed <i>Raw Is War</i>. The March 17, 1997 episode featured a heated <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a>/Vince McMahon altercation where Hart shoved McMahon to the mat and engaged in a profanity-laden tirade, much of which went uncensored.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout 1997, further controversial elements emerged with <i>Raw Is War</i> and WWF programming. Notable angles included Bret Hart and his <a href="/wiki/The_Hart_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hart Foundation">Hart Foundation</a> declaring war on the United States lifestyle, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bearer" title="Paul Bearer">Paul Bearer</a> delivering an intense <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Promo" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">promo</a> on June 30 claiming that <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a>'s brother <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> was still alive after surviving a house fire twenty years prior and claiming that The Undertaker had started it, gang warfare between the <a href="/wiki/Nation_of_Domination" title="Nation of Domination">Nation of Domination</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Disciples_of_Apocalypse" class="mw-redirect" title="The Disciples of Apocalypse">The Disciples of Apocalypse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Los_Boricuas" title="Los Boricuas">Los Boricuas</a> erupting in the summer, Stone Cold Steve Austin's building feud with WWF executives, and primarily Vince McMahon (who was now known as the <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Legit" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">legit</a> owner of the WWF), and the emergence of <a href="/wiki/D-Generation_X" title="D-Generation X">D-Generation X</a> (DX) as an anti-establishment group. On November 17, Vince McMahon was interviewed by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a> about the infamous <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Screwjob" title="Montreal Screwjob">Montreal Screwjob</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1997)" title="Survivor Series (1997)">Survivor Series</a> and said to the world that "Bret Hart screwed Bret Hart" and claimed that Hart was a tragic figure on that night, thus starting the Mr. McMahon <a href="/wiki/Gimmick_(professional_wrestling)" title="Gimmick (professional wrestling)">gimmick</a>. Hart had then left for WCW immediately following the Survivor Series event. Plans which were made by USA Network head <a href="/wiki/Kay_Koplovitz" title="Kay Koplovitz">Kay Koplovitz</a> to cancel Raw after its contract with the network expired in May 1998 were prevented after media mogul <a href="/wiki/Barry_Diller" title="Barry Diller">Barry Diller</a>, who was also a mentor of WWF-affiliated NBC Universal executive <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Hammer" title="Bonnie Hammer">Bonnie Hammer</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dillerhammer_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dillerhammer-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bought the network and ousted Koplovitz.<sup id="cite_ref-dillerhammer_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dillerhammer-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XIV" title="WrestleMania XIV">WrestleMania XIV</a> in March 1998, which featured <a href="/wiki/Mike_Tyson" title="Mike Tyson">Mike Tyson</a> as a ring enforcer, and Shawn Michaels' final match up until 2002, the WWF regained the lead in the Monday Night War with its new "WWF Attitude" brand, led in particular by rising stars Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mankind</a> and an established star The Undertaker. The classic feud between the <a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">villainous</a> WWF Chairman Mr. McMahon and <a href="/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" title="Face (professional wrestling)">fan favorite</a> Stone Cold Steve Austin caught the interest of fans. The April 13, 1998 episode of <i>Raw Is War</i>, which was headlined by a match between Austin and McMahon, marked the first time that WCW had lost the head-to-head Monday night <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">ratings</a> battle in the 84 weeks since June 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Ross_No_Mercy_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Jim_Ross_No_Mercy_2007.jpg/150px-Jim_Ross_No_Mercy_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Jim_Ross_No_Mercy_2007.jpg/225px-Jim_Ross_No_Mercy_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Jim_Ross_No_Mercy_2007.jpg/300px-Jim_Ross_No_Mercy_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1901" data-file-height="2534" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a>, the longtime lead announcer since July 11, 1994 until July 25, 1994, November 1997 until November 1998, April 1999 until October 10, 2005, and May 8, 2006, until June 23, 2008; he also appeared as the part-time color commentator along with <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kelly_(announcer)" title="Kevin Kelly (announcer)">Kevin Kelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cole_(wrestling)" title="Michael Cole (wrestling)">Michael Cole</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On <i>Raw Is War</i>, fans were immersed in the feud between Mr. McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin, while superstars like Triple H, Mankind and The Rock were gradually elevated to main event status in the WWF. Other superstars such as Kane, <a href="/wiki/Val_Venis" title="Val Venis">Val Venis</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_New_Age_Outlaws" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Age Outlaws">The New Age Outlaws</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a> were coming through the ranks and exposing the WWF as territory where new talent could ascend, as opposed to WCW. Matters were so heated between the two programs that, when both shows were in the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> area on the same night (<i>Raw Is War</i> in <a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton, Virginia</a>, <i>Nitro</i> in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>), DX was sent to film a "war" segment at the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Scope" title="Norfolk Scope">Norfolk Scope</a> where they berated WCW and interviewed fans on camera who stated that they received their <i>Nitro</i> tickets for free (presumably in an attempt by WCW to pack the arena to capacity due to low ticket sales).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 4, 1999, <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a>, who had wrestled for WCW during the early 1990s as Cactus Jack, <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley#WWF_Champion_(1998–2000)" title="Mick Foley">won the WWF Championship as Mankind</a> on <i>Raw Is War</i>. On orders from Bischoff, <i>Nitro</i> announcer <a href="/wiki/Tony_Schiavone" title="Tony Schiavone">Tony Schiavone</a> gave away this previously taped result on a live <i>Nitro</i> and then sarcastically added, "That's gonna put some butts in the seats", consequently resulting in over 600,000 viewers switching channels to <i>Raw Is War</i> to see the underdog capture the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWF Championship</a>. This was also the night that <i>Nitro</i> aired a <a href="/wiki/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="WCW World Heavyweight Championship">WCW World Heavyweight Championship</a> match in which <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nash" title="Kevin Nash">Kevin Nash</a> lay down for <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hollywood Hogan</a> after Hogan <a href="/wiki/Fingerpoke_of_Doom" title="Fingerpoke of Doom">poked him in the chest</a>. </p><p>Tragedy befell the WWF at the <a href="/wiki/Over_the_Edge_(1999)" title="Over the Edge (1999)">Over the Edge</a> pay-per-view on May 23, 1999, when <a href="/wiki/Owen_Hart" title="Owen Hart">Owen Hart</a> <a href="/wiki/Over_the_Edge_(1999)#Owen_Hart_accident" title="Over the Edge (1999)">died after an in-ring stunt gone wrong</a>. The following night on <i>Raw</i> (which was named <i>Raw Is Owen</i>), the entire episode was dedicated to the memory of Hart with various WWF personalities delivering out-of-character comments on the accident. While the episode was the second highest rated episode of <i>Raw</i> up to that point,<sup id="cite_ref-2xZone_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2xZone-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was regarded by several critics, including Hart's brother, Bret, as being in bad taste.