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WWF: Raw is War (10.19.98)
WWF: Raw is War
October 19, 1998
Milwaukee, WI
Bradley Center
The current WWF champs are as follows:
WWF Champion: Vacant (9/28/1998)
Intercontinental Champion: Ken Shamrock (10/12/1998)
World Tag Team Champions: The New Age Outlaws (8/30/1998)
European Champion: X-Pac (10/18/1998)
Light Heavyweight Champion: Christian (10/18/1998)
Women’s Champion: Jacqueline (9/21/1998)
TIME TO GET RAW! Your hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Raw Saturday Night (09.05.98)
WWF: Raw Saturday Night
September 5, 1998
New Haven, CT
New Haven Coliseum
The current WWF champs are as follows:
WWF Champion: Steve Austin (6/29/1998)
Intercontinental Champion: Triple H (8/30/1998)
World Tag Team Champions: The New Age Outlaws (8/30/1998)
European Champion: D’Lo Brown (7/20/1998)
Light Heavyweight Champion: TAKA Michinoku (12/7/1997)
There’s tennis on Monday nights now, so RAW gets moved to Saturday Night!
Before we go to the show, we start with EXCITING STILL SHOTS of the Steve Austin and the Undertaker match from SummerSlam.
TIME TO GET RAW! Your hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Raw is War (08.17.98)
WWF: Raw is War
August 17, 1998
Des Moines, IA
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
The current WWF champs are as follows:
WWF Champion: Steve Austin (6/29/1998)
Intercontinental Champion: The Rock (12/8/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Kane & Mankind (8/10/1998)
European Champion: D’Lo Brown (7/20/1998)
Light Heavyweight Champion: TAKA Michinoku (12/7/1997)
Before we hit that Raw intro, Stone Cold Steve Austin is shown outside Mr. McMahon’s office door trying to break in, but of course Vince won’t budge. He yells that Vince better meet him in the ring right now. Alright, now play the intro.
TIME TO GET RAW. Your hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Sunday Night Heat (08.16.98)
WWF: Sunday Night Heat
August 16, 1998
Omaha, NE
Omaha Civic Auditorium
The current WWF champs are as follows:
WWF Champion: Steve Austin (6/29/1998)
Intercontinental Champion: The Rock (12/8/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Kane & Mankind (8/10/1998)
European Champion: D’Lo Brown (7/20/1998)
Light Heavyweight Champion: TAKA Michinoku (12/7/1997)
IT’S GETTING HOT IN HERRE. Your hosts are Jim Ross and Shane McMahon. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Raw is War (08.03.98)
WWF: Raw is War
August 3, 1998
San Diego, CA
San Diego Sports Arena
The current WWF champs are as follows:
WWF Champion: Steve Austin (6/29/1998)
Intercontinental Champion: The Rock (12/8/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: The Undertaker & Steve Austin (7/26/1998)
European Champion: D’Lo Brown (7/20/1998)
Light Heavyweight Champion: TAKA Michinoku (12/7/1997)
TIME TO GET RAW! Your hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler. After not watching old school RAW for a long while, you forget how BADASS the intro was. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Raw is War (02.02.98)
WWF: Raw is War
February 2, 1998
Indianapolis, IN
Market Square Arena
The current WWF champs are as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (11/9/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: The Rock (12/8/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: The New Age Outlaws (11/24/1997)
European Champion: Owen Hart (1/26/1998)
Light Heavyweight Champion: TAKA Michinoku (12/7/1997)
We open the show with an announcement made by D-Generation X. This is the famous “State of the Union” address channeling a little bit of George Carlin by pointing out words they can and cannot say on TV with the words they can’t say being bleeped and their mouths being covered with DX censor graphics. Shawn’s facial expressions are pretty funny. I believe the unedited version airs on some DX videotape the WWF released way back when. Being an Arrested Development fan, my mind can’t help but wander to the time Gob gave a sexual harassment speech to the Bluth company staff which had much funnier results than this did. All the same, this is a fun little parody of network censorship that really doesn’t make much sense. Some words are bad, some words are worse, and who or what decides that seems arbitrary. They even manage to make it a little topical treating the whole thing like a Bill Clinton press announcement. Shawn – “I did not sleep with that young intern – as a matter of fact, I was up all night!” Apparently, USA Network liked it.
TIME TO GET RAW! Your hosts are Jim Ross, Michael Cole, and Kevin Kelly. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: One Night Only 1997 (UK PPV)
WWF: One Night Only
September 20, 1997
Birmingham, England
NEC Arena
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Bret Hart (8/3/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Vacant (9/8/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: The Headbangers (9/7/1997)
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler.
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WWF: SummerSlam 1997
WWF: SummerSlam
August 3, 1997
East Rutherford, NJ
Continental Airlines Arena
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: Steve Austin & Dude Love (7/14/1997)
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
WWF: Raw is War (04.21.97)
WWF: Raw is War
April 21, 1997
Binghamton, NY
Broome County Arena
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: The Undertaker (3/23/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Rocky Maivia (2/13/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996)
PDRwrestling fans, we have now officially made it to the Vince Russo Era of the WWF. This one is widely considered by many WWF fans to be one of – if not the – top Raw show to date. I hope I do it justice.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
Monday Night Raw (02.03.97)
Monday Night Raw
February 3, 1997
Toronto, ON, CA
The Skydome
(Taped on 1/31/97)
The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (1/19/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Hunter Hearst Helmsley (10/21/1996)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith (9/22/1996)
So WCW does a Monday night dome show, now the WWF does one too? Vince wastes no time in taking a moment to brag that it’s the biggest live audience for a Monday night show that no one is watching.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Good Ol’ JR. Read the rest of this entry
