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After WrestleMania XIV in March 1998, the WWF regained the lead in the Monday Night War with its new "WWF Attitude" brand. The April 13, 1998 episode of Raw Is War, which was headlined by a match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon, marked the first time that Nitro had lost the head-to-head Monday night ratings battle in the 84 ...
At the time, Hart was the WWF Champion, and wanted to part ways with the WWF amicably, and had agreed to vacate the title following a farewell speech on the November 10, 1997 broadcast of Raw Is War in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which would take place one day after the 1997 Survivor Series in Montreal. Although McMahon agreed to the arrangement ...
The WWF also decided to run Raw as a live show more often to combat Nitro, with the normal schedule being one live Raw followed by a taped episode. On February 3, 1997, Raw went to a two-hour format, [1] to compete with the extra hour on Nitro, as an edgier, more hostile attitude was starting to come in full
On March 10, 1997, the WWF officially debuted its Raw Is War moniker to signify it was waging "war" with WCW's Monday Nitro. One week later, on the March 17 episode , after losing a steel cage match against Sycho Sid in an attempt to win back the WWF Championship , Bret Hart angrily shoved Vince McMahon to the mat during a post-match interview ...
On the July 17 episode of Raw is War, the WWF Commissioner Mick Foley announced that Edge and Christian would defend the title against the APA at Fully Loaded. [10] At King of the Ring, the Hardy Boyz and T&A competed in a Four Corners Elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship, won by Edge and Christian. [5]
The Invasion was a professional wrestling storyline in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE) during the Attitude Era that ran from March to November 2001 and involved stables of wrestlers purporting to represent World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW)—which merged to form The Alliance—placed against a stable of wrestlers purporting to ...
The Hell in a Cell match on the June 15 episode of Raw Is War showcasing Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker against Kane and Mankind, ended with Austin and Undertaker winning after Raw Is War went off the air. On the August 24 episode of Raw Is War, Mankind fought Kane (his tag team partner at the time) in a Hell in a Cell match. This ...
On the September 4 episode of Raw is War, Lawler and Jericho defeated Tazz and Mideon in a tag team match when Lawler pinned Tazz. After the match, Tazz attacked Lawler with a leather strap. [8] On the September 11 episode of Raw is War, Lawler cost Tazz a WWF European Championship match against Al Snow and after the match, Tazz decided to quit ...