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the summer of 1999, every <i>Raw</i> was generally live, which remains the format today. A few exceptions still exist, most notably during the <a href="/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season" title="Christmas and holiday season">Christmas and holiday season</a> when WWE will tape two weeks worth of shows so their superstars can be home for the holiday season. <i>Raw</i> will also often air on <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delay</a> whenever the company is touring overseas, such as its biannual airing of <i>Raw</i> from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> (which is shown live in that country). Until the end of its first run on USA Network in 2000, <i>Raw</i> would also often be pre-empted by the annual <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Kennel_Club_Dog_Show" title="Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show">Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show</a>, which after WWE's return to USA in 2005 would air on <a href="/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a> on Monday nights. </p><p>On September 27, 1999, Mick Foley helped <i>Raw Is War</i> achieve some of its highest ratings ever with a segment featuring himself (as Mankind) and The Rock. In a send-up of the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Your_Life_(American_franchise)" title="This Is Your Life (American franchise)">This Is Your Life</a></i>, Mankind presented people from The Rock's past, such as a home economics teacher, gym teacher and old high school girlfriend, all of whom were hilariously rejected by The Rock. The <i>This is Your Life</i> segment remains one of the highest rated segments in <i>Raw</i> viewership history, with an 8.4 <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">rating</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="TNN_/_Spike_TV_years_(2000–2005)"><span id="TNN_.2F_Spike_TV_years_.282000.E2.80.932005.29"></span>TNN / Spike TV years (2000–2005)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_WWE_Raw&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: TNN / Spike TV years (2000–2005)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Heyman_is_the_happiest_man_in_the_world.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Paul_Heyman_is_the_happiest_man_in_the_world.jpg/150px-Paul_Heyman_is_the_happiest_man_in_the_world.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Paul_Heyman_is_the_happiest_man_in_the_world.jpg/225px-Paul_Heyman_is_the_happiest_man_in_the_world.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Paul_Heyman_is_the_happiest_man_in_the_world.jpg/300px-Paul_Heyman_is_the_happiest_man_in_the_world.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1304" data-file-height="2236" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a> who joined the broadcast team on <i>Raw Is War</i> on March 5, 2001, until July 9, 2001, replacing <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry "The King" Lawler</a> after the closing of <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">ECW</a>; he also made a return as a commentator on July 30, 2001, until November 12, 2001</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WCW_Invasion_(2000-2002)"><span id="WCW_Invasion_.282000-2002.29"></span>WCW Invasion (2000-2002)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_WWE_Raw&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: WCW Invasion (2000-2002)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Invasion (professional wrestling)">The Invasion (professional wrestling)</a></div> <p>In June 2000, <a href="/wiki/Viacom_(original)" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom (original)">Viacom</a>, the parent company of <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a>, which aired <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">WWF SmackDown!</a></i>, won the rights of all WWF programming (including <i>Raw Is War</i>) for $12.6 million after the World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. (WWFE) sued USA Network over the <a href="/wiki/Right_of_first_refusal" title="Right of first refusal">right of first refusal</a> contractual dispute ruled in Delaware court.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Raw Is War</i> premiered on <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Network#The_National_Network,_the_New_TNN,_and_professional_wrestling_(2000–2003)" title="Paramount Network">TNN</a> (which later became Spike TV) on September 25, 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Raw_to_TNN_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raw_to_TNN-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new television contract with Viacom, TNN/Spike TV's parent company, and the subsequent purchase of competitor WCW led to many changes in WWF's programming content. </p><p>Just before the final night of <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_War" title="Monday Night War">Monday Night War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a> was joined in commentary by the owner of <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">ECW</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a>, who replacing <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry "The King" Lawler</a> on March 5, 2001, until July 9, 2001. Heyman made a return on <i>Raw Is War</i> as a commentator on July 30, 2001, until November 12, 2001. </p><p>WCW's sharp decline in revenue and ratings led to <a href="/wiki/AOL_Time_Warner" class="mw-redirect" title="AOL Time Warner">AOL Time Warner</a> selling selected assets such as the WCW name, tape library, and contracts to the WWF in March 2001. The final episode of <i>Nitro</i> aired on March 26, 2001. The show began with Vince McMahon making a short statement about his recent purchase of WCW and ended with a simulcast with <i>Raw</i> on TNN and <i>Nitro</i> on TNT including an appearance by Vince's son <a href="/wiki/Shane_McMahon" title="Shane McMahon">Shane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wwe55_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwe55-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The younger McMahon interrupted his father's gloating over the WCW purchase to explain that Shane was the one who actually owned WCW, setting up what became the WWF's "<a href="/wiki/The_Invasion_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Invasion (professional wrestling)">Invasion</a>" storyline. Following the purchase of WCW and the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>, the program was retitled as <i>Raw</i> on October 1, 2001, permanently retiring the <i>Raw Is War</i> moniker in the wake of the upcoming <a href="/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Afghanistan" title="United States invasion of Afghanistan">United States invasion of Afghanistan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brand_extension_(2002–2005)"><span id="Brand_extension_.282002.E2.80.932005.29"></span>Brand extension (2002–2005)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_WWE_Raw&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Brand extension (2002–2005)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">WWE brand extension</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WWE_Raw_(Ruthless_Aggression)_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/WWE_Raw_%28Ruthless_Aggression%29_Logo.png/200px-WWE_Raw_%28Ruthless_Aggression%29_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/WWE_Raw_%28Ruthless_Aggression%29_Logo.png/300px-WWE_Raw_%28Ruthless_Aggression%29_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/WWE_Raw_%28Ruthless_Aggression%29_Logo.png/400px-WWE_Raw_%28Ruthless_Aggression%29_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="134" /></a><figcaption>The <i>Raw</i> logo used from April 1, 2002 to October 2, 2006.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the spring of 2002, the WWF underwent a process they called the "brand extension".<sup id="cite_ref-wwe55_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwe55-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WWF divided itself into two <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i> wrestling <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Promotion" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">promotions</a> with separate rosters, storylines and <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_authority_figures" title="Professional wrestling authority figures">authority figures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wwe55_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwe55-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Raw</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown!