WWE Raw

WWE Raw (also stylized as Monday Night Raw) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that airs on the USA Network in the United States. The show's name is also used to refer to the Raw brand, in which WWE employees are assigned to work and perform on that program, the other program and brand being SmackDown. The show originally debuted in the United States on the USA Network on January 11, 1993. It remained there until 2000, when Raw was moved to TNN, later known as Spike TV. In 2005, the show was moved back to the USA Network. Since its launch in 1993, Raw continues to air on Monday nights. Raw is generally seen as the company's flagship program due to its prolific history, high ratings, weekly live format, and emphasis on pay-per-views.

It is the fifth longest-running weekly wrestling show in history. The longest running wrestling shows are WCW Saturday Night (28 years), WCW WorldWide (26 years), Wrestling at the Chase (24 years) and World of Sport (20 years).

Since its first episode, WWE Raw has been broadcast live from 197 different arenas in 165 cities and towns in nine different nations (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan in 2005, Iraq in 2006 and 2007 for specials Tribute to the Troops, Germany in 1997, Japan in 2005, and Italy in 2007 and in Mexico in October, 2011). The show currently broadcasts on a 3-week tape delay in South Africa on private broadcaster e.tvon Sunday evenings at 5:00pm.

WWE announced on May 17, 2012 through various online outlets that Raw will continue forward as a three-hour broadcast following the 1,000th episode on July 23, 2012, a format that has previously been reserved for special episodes

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 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">Eric Bischoff
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">General Manager
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">July 15, 2002
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">April 28, 2003
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">Eric Bischoff and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">co-General Managers
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">April 29, 2003
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">November 16, 2003
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">Eric Bischoff
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">General Manager
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">November 16, 2003
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">December 1, 2003
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">Eric Bischoff and Mick Foley
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">co-General Managers
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">December 1, 2003
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">December 15, 2003
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">Eric Bischoff
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">General Manager
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">December 15, 2003
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">December 5, 2005
 * style="text-align:center;"|Jonathan Coachman
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">General Manager
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">June 11, 2007
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">December 17, 2007
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 * style="text-align:center;"|Jonathan Coachman
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">General Manager
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">June 11, 2007
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">December 17, 2007
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Keyona Pope

 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">General Manager
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">December 17, 2007
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">May 19, 2008
 * style="text-align:center;"|Mike Adamle
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">General Manager
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">July 28, 2008
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">November 3, 2008
 * style="text-align:center;"|Vickie Guerrero
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">General Manager
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">April 6, 2009
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">June 8, 2009
 * style="text-align:center;"|Donald Trump
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">Owner
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">June 15, 2009
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">June 22, 2009
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 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">June 15, 2009
 * style="text-align:center;"|<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;">June 22, 2009
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