10 Most Important Episodes Of WWE Raw In History

8. March 30, 1998

For some people, the Attitude Era began in earnest when Stone Cold Steve Austin beat Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 14. That makes this show, which happened just 24 hours later, the first Attitude Era Raw. 

Though it had been bubbling away for the prior few months, the legendary Austin-McMahon feud kicked into overdrive here, as the Chairman had the Texas Rattlesnake arrested for assault after he hit him with a Stunner. 

Also on the show, two future legends took big steps to becoming main eventers. With Michaels out of the picture due to injury, Triple H took over as leader of D-Generation X, introducing The New Age Outlaws and a returning X-Pac into the fold. Elsewhere, Faarooq was ousted as the leader of The Nation of Domination by The Rock.

There wasn’t much in the way of actual wrestling on this night - Kurrgan versus Chainz was one match served up - but pieces that would become vital to the success of WWE going forward began falling into place. 

Kane also challenged The Undertaker to an Inferno match and we found out that Val Venis was coming in more mixed action.