</a></i> would host each division, give its name to the division and essentially compete against each other. The split came about as a result of the WWF purchasing their two biggest competitors, WCW and ECW, and the WWF having an abundance of talent on the roster. The brand extension was publicly announced by <a href="/wiki/Linda_McMahon" title="Linda McMahon">Linda McMahon</a> during a telecast of <i>Raw</i> on March 18, 2002, and became official the next week. Shortly thereafter, the WWF was <a href="/wiki/WWE#World_Wrestling_Entertainment,_Inc._(2002–present)" title="WWE">legally required to change the name of the company</a> to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Wrestlers became show-exclusive, wrestling for their specific show only. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Return_to_USA_Network_(2005–present)"><span id="Return_to_USA_Network_.282005.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Return to USA Network (2005–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_WWE_Raw&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Return to USA Network (2005–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brand_extension_continues_(2005–2011)"><span id="Brand_extension_continues_.282005.E2.80.932011.29"></span>Brand extension continues (2005–2011)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_WWE_Raw&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Brand extension continues (2005–2011)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 10, 2005, <a href="/wiki/Viacom_(2005%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom (2005–present)">Viacom</a> and WWE decided not to go on with the agreement with <a href="/wiki/Spike_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spike (TV channel)">Spike TV</a>, effectively ending <i>Raw</i> and other <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_WWE_programming" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current WWE programming">WWE programs</a>'s tenure on the network when their deal expired in September 2005. On April 4, 2005, WWE announced a three-year deal with <a href="/wiki/NBCUniversal" title="NBCUniversal">NBCUniversal</a> to bring <i>Raw</i> back to its former home, the USA Network, with two yearly specials on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> <i>Raw</i> on <a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">Telemundo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Raw_Returns_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raw_Returns-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same week as <i>Raw</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s return to the USA Network, Spike TV scheduled <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship" title="Ultimate Fighting Championship">Ultimate Fighting Championship</a> (UFC)'s live <i>Ultimate Fight Night</i> in <i>Raw</i>'s old timeslot in an attempt to go head-to-head with <i>Raw</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-WWE_vs_UFC_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWE_vs_UFC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 26, 2005, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Coachman" title="Jonathan Coachman">Jonathan Coachman</a> revealed that he would be the new color commentator for <i>Raw</i>, a position he held until April 24, 2006, when he left to become the <i>Raw</i> General Manager on June 11, 2007. Coachman also did the play-by-play over the next three weeks before <a href="/wiki/Joey_Styles" title="Joey Styles">Joey Styles</a> revealed that he would be the new lead announcer for <i>Raw</i> on the following week after the <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">firing</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a> by <a href="/wiki/Linda_McMahon" title="Linda McMahon">Linda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> on October 10, 2005. The show's first night back on October 3, 2005, on the USA Network was billed as the "<a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw_Homecoming" title="WWE Raw Homecoming">WWE Homecoming</a>", a three-hour special that featured the return of former WWF/E Champions such as Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, Triple H and Vince McMahon, along with cameos from legends such as <a href="/wiki/Roddy_Piper" title="Roddy Piper">Roddy Piper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Hart" title="Jimmy Hart">Jimmy Hart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Snuka" title="Jimmy Snuka">Jimmy Snuka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harley_Race" title="Harley Race">Harley Race</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ted_DiBiase" title="Ted DiBiase">Ted DiBiase</a>. Also, it featured a 30-minute <a href="/wiki/Iron_Man_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron Man match">Iron Man match</a> between Shawn Michaels and <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Angle" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WWE_vs_UFC_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWE_vs_UFC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> USA also showed <i>Raw Exposed</i>, an hour of the best moments of <i>Raw</i> during its previous run on USA. WWE announced that <i>Raw</i> received its highest ratings in three years. On-camera, the show began to be referred to as <i>Monday Night Raw</i> again. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WWERawHD.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/WWERawHD.jpg/220px-WWERawHD.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/WWERawHD.jpg/330px-WWERawHD.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/WWERawHD.jpg/440px-WWERawHD.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="583" /></a><figcaption><i>Raw's</i> first version of the universal WWE HD set used from January 25, 2008, until July 20, 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>During the September 25, 2006 episode of <i>Raw</i> in <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma</a>, the opening of <i>Raw</i> suffered a blackout. Spotlights were the only lights running in the house, thus the opening match (between <a href="/wiki/Lita_(wrestler)" title="Lita (wrestler)">Lita</a> and <a href="/wiki/Candice_Michelle" title="Candice Michelle">Candice Michelle</a>) was contested in the dark. Power in the presentation was later restored. Another similar moment happened back on May 26, 1996, in <a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina" title="Florence, South Carolina">Florence, South Carolina</a> for WWF <a href="/wiki/In_Your_House_8:_Beware_of_Dog" title="In Your House 8: Beware of Dog">In Your House 8: Beware of Dog</a>, when a major thunderstorm hit the <a href="/wiki/Florence_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Florence Civic Center">Florence Civic Center</a> causing major chaos for the pay-per-view. That Tuesday, Beware of Dog returned to <a href="/wiki/North_Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="North Charleston, South Carolina">North Charleston, South Carolina</a> to finish out three matches that were not shown because of the lost power feed. That October 9, 2006 episode of <i>Raw</i> held a three-hour season premiere called the "<i>Raw</i> Family Reunion", where the <i>Raw</i> brand debuted a new logo and theme song, <a href="/wiki/Papa_Roach" title="Papa Roach">Papa Roach</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/...To_Be_Loved" title="...To Be Loved">...To Be Loved</a>". The episode also featured talent from the <i>SmackDown!</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/ECW_(WWE)" class="mw-redirect" title="ECW (WWE)">ECW</a></i> brands. Later that month, on October 23, <i>Raw</i> aired its 700th episode.