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Monday Night Raw Debut Episode
The Monday Night Raw debut episode was a professional wrestling event that marked the debut of WWE's (then WWF) weekly WWE Raw television program. The event took place on January 11, 1993. The show aired live on the USA Network, taking place at the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center in New York City. Storylines The event included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed Face (professional wrestling), heroes, Heel (professional wrestling), villains, or Tweener (professional wrestling), less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers. Event Backstage interviewer Sean Mooney opens the show as Bobby Heenan, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan attempts to enter the building with Mooney denying him entry due to the show being sold out. The commentary team of Vince McMahon, Randy Savage and local radio DJ Rob Bartlett are then introduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raw (WWE Brand)
Raw is a brand of the American professional wrestling promotion WWE that was established on March 25, 2002. Brands are divisions of WWE's roster where wrestlers are assigned to perform on a weekly basis when a brand extension is in effect. Wrestlers assigned to Raw primarily appear on the brand's weekly television program, ''Monday Night Raw'', also referred to simply as ''Raw''. It is one of WWE's two main brands, along with SmackDown, collectively referred to as WWE's main roster. The brand was discontinued for a period between August 2011 and July 2016. In addition to Raw's main television program, less-utilized wrestlers also appear on the brand's supplementary show, ''Main Event''. Raw's wrestlers also perform on the branded and co-branded pay-per-view and livestreaming events. During the first brand split (2002–2011), Raw wrestlers also competed on the former supplementary show, ''Heat'', and on ''ECW'' under a talent exchange program with the former ECW brand, while duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
