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Raw is a brand of the American professional wrestling promotion WWE that was established on March 25, 2002. Brands are divisions of WWE's roster where wrestlers are assigned to perform on a weekly basis when a brand extension is in effect.
The first Raw logo used in the New Generation Era from January 11, 1993, to March 3, 1997 "RAW is WAR" logo used from March 10, 1997, to September 24, 2001. Beginning as WWF's Monday Night Raw, the program first aired on January 11, 1993, on the USA Network as a replacement for Prime Time Wrestling, which aired on the network for eight years.
The scratch WWE logo podium shown here was replaced with the WWE Network logo on the Raw after SummerSlam 2014. A bigger version was used on the Raw 1000 episode on July 23, 2012 On July 23, 2012, Raw aired its 1000th episode , which also began its permanent three-hour format and saw the removal of the "Supershow" part from the show's name ...
In August 2011, WWE began to phase out the brand extension when they gave Raw the tagline "SuperShow", meaning wrestlers could appear on both Raw and SmackDown. [84] The year 2011 saw a highly acclaimed feud between the company's two most high-profile wrestlers at that point, John Cena and CM Punk.
Upon the launch of the TV Parental Guidelines in 1997, WWF (WWE was known as the World Wrestling Federation until May 2002) programming was rated TV-PG. Beginning with the January 18, 1999 episode, Raw shifted to a TV-14 rating amidst direct competition with World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) flagship show Nitro during the Monday Night War ...
Why is the WWE logo featured at the Big 12 championship game? Explaining the partnership between wrestling brand and conference:
WWE Raw: January 11, 1993–present: Netflix: One of WWE's two flagship programs that airs on Mondays. WWE SmackDown: April 29, 1999–present: USA: One of WWE's two flagship programs that airs on Fridays. WWE NXT: February 23, 2010–present: The CW: Developmental wrestling program that airs on Tuesdays. Saturday Night's Main Event: December ...
Due to Raw being a three-hour show and SmackDown being a two-hour show, Raw received three picks each round and SmackDown received two. Six draft picks had to be made amongst the non-title holders from WWE's developmental brand, NXT. [8] Seth Rollins was picked first by Raw, with WWE Champion Dean Ambrose being SmackDown's first pick. [9]