<sup id="cite_ref-wwe55_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwe55-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 25, 2007, <i>Raw</i> was scheduled in <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi, Texas</a> to be a three-hour special memorial show for the <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">storyline</a> death of the <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Mr. McMahon</a> character. Two weeks earlier, the show had broadcast an angle in which Mr. McMahon was presumably murdered by a bomb planted within his limousine. The "Mr. McMahon tribute" was cancelled on the day it was due to air after <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit_double_murder_and_suicide" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Benoit double murder and suicide">the real life death</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chris_Benoit" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Benoit_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Benoit (wrestler)">his family</a>. The show was hastily canceled, the audience was denied entrance to the arena and that night's episode instead became a three-hour tribute to Benoit, airing highlights from the WWE DVD <i>Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story</i> and a selection of Benoit's most famous matches. Several wrestlers paid tribute in the form of real interviews about him and Vince McMahon broke character to address the viewers about what had happened. However, when the facts of Benoit's death came to light, WWE pulled this episode from international markets which aired <i>Raw</i> on a <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delay</a> basis. Several channels announced the episode was being withheld for legal reasons. A substitute <i>Raw</i>, hosted by <a href="/wiki/Todd_Grisham" title="Todd Grisham">Todd Grisham</a> from WWE Studios, was created featuring recaps of John Cena's WWE Championship victories, mainly the ones that had occurred over the past year. The episode started with a message from Vince McMahon, similar to the one which originally aired on the June 26 episode of <i>ECW</i>. Some countries that received WWE programming up to three weeks late had all Chris Benoit matches edited out. </p><p>On December 10, 2007, <i>Raw</i> celebrated its 15th anniversary in a three-hour special on the USA Network. The <i>Raw 15th Anniversary</i> DVD was also released which featured some of the most memorable moments in <i>Raw</i> history, hosted by Todd Grisham. </p><p>From 2010 to 2011, the heel stable <a href="/wiki/The_Nexus_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Nexus (professional wrestling)">The Nexus</a> feuded with John Cena and the WWE Raw roster. On September 19, 2011, Triple H fired <a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a> and <a href="/wiki/R-Truth" title="R-Truth">R-Truth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="End_of_brand_extension_(2011–2012)"><span id="End_of_brand_extension_.282011.E2.80.932012.29"></span>End of brand extension (2011–2012)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_WWE_Raw&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: End of brand extension (2011–2012)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From July 2010 to July 2012 there was the <a href="/wiki/Anonymous_Raw_General_Manager" title="Anonymous Raw General Manager">Anonymous Raw General Manager</a> after firing the previous general manager, <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a>, who ran <i>Raw</i> intermittently.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2011, the brand extension was suspended with superstars from <i>SmackDown</i> appearing on <i>Raw</i> as well (and vice versa), and the show was named <i>Raw SuperShow</i>. It was revealed the Anonymous Raw General Manager was <a href="/wiki/Hornswoggle" title="Hornswoggle">Hornswoggle</a> on July 9, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Move_to_a_three-hour_format_(2012–2016)"><span id="Move_to_a_three-hour_format_.282012.E2.80.932016.29"></span>Move to a three-hour format (2012–2016)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_WWE_Raw&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Move to a three-hour format (2012–2016)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WWE_Raw_stage_2012-2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="10" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/WWE_Raw_stage_2012-2016.jpg/220px-WWE_Raw_stage_2012-2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/WWE_Raw_stage_2012-2016.jpg/330px-WWE_Raw_stage_2012-2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/WWE_Raw_stage_2012-2016.jpg/440px-WWE_Raw_stage_2012-2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>WWE Raw stage set used July 30, 2012-July 18, 2016. The scratch WWE logo podium shown here was replaced with the WWE Network logo on the Raw after SummerSlam 2014. A bigger version was used on the Raw 1000 episode on July 23, 2012</figcaption></figure><p> On July 23, 2012, <i>Raw</i> aired its <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw_1000" title="WWE Raw 1000">1000th episode</a>, which also began its permanent three-hour format and saw the removal of the "Supershow" part from the show's name, with exclusive live chat by <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Sheen" title="Charlie Sheen">Charlie Sheen</a> via <a href="/wiki/Skype" title="Skype">Skype</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 14, 2013, <i>Raw</i> celebrated its 20th year on the air. On April 1, 2013, <a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a> joined the broadcast team alongside <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cole_(wrestling)" title="Michael Cole (wrestling)">Michael Cole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry "The King" Lawler</a>. Layfield began sitting in as a commentator on September 16, 2012 at <a href="/wiki/Night_of_Champions_(2012)" title="Night of Champions (2012)">Night of Champions</a>, replacing Lawler, who was recovering from a <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attack</a> he suffered during <i>Raw</i> in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> the previous Monday. Layfield also appeared on <i>Raw</i> as a commentator for one night on December 9 and 23, 2013, and January 6, 2014, while Lawler was absent and sick during the day. He also sat in on September 17, 2012, and October 8, 2012, and October 28, 2012, at <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_(2012)" title="Hell in a Cell (2012)">Hell in a Cell</a> pay-per-view alongside Cole and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ross" title="Jim Ross">Jim Ross</a>, following Lawler's recovering from a heart attack once again. He made a return as a commentator on <i>Raw'</i>s 20th Anniversary special episode on January 14, 2013, alongside Ross and Lawler, following Ross sat in for Cole, who allowed him to call the main event between <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a> inside <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Steel_Cages" title="Professional wrestling match types">steel cage</a>. In the same time, the <i>Raw</i> episode filmed in New Jersey directly following <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_29" title="WrestleMania 29">WrestleMania 29</a> was noted as having various memorable moments involving chants from the event's vocal crowd, one of the most recognised is <a href="/wiki/Fandango_(wrestler)" title="Fandango (wrestler)">Fandango</a>'s theme song. The post-WrestleMania <i>Raw</i> has typically featured highly vocal crowds throughout history, regardless of location.<sup id="cite_ref-baltimoresun1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baltimoresun1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 26, 2015, the post-Rumble <i>Raw</i> in <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford</a> was postponed due to a <a href="/wiki/January_2015_North_American_blizzard" title="January 2015 North American blizzard">major winter storm</a> and travel bans across <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> that were occurring at the time, and that night's episode instead became an exclusive interview inside the WWE World Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford, Connecticut</a>, the weather reports from John Layfield, and the clips from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2015)" title="Royal Rumble (2015)">night before</a>, albeit with commercial breaks, courtesy of the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Network" title="WWE Network">WWE Network</a>. Michael Cole, <a href="/wiki/Byron_Saxton" title="Byron Saxton">Byron Saxton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Renee_Young" class="mw-redirect" title="Renee Young">Renee Young</a> interviewed several wrestlers, including <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Danielson" title="Bryan Danielson">Daniel Bryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brock_Lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a> to talk about last night's Royal Rumble in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jerry Lawler was going to join the broadcast team in 2012 on <i>SmackDown</i> until he had a heart attack.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lawler became ill with <a href="/wiki/Diverticulitis" title="Diverticulitis">diverticulitis</a> on January 1, 2015, leading to the <a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_pay-per-view_events" class="mw-redirect" title="List of WWE pay-per-view events">WWE pay-per-view events</a> kickoff analyst <a href="/wiki/Booker_T_(wrestler)" title="Booker T (wrestler)">Booker T</a> taking his announcing duties.