List of WWE Raw special episodes
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List of WWE Raw special episodes

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Episode	Date	Location	Rating	Notes

Premiere episode	January 11, 1993	New York City, New York	2.5

Raw Bowl	January 1, 1996	Newark, Delaware	2.6	Super Bowl themed episode, including a "Raw Bowl".

Raw Championship Friday	September 6, 1996	Wheeling, West Virginia	3.4	Friday airing of Raw

Royal Rumble Raw	February 3, 1997	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	2.6	First two-hour Raw broadcast Including clips from the Royal Rumble

Thursday Raw Thursday	February 13, 1997	Lowell, Massachusetts	3.3	Thursday airing of Raw Shawn Michaels forfeited the WWF World Heavyweight Championship due to injury, claiming that he had "lost his smile".

Raw Saturday Night	February 13, 1999	Toronto, Canada	5.9	Saturday airing of Raw Taped on February 8, 1999 at SkyDome in Toronto, with an attendance of 41,432, making it the highest attended Raw event.

Raw is Owen	May 24, 1999	St. Louis, Missouri	7.2	Tribute in memory of Owen Hart, following his death the night before on that night's broadcast of WCW Monday Nitro Owen's brother Bret pays tribute.

Raw is War	March 26, 2001	Cleveland, Ohio	4.7	The final night of the Monday Night Wars. Vince McMahon addressed the purchase of WCW by the WWF (which was simulcast on what was the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro on TNT).

The Brand Extension Draft	March 25, 2002	University Park, Pennsylvania	5.4	Start of the Brand Extension. Vince McMahon selects the SmackDown roster while Ric Flair selects the Raw roster.

Raw Roulette	October 7, 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada	4.0	Involving the rosters of Raw and Smackdown The stipulations of matches were decided by the spin of a wheel.

Raw X Anniversary	January 14, 2003	New York City, New York	5.2	Celebrated the show's 10th anniversary, showcasing the Top 10 moments in Raw history. Included an awards ceremony hosted by Stacy Kiebler and Jonathan Coachman at Times Square in New York City.

Raw Roulette	November 24, 2003	Salt Lake City, Utah	4.1	Involving the rosters of Raw and Smackdown The stipulations of matches were decided by the spin of a wheel. It included the first-ever women's Steel Cage Match in WWE history (Lita vs.

2004 WWE Draft Lottery	March 22, 2004	Detroit, Michigan	4.6	The first Draft Lottery

Live $250,000 Raw Diva Search Casting Special	July 12, 2004	Manchester, New Hampshire	1.1	A Diva Search casting special with judges Chris Jericho, Edge, Randy Orton and Triple H.

WWE Raw Homecoming	October 3, 2005	Dallas, Texas	5.6	First three-hour Raw broadcast. Return to the USA Network.

Eddie Guerrero Tribute Show	November 14, 2005	Minneapolis, Minnesota	5.3	Tribute in memory of Eddie Guerrero, who died over the weekend.

Tribute to the Troops	December 19, 2005	Bagram, Afghanistan	4.2	Christmas episode, honoring the United States Armed Forces.

Raw Family Reunion	October 9, 2006	Columbia, South Carolina	5.0	First Raw special to involve the rosters from all three brands.

Tribute to the Troops	December 25, 2006	Baghdad, Iraq	4.1	Christmas episode, honoring the United States Armed Forces.

2007 WWE Draft	June 11, 2007	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	4.5	Involving the rosters from all three brands.

Chris Benoit Memorial	June 25, 2007	Corpus Christi, Texas	3.8	Three-hour memorial tribute show to Chris Benoit and his family. Clip show in international markets and the WWE Network version, due to the circumstances of the deaths.

Raw 15th Anniversary	December 10, 2007	Bridgeport, Connecticut	4.7	Celebrated the show's 15th anniversary.

Tribute to the Troops	December 24, 2007	Baghdad, Iraq	4.0	Christmas episode, honoring American armed forces.

Raw Roulette	January 7, 2008	Uncasville, Connecticut	3.2	Involving the rosters of Raw, Smackdown and ECW The stipulations of matches were decided by the spin of a wheel.

