Talk:WWE Raw

message: Nascarking-Read what you're replying to.  The statistic has nothing to do with reality, especially given the fact that other weekly wrestling shows have had many more episodes. --Bix (talk) 17:24, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You'd tagged it as a point of view issue, but it's not one. The claim is cited, but by a primary source (i.e. WWE). I removed the POV tag and clarified the issue on the primarysource tag that I'd originally added a few months ago. --Jtalledo (talk) 13:17, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

text: It should be removed. WCW Saturday Night even ran for 28 years which is much longer than Raw has been on the air. I don't know how this fake WWE statistic has found it's way into the article. TheGary (talk) 08:38, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: They even specifically call out the Simpsons, which started in Dec 1989, nearly 4 years before Raw in Jan 93, which is absurd. more episodes, certainly, longer running... no chance in hell...2601:40C:8300:1D35:50EA:B5A4:EC7:722 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 05:06, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Longest running blah blah continued 

message: How many episodes has Raw as of August 30, 2010? The infobox says 400, but the "Special episodes" states that the actual 400th episode was aired on August 23, 2010, and thus is should have 401 episodes. Which is correct? (Don't whatlist page) Armbrust Talk Contribs 13:19, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not actual anymore, as this information was removed. Armbrust Talk Contribs 20:41, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  900 or 901 

message: Tagged the article for clean up. There are too many tables. The international broadcast section isn't necessary. Wikipedia isn't a TV schedule. Quality television show pages don't have a list of every network that broadcasts the show. Same with the recurring segment table. But the worst is the "Special Episodes" table. There's over 30 entries in this one, most of which are from the last five years.  What is a "Special" episode anyway? It's not like there's any criteria for this list, except that WWE promotes an episode as "special" and they do that for practically every other episode.
Another thing to look out for is the history section. This section is supposed to be about the Broadcast history of the show, format changes, competition, etc. But the 2010 section was full of stuff about storylines relating to Nexus, etc. And then there was that bit about "Raw Roulette", which was in the so-called "Special episodes" section  anyway. I removed that stuff, but Nascarking reverted my changes without explanation. --Jtalledo (talk) 12:09, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean up 

message: In fact, most of the time, it is not stylized that way by the WWE themselves.  Implying that it always is gives readers a false impression.  Croctotheface (talk) 07:34, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The name is only sometimes stylized as "RAW" 

message: Raw has never been taped on Tuesdays. They taped in blocks, one show live, the the next show right after. http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/raw93.htm shows the record dates. Not sure how to word it though.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.106.164.183 (talk) 13:35, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Taping Scheduals 

message: I am tempted to add a brief footnote to the notes section for the "anonymous Raw GM" gimmick, explaining how the gimmick works. It would say something brief, such as a chime sounding to cue Cole (or whoever else) to the podium to read an announcement, usually pertaining to a match, a wrestler currently standing in the ring, and so forth. What's your thoughts, or would this be going too far? [[Briguy52748 (talk) 20:10, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do we want to elaborate on the "Anonymous GM" gimmick 

message: Since during many of the special episode's there are differnt matches and even guests could some of the shows have there own page.  Also why not add Raw Roulette for 6/27/11, and the Rock brithday show had so many celebrity birthday wishes.  We should also place where this shows take place (city and arena). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooly123 (talk • contribs) 
What about the WWE Title Tournament that was held on July 18 of this year? That should be a special episode too, they don't happen often. And July 25 marked the first time that there were two WWE Championship matches on Raw, both resulting in new champions. That should be noted too.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.121.121.158 (talk) 00:02, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special episodes 

message: RAW roulette is a special episode so someone needs to re add them back in i would but i dont have the dates for them--BlackDragon 04:13, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  WWE RAW Roulette 

message: anyone know if the name of WWE's flagship Monday Night program is now known as Raw Supershow instead of Monday Night Raw, if the name change is the official, i suggest the name of the Wikipedia page for WWE Raw to be change to reflect the name change.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boutitbenza 69 9 (talk • contribs) 23:26, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Until the name is changed on the corporate website, no.    ArcAngel   (talk) ) 01:57, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