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SmackDown_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmackDown-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Lawler recovered from diverticulitis, WWE moved him to the <i>SmackDown</i> broadcasting team after the broadcast on January 9, 2015, with his first air date as January 15, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-SmackDown_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmackDown-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag relies on an unreliable source. (May 2017)">unreliable source</span></a></i>]</sup> Booker T also joined the broadcast team on <i>Raw</i> as the alternate color commentator on September 26, 2011, until October 3, 2011, and October 2, 2011, at <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_(2011)" title="Hell in a Cell (2011)">Hell in a Cell</a> pay-per-view, along with Michael Cole and Jim Ross, April 25, 2011 <i>Raw</i> episode alongside <a href="/wiki/Josh_Mathews" title="Josh Mathews">Josh Mathews</a>, Cole and Lawler, and he also joined with Cole and Lawler to provide commentary on June 20, 2011, November 21, 2011, and March 26, 2012. On June 1, 2015, Booker T left <i>Raw</i> as a commentator to film <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Tough_Enough" title="WWE Tough Enough">Tough Enough</a></i>, leaving the color-commentator position vacant. However, <a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a> color commentator and WWE pay-per-view events kickoff analyst Byron Saxton replaced him afterwards on June 8, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag relies on an unreliable source. (May 2017)">unreliable source</span></a></i>]</sup> Saxton appeared as guest announcer on <i>Raw</i> for two weeks after <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_31" title="WrestleMania 31">WrestleMania 31</a>, alongside Jerry Lawler because Cole, Layfield, and Booker T were <a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">assaulted</a> by Brock Lesnar in the opening segment.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cole, Lawler, and Layfield would continue to provide commentary during WWE pay-per-view events until <a href="/wiki/TLC:_Tables,_Ladders_and_Chairs_(2015)" class="mw-redirect" title="TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2015)">December 13, 2015 (TLC)</a>, before Saxton took over for Lawler at the announce table on the next pay-per-view events (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2016)" title="Royal Rumble (2016)">Royal Rumble</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fastlane_(2016)" title="Fastlane (2016)">Fastlane</a> and others) in 2016. For the 52 episodes of <i>Raw</i> in 2014, it was noted that only 18 episodes (34.6%) featured the show ending with a main event match with a decisive finish. At one point around WrestleMania, there were 10 occasions over 11 weeks where <i>Raw</i> ended with either a talking segment or a main event that ended in a disqualification or non-finish.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JBL,_Cole,_King.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/JBL%2C_Cole%2C_King.jpg/150px-JBL%2C_Cole%2C_King.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/JBL%2C_Cole%2C_King.jpg/225px-JBL%2C_Cole%2C_King.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/JBL%2C_Cole%2C_King.jpg/300px-JBL%2C_Cole%2C_King.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="2943" /></a><figcaption><i>Raw</i> began once again using a full-time three man team with <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cole_(wrestling)" title="Michael Cole (wrestling)">Michael Cole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lawler" title="Jerry Lawler">Jerry Lawler</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Layfield" title="John Layfield">John "Bradshaw" Layfield</a>, with their fourth appearance as April 1, 2013, until December 29, 2014; they also provide commentary on <i>Raw</i> on December 17, 2012, January 14 (except main event) and 28, 2013, and in all <a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_pay-per-view_events" class="mw-redirect" title="List of WWE pay-per-view events">pay-per-view events</a> since November 18, 2012 at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2012)" title="Survivor Series (2012)">Survivor Series</a>, until December 13, 2015, at <a href="/wiki/TLC:_Tables,_Ladders_and_Chairs_(2015)" class="mw-redirect" title="TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2015)">TLC</a></figcaption></figure> <p><i>Raw</i> was awarded the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Worst_Television_Show" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">2014 Wrestling Observer Newsletter award for Worst Television Show</a>, while its commentators John Layfield, Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole came in the top three in that order for the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Worst_Television_Announcer" title="List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Worst Television Announcer</a> award.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jon Mezzera and Wade Keller of <i>Pro Wrestling Torch</i> said respectively in 2015 that the <i>Raw</i> commentators "don't pay attention to the product. They are too busy making jokes and talking about other segments on the show and bickering with each other to actually pay attention and call what is happening in a match" and "It's not the announcers, though, it's the direction they're given. That falls on Vince McMahon".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the February 23, 2015 episode of <i>Raw</i> saw the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Divas" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Divas">Divas</a> division being showcased by a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_tag_team_match_types" title="Professional wrestling tag team match types">tag team match</a> which lasted around half a minute, a <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> hashtag called #GiveDivasAChance trended worldwide for around 1.5 days, with Diva <a href="/wiki/AJ_Lee" title="AJ Lee">AJ Lee</a> and both <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_McMahon" title="Stephanie McMahon">Stephanie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> commenting on the hashtag and the status of the Divas division.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte (wrestler)">Charlotte</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Sasha_Banks" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasha Banks">Sasha Banks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Becky_Lynch" title="Becky Lynch">Becky Lynch</a> made their official debut on the July 13, 2015, episode of <i>Raw</i> after Stephanie McMahon called for a "revolution" in the Divas division. While Charlotte and Lynch allied with <a href="/wiki/Paige_(wrestler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paige (wrestler)">Paige</a>, who was feuding with <a href="/wiki/Team_Bella" class="mw-redirect" title="Team Bella">Team Bella</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Bella_Twins" title="The Bella Twins">The Bella Twins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Fox" title="Alicia Fox">Alicia Fox</a>), Banks allied with <a href="/wiki/Tamina_Snuka" title="Tamina Snuka">Tamina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naomi_(wrestler)" title="Naomi (wrestler)">Naomi</a>, leading to a brawl between the three teams.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In her pay–per–view debut, on July 19 at <a href="/wiki/Battleground_(2015)" title="Battleground (2015)">Battleground</a>, Charlotte defeated Sasha Banks and <a href="/wiki/Brie_Bella" title="Brie Bella">Brie Bella</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Basic_non-elimination_matches" title="Professional wrestling match types">triple threat match</a>, with all members of the respective teams at ringside.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following night on <i>Raw</i>, Charlotte defeated Brie in a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Singles_match" title="Professional wrestling match types">singles match</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RawJuly20_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RawJuly20-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 19, 2015, <a href="/wiki/The_Undertaker" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> returned at Battleground by interfering during the main event match between Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins.<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fan_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fan-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the July 20, 2015 episode of <i>Raw</i>, Undertaker explained his actions at Battleground.