King of the Ring	April 21, 2008	Greenville, South Carolina	3.0	King of the Ring tournament Involving the rosters from all three brands.

2008 WWE Draft	June 23, 2008	San Antonio, Texas	3.4	Involving the rosters from all three brands.

Raw's 800th Episode Celebration	November 3, 2008	Tampa, Florida	3.4	Celebrated the show's 800th episode.

2008 Slammy Awards	December 8, 2008	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3.2	Slammy Award show Involving the rosters from all three brands

2009 WWE Draft	April 13, 2009	Atlanta, Georgia	3.7	Involving the rosters from all three brands

The Three-For-All	June 15, 2009	Charlotte, North Carolina	3.6	Involving the rosters from all three brands Three world championships were defended; WWE, ECW, and World Heavyweight. Final episode that the ECW roster of its roster would be on Raw.

Trump Raw	June 22, 2009	Green Bay, Wisconsin	4.4	The first commercial-free Raw broadcast.

A Raw Thanksgiving	November 23, 2009	Hershey, Pennsylvania	3.3	Involving the rosters from Raw and SmackDown. Appearance by Jesse Ventura

2009 Slammy Awards	December 14, 2009	Corpus Christi, TX	3.3	Slammy Award show Involving the rosters from all three brands. Appearance by Dennis Miller Color commentary by Matt Striker

Raw's 17th Birthday	January 11, 2010	Minneapolis, Minnesota	3.7	Celebrated 17 years of Raw.

Raw's WrestleMania Rewind	March 15, 2010	San Diego, California	4.0	Comprised re-matches from past WrestleMania events. Appearance by Steve Austin

Monday Night SmackDown	April 19, 2010	East Rutherford, New Jersey	3.1	Due to air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption, most of the Raw roster remained in Belfast after a European tour and was replaced by the SmackDown roster.

2010 WWE Draft	April 26, 2010	Richmond, Virginia	2.8	Involved the rosters from Raw and SmackDown. Alternate color commentary by Matt Striker.

Commercial-Free Raw	May 17, 2010	Toronto, Canada	3.4	The second commercial-free Raw broadcast. Appearance by astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Viewer's Choice Raw	June 7, 2010	Miami, Florida	3.1	Involving the rosters from Raw and SmackDown. Match selections were voted on WWE.com.

Raw's 900th Episode Celebration	August 30, 2010	Boston, Massachusetts	3.7	Celebrated the show's 900th episode.

Raw Roulette	September 13, 2010	Cincinnati, Ohio	3.0	Involving the rosters of Raw and Smackdown The stipulations of matches were decided by the spin of a wheel. Appearances by NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson

Old School Raw	November 15, 2010	Hershey, Pennsylvania	3.6	Three-hour episode with appearances by former wrestlers and personalities. Everything in the show was also supposed to temporarily revert to the 1993 RAW format.

King of the Ring	November 29, 2010	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3.1	Three-Hour King of the Ring tournament. Involving wrestlers from both Raw and SmackDown. Appearance by Miss USA Rima Fakih

2010 Slammy Awards	December 13, 2010	New Orleans, Louisiana	3.1	Slammy Award show hosted by actor David Arquette Involving the rosters from Raw and SmackDown

2011 WWE Draft	April 25, 2011	Raleigh, North Carolina	3.6	Involved the rosters from Raw and SmackDown. Alternate color commentary by Booker T.

The Rock's Birthday Bash	May 2, 2011	Miami, Florida	3.4	Birthday celebration for The Rock Appearances by Mýa and Pitbull It was also briefly celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden, who was killed the previous night.

WWE All Star Night	June 13, 2011	Uniondale, New York	3.6	Three-hour episode that involved the rosters from Raw and SmackDown. WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin served as Raw General Manager.

Power to the People	June 20, 2011	Baltimore, Maryland	3.2	Three-hour episode involving the rosters from Raw and SmackDown. Match selections were voted via mobile phone.

Raw Roulette	June 27, 2011	Las Vegas, Nevada	3.1	Involving the rosters of Raw and Smackdown The stipulations of matches were decided by the spin of a wheel. Appearance by WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels CM Punk made his famous "pipebomb" shoot speech at the end of the show.

