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WWE: Monday Night Raw (07.08.96)
Monday Night Raw
July 8, 1996
Green Bay, WI
Brown County Expo
The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (3/31/96)
Intercontinental Champion: Ahmed Johnson (6/23/96)
World Tag Team Champions: The Smoking Gunns (5/26/96)
Before we even get Raw, WWF President Gorilla Monsoon comes to us from his WWF office to announce the suspension of the Ultimate Warrior for failing to appear at three different house shows. The suspension will be lifted once Warrior pays an appearance bond to ensure the fans that he will appear where advertised. Nevertheless, he’s here to wrestle tonight. They don’t want you to know it’s not live like those other guys! Gorilla hopes he posts the appearance bond and returns to action. He finishes by saying no matter how popular you are, you’re not above answering to the loyal WWF fans. According to the dirt sheets, Warrior no-showed these events in order to attend his father’s funeral. But with all the Warrior University and comic book deals, there could be more to the story than they are letting onto us. Just channeling my inner Gene Okerlund there.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
WWE: Monday Night Raw (06.24.96)
Monday Night Raw
June 24, 1996
Green Bay, WI
Brown County Expo
The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (3/31/96)
Intercontinental Champion: Ahmed Johnson (6/23/96)
World Tag Team Champions: The Smoking Gunns (5/26/96)
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
WWE: Monday Night Raw (05.27.96)
Monday Night Raw
May 27, 1996
Fayetteville, NC
Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium
The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (3/31/96)
Intercontinental Champion: Goldust (4/22/96)
World Tag Team Champions: The Smoking Gunns (5/26/96)
Uh-oh, we get a “Viewer Discretion is Advised” disclaimer at the beginning of the broadcast. Well, there is that Ultimate Warrior match tonight.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
WWE: Monday Night Raw (05.13.96)
Monday Night Raw
May 13, 1996
Sioux City, IA
Civic Auditorium
The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (3/31/96)
Intercontinental Champion: Goldust (4/22/96)
World Tag Team Champions: The Bodydonnas (3/31/96)
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Monday Night Raw (04.08.96)
Monday Night Raw
April 8, 1996
San Bernardino, CA
Orange Pavilion
The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (3/31/1996)
Intercontinental Champion: Goldust (1/21/1996)
World Tag Team Champions: The Body Donnas (3/31/1996)
This is one of the few times I remember watching Raw. There was no Nitro this week due to a TNT movie premiere, but I had to get my wrestling from somewhere, so I decided to see what was going on in the WWF.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon & Mr. Perfect. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Raw is War (06.30.97)
WWF: Raw is War
June 30, 1997
Des Moines, IA
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: The Undertaker (3/23/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Owen Hart (4/28/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Vacant (6/16/1997)
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Raw is War (06.23.97)
WWF: Raw is War
June 23, 1997
Detroit, MI
Cobo Hall
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: The Undertaker (3/23/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Owen Hart (4/28/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Vacant (6/16/1997)
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jim Ross. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Raw is War (06.16.97)
WWF: Raw is War
June 16, 1997
Lake Placid, NY
Olympic Center
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: The Undertaker (3/23/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Owen Hart (4/28/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Vacant (6/16/1997)
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jim Ross. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Raw is War (06.09.97)
WWF: Raw is War
June 9, 1997
Hartford, CT
Civic Center
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: The Undertaker (3/23/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Owen Hart (4/28/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Shawn Michaels & Steve Austin (5/26/1997)
Most of you insiders reading this probably already know the story, but this is the infamous evening where Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels – both scheduled to appear on the program – got into a legitimate argument backstage. Apparently, the argument that started all of this was Bret confronting Shawn over his comments about Bret having “Sunny days” crossing the line a couple weeks back. Once they started fighting, Shawn got a hunk of his hair pulled out of his head and walked out of the company for the second time in four months this time claiming unsafe working conditions and threatened to leave the WWF for good to go work with his “real friends” over in WCW. Nothing concerning the off-screen altercation was mentioned on the air until the following week when the WWF tag team belts were declared vacant for the third time in three years.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jim Ross. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: King of the Ring 1997
WWF: King of the Ring
June 8, 1997
Providence, RI
Civic Center
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: The Undertaker (3/23/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Owen Hart (4/28/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Shawn Michaels & Steve Austin (5/26/1997)
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jim Ross. Read the rest of this entry
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