<sup id="cite_ref-July_20_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-July_20-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on in the night, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Heyman" title="Paul Heyman">Paul Heyman</a> was talking about Battleground and about what happened at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_XXX" title="WrestleMania XXX">WrestleMania XXX</a>, where Lesnar defeated Undertaker to end <a href="/wiki/The_Streak_(wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Streak (wrestling)">The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania</a>, the Undertaker came out and started a brawl with Lesnar, which saw the <a href="/wiki/List_of_WWE_personnel" title="List of WWE personnel">WWE roster</a> separating them both.<sup id="cite_ref-July_20_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-July_20-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the 24th-season premiere, a historic match was made by <a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> as the main event would be <a href="/wiki/Sting_(wrestler)" title="Sting (wrestler)">Sting</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">Big Show</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sting_2015_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sting_2015-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seth Rollins and John Cena got involved in the match, which Sting won via disqualification.<sup id="cite_ref-Sting_2015_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sting_2015-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sting teamed up with Cena against Seth Rollins and Big Show and won by submitting Rollins.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Immediately after losing to Brock Lesnar at <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell_(2015)" title="Hell in a Cell (2015)">Hell in a Cell</a> in October 2015, The Undertaker was given a standing ovation from the crowd. He decided to pay back their respects by doing his signature pose, but as he did so <a href="/wiki/The_Wyatt_Family" title="The Wyatt Family">The Wyatt Family</a> appeared and attacked him before carrying his unconscious body backstage.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following night on <i>Raw</i>, <a href="/wiki/Bray_Wyatt" title="Bray Wyatt">Bray Wyatt</a> explained that he wanted to claim The Undertaker's soul and obtain its powers.<sup id="cite_ref-Wyatt_Kane_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wyatt_Kane-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kane_(wrestler)" title="Kane (wrestler)">Kane</a> then appeared and attempted to attack the Wyatts, but he would be ambushed and attacked by the other Wyatt Family members before being carried backstage.<sup id="cite_ref-Wyatt_Kane_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wyatt_Kane-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the November 9, 2015 episode of <i>Raw</i> from <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, The Undertaker and Kane reunited as <a href="/wiki/The_Brothers_of_Destruction" class="mw-redirect" title="The Brothers of Destruction">The Brothers of Destruction</a>, reemerged and attacked The Wyatt Family.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the November 12, 2015 episode of <i>SmackDown</i> from Manchester, United Kingdom, Wyatt challenged The Undertaker and Kane to a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_tag_team_match_types" title="Professional wrestling tag team match types">tag team match</a> against two members of The Wyatt Family of his choosing at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2015)" title="Survivor Series (2015)">Survivor Series</a>, which they accepted later that night.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Shane_McMahon" title="Shane McMahon">Shane McMahon</a> returned to WWE for the first time in almost seven years on the February 22, 2016 episode of <i>Raw</i> by interrupting his sister, Stephanie McMahon, receiving the "<a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Vince McMahon Sr.">Vincent J. McMahon</a> Legacy of Excellence" Award from their father, Vince McMahon, to announce that he wanted control of <i>Raw</i><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> since under Stephanie McMahon the company has had problems.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By making a deal with his father, Shane would wrestle The Undertaker at <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_32" title="WrestleMania 32">WrestleMania 32</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell" title="Hell in a Cell">Hell in a Cell match</a>; if Shane McMahon won, he would gain control of <i>Raw</i>. Also, if Shane won, Wrestlemania 32 would be The Undertaker's last Wrestlemania. However, if Shane lost, Vince would get all of the items out of Shane's lock box.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Shane McMahon lost to the Undertaker at <a href="/wiki/Wrestlemania_32" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrestlemania 32">Wrestlemania 32</a>, he was general manager for a while.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The February 29, 2016 episode of <i>Raw</i>, which was broadcast live from <a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Bridgestone Arena</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, marked the first time the show aired on a Leap Day in its 23-year history. That night's episode featured Stephanie McMahon's speech after accepting the "Vincent J. McMahon Legacy of Excellence" Award from Mr. McMahon from the week after <a href="/wiki/Fastlane_(2016)" title="Fastlane (2016)">Fastlane</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the main event between <a href="/wiki/Dean_Ambrose" class="mw-redirect" title="Dean Ambrose">Dean Ambrose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Del_Rio" title="Alberto Del Rio">Alberto Del Rio</a> (with <a href="/wiki/The_League_of_Nations_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="The League of Nations (professional wrestling)">The League of Nations</a>' <a href="/wiki/Wade_Barrett" title="Wade Barrett">King Barrett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheamus" title="Sheamus">Sheamus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Rusev" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Rusev">Rusev</a>), which ended in a disqualification win for Ambrose, while Del Rio, Barrett, Sheamus, Rusev and Triple H attacked him.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Triple H would wrestle Ambrose for the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Championship" title="WWE Championship">WWE World Heavyweight Championship</a> at <a href="/wiki/WWE_Roadblock" title="WWE Roadblock">Roadblock</a>, where Triple H won by pinfall and retained the title.<sup id="cite_ref-HHHAmbrose_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HHHAmbrose-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the March 14, 2016 episode of <i>Raw</i> from <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, Roman Reigns came back and had a brawl with Triple H after a win against Dolph Ziggler, in which Reigns hit Triple H with a LED monitor on his head, which required Triple H to need stitches.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The referees (including Rod Zapata and Darrick Moore, except the injured <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudy Charles">Dan Engler</a>), the securities, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Henry" title="Mark Henry">Mark Henry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Swagger" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Swagger">Jack Swagger</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Usos" title="The Usos">The Usos</a> had to stop Reigns' attack. The Undertaker also came back and <a href="/wiki/Chokeslam" title="Chokeslam">chokeslammed</a> Shane McMahon in front of his father, Vince.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_brand_split_(2016–present)"><span id="Second_brand_split_.282016.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Second brand split (2016–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_WWE_Raw&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Second brand split (2016–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WWE_Raw_stage_late_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/WWE_Raw_stage_late_2016.jpg/220px-WWE_Raw_stage_late_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/WWE_Raw_stage_late_2016.jpg/330px-WWE_Raw_stage_late_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/WWE_Raw_stage_late_2016.jpg/440px-WWE_Raw_stage_late_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>WWE Raw stage set used from August 21, 2016, until September 23, 2019; a similar set would be used until March 9, 2020.