Raw Gets Rocked	November 14, 2011	Boston, Massachusetts	3.0	Three-hour episode with an appearances by The Rock and Mick Foley in their first appearance since their infamous I Quit match at the 1999 Royal Rumble.

2011 Slammy Awards	December 12, 2011	Norfolk, Virginia	2.8	Three-hour Slammy Award ceremony. Last three-hour episode to air before the show permanently expanded to 3 hours in 2012.

Raw Supershow Extreme	April 23, 2012	Detroit, Michigan	4.39/3.04 share

Raw 1000	July 23, 2012	St. Louis, Missouri	6.01/3.84 share	Special episode celebrating the show's 1,000th episode. Episode started Raw's new permanent three-hour format and new logo.

Shawn Michaels Appreciation Night	August 6, 2012	San Antonio, Texas	4.7/3.54 share	Special episode for Shawn Michaels

2012 Slammy Awards	December 17, 2012	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	4.23/2.89 share	Slammy Award ceremony

Raw Christmas Eve	December 24, 2012	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	2.2	On this Christmas Eve episode, Mick Foley dressed up as Santa Claus got ran over by Alberto Del Rio. Del Rio later faced John Cena in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight (which Cena won), in which Foley interfered.

Champions Choice Night	December 31, 2012	Washington, D.C.	3.5	The last Raw of 2012. Every title (except the WWE Championship, which was defended the following week in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match) was on the line and the champions got to choose their opponent(s).

Raw 20th Anniversary	January 14, 2013	Houston, Texas	4.55/3.1 share	This show celebrated the 20th anniversary of Raw Commentary for main event by Jim Ross

Raw Roulette	January 28, 2013	Las Vegas, Nevada	5.02/3.67 share	Match stipulations were chosen by the spin of a wheel.

Old School Raw	March 4, 2013	Buffalo, New York	5.02/3.55 share	Appearances by former wrestlers and personalities. Like the previous Old School Raw, this was more of an anachronism-type episode, with some key differences from the 2010 episode being the use of the Attitude Era theme song from the War Zone segment during backstage segments right before commercial, as well as the use of a modified 1980's WWF logo without the "F".

Bret Hart Appreciation Night	May 27, 2013	Calgary, Canada	3.94/1.4 share	Special episode for Bret Hart, showing highlights of his career as well as other legends paying their respects.

Raw Country	November 18, 2013	Nashville, Tennessee	3.80/1.4 share	Special country-themed episode of Raw. Live performance from Florida Georgia Line.

2013 Slammy Awards	December 9, 2013	Seattle, Washington	4.15/1.5 share	Slammy Award ceremony

Raw Christmas	December 23, 2013	Austin, Texas	5.2	Live Christmas-themed episode, including a Battle for Christmas, two 6-man tag team matches, and a Christmas Present on a Pole match.

Old School Raw	January 6, 2014	Baltimore, Maryland	4.54/1.6 share	Appearances by former wrestlers and personalities

Occupy Raw	March 10, 2014	Memphis, Tennessee	4.73/1.5 share	Special episode of Raw including the Occupy Raw Movement.

The Ultimate Warrior Tribute Show	April 14, 2014	Birmingham, Alabama	4.77/1.7 share	A tribute to recent Class of 2014 Hall of Famer The Ultimate Warrior who died the day after appearing on the post-WrestleMania XXX episode of Raw the week before.

Raw 1100	June 23, 2014	Washington, D.C	4.03/1.4 share	Celebrated the show's 1,100th episode. Jim Ross had not commentated due to his retirement in September 2013.

Hulk Hogan Birthday Celebration Show	August 11, 2014	Portland, Oregon	4.30/1.5 share	The 61st birthday celebration of Hulk Hogan.

WWE Hall of Fame 2014 Forum	August 25, 2014	Anaheim, California	3.98/1.3 share	The first ever WWE Hall of Fame Forum, with WWE's new logo (first used with the WWE Network's launch in February).

Raw 2014-15 Season Premiere	September 8, 2014	Baltimore, Maryland	3.98/1.4 share	The 2014-15 season premiere of Raw.

