The first episode featured Yokozuna defeating Koko B. Instead of taped matches, with studio voice overs and taped discussion, Raw was a show shot and aired to a live audience, with angles playing out as they happened. The Raw formula was very different than that of its predecessor, Prime Time Wrestling. Traditionally, wrestling shows were taped on sound stages with small audiences or at large arena shows.
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The original Raw broke new ground in televised professional wrestling. It aired on the USA Network for one hour. WWF Monday Night Raw logo (January 11, 1993-MaNovemMarch 4, 2013)īeginning as WWF Monday Night Raw, the program first aired on January 11, 1993. As of the show’s 1,000th episode, airing on July 23, 2012, Raw has become a three-hour broadcast, a format that had previously been reserved for special episodes.
Since its first episode, WWE Raw has been broadcast live from 203 different arenas, in 169 cities and towns, in ten different nations (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan in 2005, Iraq in 2006 and 2007, South Africa in 1997, Germany in 1997, Japan in 2005, Italy in 2007, and Mexico in 2011 ). Raw is generally seen as the company’s flagship program due to its prolific history, high ratings, weekly three-hour live format, and emphasis on pay-per-views. Since its launch in 1993, Raw continues to air on Monday nights. In 2005, the show was moved back to the USA Network. It remained there until 2000, when Raw was moved to TNN, later known asSpike TV. WWE Raw (also advertised as WWE Monday Night Raw) is a professional wrestling television program that currently airs on the USA Networkin the United States and originally debuted on January 11, 1993.
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