text: And what makes the 1st "Supershow" special?    ArcAngel   (talk) ) 01:57, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The Promotional material used in the USA Network, WWE.Com and the Show's graphics can let you know that the there has been a name change Kerbymanuel (talk) 22:10, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: And it may be only temporary.  Let's just wait and see.    ArcAngel   (talk) ) 22:36, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: So, about how much time do we have to wait 'till we're convinced that Raw SuperShow it's legit??? Kerbymanuel (talk) 23:39, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say it's not official until the WWE changes the names of the shows (or perhaps cuts down the shows from 3 to 2, or 1) on the corporate website.    ArcAngel   (talk) ) 00:08, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

text: Actually the WWE Live Tour site (www.wwelivetour.com) is promoting ever Raw show for the rest of the year (except England and Mexico) as Raw SuperShow Kerbymanuel (talk) 02:12, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Still isn't the website that counts.    ArcAngel   (talk) ) 02:17, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

text: WWE has long promoted all dual-branded houseshows under the Supershow name. --Jtalledo (talk) 20:20, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: But the last SD that aired was referred to as simply SD, no "super" or anything like that.    ArcAngel   (talk) ) 11:26, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  show name change? 

message: Before it gets deleted once again , the 1st RAW Tribute to the Troops was in Afghanistan , the second and third was in IRAQ . So it makes the count to 8 countries that broadcasted RAW Gpetit89              (talk) 22:46, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: International RAW

message: is it possible to add the past and current theme song for Raw and Smackdown?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Usa409 (talk • contribs) 00:02, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theme Songs 

message: A lot of people seem to think that these wrestling matches are real and that the wrestlers are actually hitting each other, I don't know why there is such confusion about this. But this article doesn't mention that the wrestlers are actually acting and that no one is really being hit, shouldn't that be a key point in the article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lolawl (talk • contribs) 04:04, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: All covered in the article Professional wrestling.--UnquestionableTruth-- 10:32, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

text: they are "actually hitting each other" most of the time and if they miss the mark, the fans will let them know. They just do it in a (usually) safe manner so as not to kill each other every week05:09, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of the realness of the matches 

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message: pls more infos about the 15th Anniversary and the gimmick battle royal match.
Participants: Al Snow, Bart Gunn, Doink the Clown, Repo Man, Steve Blackman, Pete Gas, Bob Backlund, Gangrel, The Goon, IRS, Flash Funk, Scotty II Hotty, Skinner, Jim Anvil Neidhart, Sgt. Slaughter, Gillberg.
Elimination (in this order): Gillberg, Bob Backlund, Doink, Gangrel, Al Snow, Pete Gas, Bart Gunn, Steve Blackman, Flash Funk, The Goon, Repo Man, Jim Anvil Neidhart, Scotty II Hotty, Skinner, Sgt. . WINNER: IRS
Afterwards Ted DiBiase the Million Dollar Man came to the ring and offers IRS money to eliminate himself. He puts the money in the briefcase and hops over. New WINNER: Ted DiBiase the Million Dollar Man  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.201.146.249 (talk) 03:23, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  WWE RAW 15th Anniversary - Battle Royal Match 

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message: This is something that WWE keep boasting about, yet the only link appears to be to WWE! Surely without a neutral third-party WP:RS such a statement can not be included? 41.132.116.62 (talk) 09:22, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "It is the longest-running weekly episodic tv show in history" 

message: Shouldn't there be "WWE Raw: Featuring Brock Lesnar" from when Brock Lesnar won against John Cena in the Special Episodes?--Mjs1991 (talk) 10:57, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special 

message: I guess a WWE employee routinely checks this page to make sure their lie of having the longest running show on TV remains intact. Well, Newsflash to WWE: this is not a WWE website. We need to have real facts on here. RAW is only WWE's longest show, NOT the longest period. Just like WWE's publicly announced attendance rates which are "for entertainment purposes only", much of WWE's "Did You Know" propaganda is just simply not true.172.162.4.204 (talk) 15:53, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, yeah, I agree. I haven't seen any source for this claim other than WWE themselves. It should probably mention that this is exclusively a WWE claim. --Jtalledo (talk) 01:12, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The thing is, Wikipedia really isn't concerned with truth, just verifiability That's not a complaint or an insult, just a fact. Reliable sources have made the claim. Wikipedia very clearly attributes the claim to the specific source. The reader can (should, anyway) consider the source and judge the truthfulness of it for themselves. You can't make the claim (in the article) that this is exclusively a WWE claim without a reliable source backing that claim. An editor can't cite his own knowledge ("...propaganda is simply not true") or lack of knowledge ("I haven't seen any source..."). That is considered original research and is absolutely prohibited here. If you can find a source saying Raw is NOT the longest-running show, you can add the counterclaim, but you can not remove the WWE claim. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:11, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

