10 Most Important Episodes Of WWE Raw In History
The 10 most important episodes in WWE Raw history
3. January 19, 1998
The January 19, 1998, episode of Raw featured three different title matches, which might sound good, but none of them went longer than five minutes, none of the belts changed hands, and one of them was Jeff Jarrett versus Bradshaw for the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship.
None of that mattered, however, because this night was all about one in-ring segment between two icons in their respective fields.
Steve Austin, who was fast becoming the most popular wrestler since Hulk Hogan, came face-to-face with boxing legend Mike Tyson. Stone Cold - or “Cold Stone” as Tyson called him - squared up to the heavyweight, leading to a massive brawl between the two that is easily one of the most famous moments in Raw’s entire history.
Mainstream press outlets gobbled this story up, bringing serious attention to WWE on the road to WrestleMania 14. They may not have beaten WCW in the ratings that night, but this show is widely regarded as a key moment in the Monday Night Wars nonetheless.
Crucially, Tyson didn’t yawn on camera during this segment, unlike when he appeared in AEW 22 years later.