</figcaption></figure><p> On May 25, WWE reintroduced the <a href="/wiki/WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">brand split</a>, with distinctive rosters for both <i>Raw</i> and <i>SmackDown</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the July 11, 2016 episode of <i>Raw</i>, <a href="/wiki/Vince_McMahon" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> named <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_McMahon" title="Stephanie McMahon">Stephanie McMahon</a> the Commissioner of <i>Raw</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Raw07112016_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raw07112016-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following week, <a href="/wiki/Mick_Foley" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a> was introduced as Raw's new general manager.<sup id="cite_ref-Raw07182016_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raw07182016-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Color commentator <a href="/wiki/Corey_Graves" title="Corey Graves">Corey Graves</a> replaced JBL immediately following the <a href="/wiki/2016_WWE_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 WWE draft">2016 WWE draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the "New Era", Raw received a new logo<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a new set with red ring ropes, a brand new stage, used at <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam_(2016)" title="SummerSlam (2016)">SummerSlam</a>. Furthermore, the broadcast table was moved to the entrance ramp similar to how it was in 2002–2005. On October 3, Raw made history once again by having their women face off in the main event for the first time since December 6, 2004, as <a href="/wiki/Sasha_Banks" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasha Banks">Sasha Banks</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Flair" title="Charlotte Flair">Charlotte</a> by submission to regain the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw_Women%27s_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Raw Women's Championship">WWE Raw Women's Championship</a>, and on October 30 had the first Women's Main Event Hell in a Cell match. In October 2016, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Goldberg" title="Bill Goldberg">Bill Goldberg</a> returned to <i>Raw</i> after 12 years, and <i>Raw</i> got a big boost in ratings.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 17, Goldberg returned to <i>Raw</i> to answer Brock Lesnar's challenge which he accepted at <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2016)" title="Survivor Series (2016)">Survivor Series</a>. Raw made history once again by having their women face off in the main event for the first time ever in a <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling" title="Hardcore wrestling">Falls count anywhere match</a> as <a href="/wiki/Sasha_Banks" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasha Banks">Sasha Banks</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Flair" title="Charlotte Flair">Charlotte</a> by submission to regain the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw_Women%27s_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE Raw Women's Championship">WWE Raw Women's Championship</a>. </p><p>On January 22, 2018, WWE celebrated the <a href="/wiki/Raw_25_Years" class="mw-redirect" title="Raw 25 Years">Raw 25 Years</a>, with a simulcast show at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn and the home of the first Monday Night Raw, the Manhattan Center.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following week, <i>Raw</i> updated its graphics and theme songs.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the February 19 episode of <i>Raw</i>, six days before <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber_(2018)" title="Elimination Chamber (2018)">Elimination Chamber</a>, seven participants of the men's <a href="/wiki/Elimination_Chamber" title="Elimination Chamber">Elimination Chamber</a> match, <a href="/wiki/Braun_Strowman" title="Braun Strowman">Braun Strowman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elias_(wrestler)" title="Elias (wrestler)">Elias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finn_B%C3%A1lor" title="Finn Bálor">Finn Bálor</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Reigns" title="Roman Reigns">Roman Reigns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seth_Rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Miz" title="The Miz">The Miz</a>, were involved in a <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Gauntlet_match" title="Professional wrestling match types">Gauntlet match</a> that began with Reigns and Rollins. Strowman won the Gauntlet match by pinning The Miz in what was the longest match in WWE history, lasting nearly two hours.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From June 24, 2019, WWE implemented an order from Vince McMahon that there would be no wrestling during commercial breaks to <i>Raw</i> and <i>SmackDown</i>. An exception was during <a href="/wiki/Split_screen_(video_production)" title="Split screen (video production)">split screen</a> viewing of both the match and commercials. This led to matches having breaks and restarts, and best of three falls matches with relatively quick falls.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This measure was discontinued after the March 9, 2020 episode of <i>Raw</i> as a result of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, with all future episodes of the program being recorded at the <a href="/wiki/WWE_Performance_Center" title="WWE Performance Center">WWE Performance Center</a> beginning with the following week's episode. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_WWE_Raw&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-p53HistoryofWWE-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-p53HistoryofWWE_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-p53HistoryofWWE_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-p53HistoryofWWE_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFShieldsSullivan2009" class="citation book cs1">Shields, Brian; 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former WWE personnel (I–M)">I–M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_WWE_personnel_(N%E2%80%93R)" title="List of former WWE personnel (N–R)">N–R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_WWE_personnel_(S%E2%80%93Z)" title="List of former WWE personnel (S–Z)">S–Z</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable rivalries<br /> and matches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant%E2%80%93Hulk_Hogan_rivalry" title="André the Giant–Hulk Hogan rivalry">André the Giant–Hulk Hogan rivalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart_vs._Tom_Magee" title="Bret Hart vs. Tom Magee">Bret Hart vs. Tom Magee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mankind_vs._The_Undertaker" title="Mankind vs. The Undertaker">Mankind vs. The Undertaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Streak_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Streak (professional 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href="/wiki/XFL_(2001)" title="XFL (2001)">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XFL_(2020%E2%80%932023)" title="XFL (2020–2023)">2020</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable acquisitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association" title="American Wrestling Association">American Wrestling Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Gate_USA" title="Dragon Gate USA">Dragon Gate USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolve_(professional_wrestling)" title="Evolve (professional wrestling)">Evolve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling" title="Extreme Championship Wrestling">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWE_ECW" title="WWE ECW">WWE revival</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Championship_Wrestling" title="Florida Championship Wrestling">Florida Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Championship_Wrestling" title="Georgia Championship Wrestling">Georgia Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Wrestling_Federation" title="Global Wrestling Federation">Global Wrestling Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heartland_Wrestling_Association" title="Heartland Wrestling Association">Heartland Wrestling Association</a> (video library)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Championship_Wrestling" title="International Championship Wrestling">International Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoky_Mountain_Wrestling" title="Smoky Mountain Wrestling">Smoky Mountain Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Championship Wrestling">World Championship Wrestling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_World_Championship_Wrestling" title="History of World Championship Wrestling">history</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Killed_WCW%3F" title="Who Killed WCW?">Who Killed WCW?