2014 Slammy Awards	December 8, 2014	Greensboro, North Carolina	2.66/1.3 share	Slammy Awards ceremony, hosted by actor Seth Green

Raw Christmas	December 22, 2014	Minneapolis, Minnesota	3.63/1.3 share	*A Christmas-themed episode of Raw Hulk Hogan (as "Ho Ho Hogan") was the General Manager.

New Year's Raw	December 29, 2014	Washington, D.C.	3.61/2.2 share	A New Year's Eve-themed episode of Raw 'Edge and Christian served as General Managers. The episode marked the return of The Authority.

John Cena Appreciation Night	January 5, 2015	Corpus Christi, Texas	3.67/1.3 share	Special episode celebrating John Cena. Color commentatary by Booker T

Raw Reunion	January 19, 2015	Dallas, Texas	4.10/1.4 share	A special episode of Raw involving Hulk Hogan, The Kliq, Ric Flair, The Acolytes Protection Agency, The New Age Outlaws and Sting.

Raw Special in Studio Show	January 26, 2015	Stamford, Connecticut	4.42/1.4 share	Due to a major winter storm and travel bans across Connecticut that were occurring at the time, WWE was forced to cancel a SmackDown taping in Boston and reschedule Raw for the ensuing SmackDown on Thursday.

2015 King of the Ring	April 27, 2015	Green Bay, Wisconsin	3.76/1.2 share	This episode included the first matches of the 2015 King of the Ring tournament. The finals were held the following day live on WWE Network.

Raw 2015-16 Season Premiere	September 14, 2015	Memphis, Tennessee	2.42	The 2015-16 season premiere of Raw

2015 Slammy Awards	December 21, 2015	Minneapolis, Minnesota	3.50	Slammy Awards ceremony

Raw's 23rd Birthday	January 11, 2016	New Orleans, Louisiana	3.3	Raw's 23rd anniversary

Thank You, Daniel Bryan!	February 8, 2016	Seattle, Washington	2.65	Honored Daniel Bryan's retirement, showing highlights of his career since NXT in 2010.

Raw 1200	May 23, 2016	Baltimore, Maryland	1.12	Celebrated the show's 1,200th episode.

Raw Halloween	October 31, 2016	Hartford, Connecticut	1.88	Halloween-themed episode of Raw including a Trick or Street fight and several restlers wearing costumes throughout the show.

Superstar Shake-up	April 10, 2017	Uniondale, New York	3.42	WWE Superstars are transferred between the Raw and SmackDown brands.

Raw Christmas	December 25, 2017	Rosemont, Illinois	0.83	Live Christmas-themed episode of Raw on Christmas Monday.

Raw New Year's Day	January 1, 2018	Miami, Florida	1.07	Live episode of Monday Night Raw on New Year's Day.

Raw 25 Years	January 22, 2018	Brooklyn, New York Manhattan, New York	4.53	Celebrated the 25th anniversary of Raw; simulcast from the Barclays Center and Manhattan Center.

Superstar Shake-up	April 16, 2018	Hartford, Connecticut	3.62	WWE Superstars are transferred between the Raw and SmackDown brands

Raw 1300	April 23, 2018	St. Louis, Missouri	3.1	Celebrates the 1,300th episode of Raw.

Christmas Eve Raw	December 24, 2018	Sacramento, California	1.7	Christmas Eve edition of Raw which aired on Christmas Eve and was taped on December 17, 2018.

New Year's Eve Raw	December 31, 2018	Detroit, Michigan	1.9	Last Raw of 2018 which aired on New Year's Eve and was taped on December 28, 2018.

Mean Gene Okerlund Tribute Show	January 7, 2019	Orlando, Florida	2.3	A tribute to Class of 2006 Hall of Famer Mean Gene Okerlund who died on January 2, 2019.

Ric Flair Birthday Celebration Show	February 25, 2019	Atlanta, Georgia	2.9	The 70th birthday celebration of Ric Flair. Roman Reigns made a special appearance to give an update on his leukemia; announcing his return.

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Thursday Raw Thursday is the special episode of the Monday Night Raw which aired on February 13, 1997.

final_sentence: Thursday Raw Thursday is the special episode of the Monday Night Raw which aired on February 13, 1997.