10 Most Important Episodes Of WWE Raw In History
The 10 most important episodes in WWE Raw history
Since its debut episode on January 11, 1993, Monday Night Raw has been host to some of the most historical, noteworthy, and spectacular moments the wrestling world has ever seen. Equally, it’s also churned out some absolute duds, but that’s a story for another time.
But which editions of the red show have had the biggest impact on WWE as a whole? Which ones have produced the most memorable moments or singular happenings that would reverberate across time forevermore?
These are the 10 most important episodes of WWE Raw in history.
10. May 17, 1993
We could have started off with the very first episode of Raw as, you know, literally none of this would have happened without it, but that was a little too obvious. Instead, we’ve decided to focus on the first bumper edition of the show from later that same year, a night where two all-time great moments happened in the space of 60 minutes.
This was the episode where established star Razor Ramon lost in under three minutes to a virtual unknown called The Kid, in one of the most shocking booking decisions WWE have ever made. Not only did this give Raw its first big upset, but it also transformed the would-be jobber into the 1-2-3 Kid. The rest, as they say, is history.
Then came the night’s main event, which saw Marty Jannetty defeat his former Rockers partner Shawn Michaels for the Intercontinental Championship. Jannetty had emerged from the crowd earlier in the night to accept HBK’s open challenge before going on to win an emotional battle that ended up being voted PWI’s Match of the Year.