</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Class_Championship_Wrestling" title="World Class Championship Wrestling">World Class Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Council" title="World Wrestling Council">World Wrestling Council</a> (video library)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Investments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avid_Technology" title="Avid Technology">Avid Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloud9" title="Cloud9">Cloud9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DraftKings" title="DraftKings">DraftKings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_Racing_League" title="Drone Racing League">Drone Racing League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FloSports" title="FloSports">FloSports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvel_Experience" title="Marvel Experience">Marvel Experience</a></li> 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style="width:1%">Sister company</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship" title="Ultimate Fighting Championship">Ultimate Fighting Championship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Partnerships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_Changer_Wrestling" title="Game Changer Wrestling">Game Changer Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Noah" title="Pro Wrestling Noah">Pro Wrestling Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dream_Star_Fighting_Marigold" title="Dream Star Fighting Marigold">Dream Star Fighting Marigold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reality_of_Wrestling" title="Reality of Wrestling">Reality of Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucha_Libre_AAA_Worldwide" title="Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide">AAA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_South_Wrestling" title="Deep South Wrestling">Deep South Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insane_Championship_Wrestling" title="Insane Championship Wrestling">Insane Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Wrestling_Association_(Puerto_Rico)" title="International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)">International Wrestling Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Championship_Wrestling" title="Memphis Championship Wrestling">Memphis Championship Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michinoku_Pro_Wrestling" title="Michinoku Pro Wrestling">Michinoku Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance" title="National Wrestling Alliance">National Wrestling Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling" title="New Japan Pro-Wrestling">New Japan Pro-Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Wrestling" title="Ohio Valley Wrestling">Ohio Valley Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_Pro_Wrestling" title="Power Pro Wrestling">Power Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_Wrestling" title="Progress Wrestling">Progress Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoky_Mountain_Wrestling" title="Smoky Mountain Wrestling">Smoky Mountain Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_World_of_Sports" title="Super World of Sports">Super World of Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Pro_Wrestling" title="Ultimate Pro Wrestling">Ultimate Pro Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Wrestling_Association" title="United States Wrestling Association">United States Wrestling Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Lucha_Libre" title="Universal Lucha Libre">Universal Lucha Libre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Association" title="Universal Wrestling Association">Universal Wrestling Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Japan)" title="Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan)">Universal Wrestling Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAR_(wrestling_promotion)" title="WAR (wrestling promotion)">WAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westside_Xtreme_Wrestling" title="Westside Xtreme Wrestling">Westside Xtreme Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Wrestling_Alliance_(Massachusetts)" title="World Wrestling Alliance (Massachusetts)">World Wrestling Alliance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Championships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_champions_in_WWE" title="List of current champions in WWE">Current champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_championships_in_WWE" title="List of former championships in WWE">Former championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_world_champions_in_WWE_born_outside_the_United_States" title="List of world champions in WWE born outside the United States">Foreign champions</a></li> <li>Types of championships <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secondary_championships_in_WWE" title="Secondary championships in WWE">Secondary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tag_team_championships_in_WWE" title="Tag team championships in WWE">Tag team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_championships_in_WWE" title="Women's championships in WWE">Women's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_championships_in_WWE" title="World championships in WWE">World</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Accomplishments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Diva_Search" title="WWE Diva Search">Diva Search</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_ladder_match" title="Money in the Bank ladder match">Money in the Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Tough_Enough" title="WWE Tough Enough">Tough Enough</a></li> <li>Awards <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slammy_Award" title="Slammy Award">Slammys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NXT_Year-End_Award" title="NXT Year-End Award">NXT Year-End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Year-End_Award" title="WWE Year-End Award">WWE Year-End</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(professional_wrestling)" title="Grand Slam (professional wrestling)">Grand Slam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_(professional_wrestling)" title="Triple Crown (professional wrestling)">Triple Crown</a></li> <li>Battle royals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_the_Giant_Memorial_Battle_Royal" title="André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal">André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_match" title="Royal Rumble match">Royal Rumble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_Women%27s_Battle_Royal" title="WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal">WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_tournaments" class="mw-redirect" title="WWE tournaments">Tournaments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWF_Brawl_for_All" title="WWF Brawl for All">Brawl for All</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruiserweight_Classic" title="Cruiserweight Classic">Cruiserweight Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Rhodes_Tag_Team_Classic" title="Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic">Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_tournament" title="King of the Ring tournament">King of the Ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mae_Young_Classic" title="Mae Young Classic">Mae Young Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWE_Mixed_Match_Challenge" title="WWE Mixed Match Challenge">Mixed Match Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NXT_Breakout_Tournament" title="NXT Breakout Tournament">NXT Breakout Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_the_Ring_tournament" title="Queen of the Ring tournament">Queen of the Ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Muchnick_Memorial_Tournament" title="Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament">Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WWE_brand_extension" title="WWE brand extension">Brand extension</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raw_(WWE_brand)" title="Raw (WWE brand)">Raw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)" title="SmackDown (WWE brand)">SmackDown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NXT_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT (WWE brand)">NXT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NXT_UK_(WWE_brand)" title="NXT UK (WWE brand)">NXT UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/205_Live_(WWE_brand)" title="205 Live (WWE brand)">205 Live</a></li> <li><a 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