10 Most Important Episodes Of WWE Raw In History
The 10 most important episodes in WWE Raw history
1. November 17, 1997
On the surface, this episode of Raw from November 17, 1997, doesn’t seem particularly special.
Jerry Lawler beat Marc Mero, there was a six-man tag featuring the short-lived minis division, and Mick Foley faced The Rock before either man was a true main eventer. But this episode will go down in history because of three simple words - “Bret screwed Bret”.
During the show, which took place just eight days after the Montreal Screwjob, Vince McMahon appeared in a pre-taped interview to give his side of the story.
He outlined how the company had been put in an impossible situation with The Hitman leaving for WCW and spun it so that Hart, the victim of this miscarriage of justice, was actually the one to blame.
Whether this was the intention or not, Vince had just created one of the most important and infamous wrestling characters of all time - Mr. McMahon. Without this promo, there would have been no evil authority figure, no feud with Austin, and, maybe, no Attitude Era as we know it.
For all the historic moments it set in motion, this episode of Raw is one of the most important things to ever happen to WWE.
