This is a list of on-air personalities from the

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television series WWE's '' Raw''. On-air personalities include the wrestlers themselves, ring announcers, commentators, and on-screen authority figures. The show also features recurring on-air segments hosted by various personalities.

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* Following the departure of Bobby Heenan on the December 6, 1993 edition of ''Raw'', Vince McMahon was joined by various guest commentators until March 7, 1994 when Randy Savage became the permanent color commentator. Randy Savage would remain part of the commentary team until October, 1994 when he left the World Wrestling Federation for

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. Post Savage's departure, Vince McMahon was once again accompanied by guest commentators until the December 5, 1994 edition of Raw when Shawn Michaels became the permanent color commentator. The following is a list of the guest commentators who joined Vince McMahon first from to and from to : * Honky filled in due to Lawler having a match during the beginning of the show and remain out for rest of the show. * Midway through the

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match. * From December 1997-July 1998, Jim Ross served as color commentator for the first hour, and play by play commentator for the second hour of ''Raw Is War,'' with the Michael Cole tandem as play by play commentator (later just Cole), and Kevin Kelly as the alternate color commentator for the first hour ("Raw"), with Jerry Lawler taking over for the second hour ("The War Zone"). * Filled in for Jerry Lawler who was absent due to the premiere of Man on the Moon. * Ventura called the main event. * Defeated Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross in a tag team match at

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to become the announce team for ''Raw''. The following week, Jim Ross defeated Jonathan Coachman to win his and Jerry Lawler's jobs back. * When Joey Styles quits the WWE in storyline, Todd Grisham fills in for him to call the main event. * Mathews became the alternate color commentator on ''Raw'' beginning December 27, 2010, due to Lawler's increased in-ring schedule (Lawler would continue as commentator when he was not wrestling). On March 14, 2011, ''Raw'' began using a full-time three man team with Michael Cole announcing from his own separate table ("The Cole Mine"). Ross has also returned to the broadcast table since making his broadcast return at

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and the four announcers worked in rotating three man shifts. This ended on the May 23, 2011 edition of ''Raw'' when Michael Cole returned to the normal announce table. * Filled in for Jerry Lawler, who was recovering from injury. * Filled in for Jerry Lawler, who was recovering from a heart attack. * Ross sat in for Michael Cole, who allowed him to call the main event. * JBL was absent at the time, so only Cole and Lawler called the event. * Lawler was sick during the day, so only Cole and JBL called the event. * Filled in for Michael Cole, JBL, and Booker T after they were

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. * Filled in for Michael Cole, who was continue to recovering from injury. * Graves replaces JBL following the

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. * Aries replaced Saxton during cruiserweight matches. * Booker T temporarily replaced

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for six weeks while Otunga was filming the movie ''Katrina''. After the six weeks elapsed, Otunga was quietly moved to the pay-per-view pre-shows while Booker remained on commentary. Booker also fills in for Jonathan Coachman while Coachman was on assignment. * Jerry Lawler temporarily replaced Booker T for one week while Booker T was stranded in Houston due to

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. This also doubles as Lawler's special return to commentating since the show was live from Memphis, Tennessee. * Phillips filled in due to Cole attending his son's wedding. He also filled in due to Braun Strowman's attack on Cole. * David Otunga temporarily replaced Jonathan Coachman for one week while Coachman was on assignment. This also used as Otunga's return to commentating since has been elapsed from last year's Superstar Shake-up. * Called the main event during the WCW-branded match between

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and

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in Tacoma. This match had received negative reviews. * Renee Young temporarily replaced Jonathan Coachman for one week while Coachman was on assignment.

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