text: WCW Saturday Night was only on the aired for 9 years. WCW/Mid-Atlantic had Saturday shows before that, but they were different shows (i.e. "Georgia Championship Wrestling"). TJ Spyke 01:36, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a bit like saying that Monday Night Raw only ran for 4 years, as the name of the show was changed to Raw is War in 1997, or that a new show debuted in 2002 when WWF changed their name to WWE.  The show might have changed it's name, and the company providing the talent that was featured might have have changed (e.g. Black Saturday), but the show itsself ran from 1972 to 2000.  WWE's self promotion aside, their statement is incorrect and it should be changed.  The Todd (talk) 17:15, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: "This is a bit like saying that Monday Night Raw only ran for 4 years" Before it was Raw live from the venues, it was PrimeTime Wrestling from various studios using varying formats, still most episodes DOES NOT mean longest running.05:13, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

text: It most definitely isn't the longest running show in history, there are several that beat it.  The Japanese "Super Sentai" series, for example, has been running continually since 1975 and while each season can be pretty radically different, they're all part of the same core series.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.99.196.124 (talk) 21:41, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self-promotional claptrap 

message: I think that we have to include more AF. I only see AF since 2001. Where the AF before 2001 are? I mean, Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley (commisoners), Sgt. Slaugther, Gorilla Moonson...--HHH Pedrigree (talk) 14:37, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Authority figures

message: On the March 31, 2014 Raw, Triple H and Stephanie referenced this episode's buzz, but used it as an example for non-lasting significance and fleeting attention spans. How does that balance out? InedibleHulk (talk) 23:04, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Lasting significance

message: Hello! This article is an unsourced mess. I've put up a citation tag for now, but please understand that much of this material can be removed if it remains unsourced. There's also several undue weight issues throughout the entire article.AmericanDad86 (talk) 09:21, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Loads of unsourced material

message: iv been watching wrestling since i was a kid...what you did tonight was repulsive and i prolly got no use for your show again...i dont give a sh*t if its staged or not you no longer have my vcote for a damn thing...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.56.192.204 (talk) 03:29, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The page you want is here. This is Wikipedia, not WWE. When you complain to them, try to note precisely what you're complaining about, and why. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:00, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  monday night raw...march 17, 2014 

message: The paragraph referencing the 700th episode needs work. First, it implies October 1996 as when the 700th episode aired. That can't be right because the show only started in 1993 unless it aired daily at that time. I get the feeling some text has been removed. Second, I removed the following statement as being unsourced - the citiations given had no bearing on the statement:
: ... according to the WWE making it the longest running weekly entertainment show, without a hiatus, in television history.
This definitely needs sourcing because, among other things, the 22-year run of Doctor Who prior to its 1985-86 hiatus, or the quarter-century run of The Ed Sullivan Show which had no hiatus, both dwarf Raw, so the statement is controversial enough that it needs a citation. 68.146.70.124 (talk) 23:06, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes a self promotional LIE, which is all it is, a LIE, should be removed. 05:15, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: More citation issues

message: With all the updates to this article, I wonder if the article should be rated "B". - Kiraroshi1976 (talk) 15:20, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Rating 

message: Can someone make a table for the yearly rating average? There are websites like Gerweck.net and 2xzone.com that have this information. I've made a graph http://imgur.com/ffWzqnT  — Preceding unsigned comment added by XtremeNerdz12 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yearly ratings 

message: Can someone make a table for the yearly rating average? There are websites like Gerweck.net and 2xzone.com that have this information. I've even made a graph on imgur http://imgur.com/ffWzqnT  — Preceding unsigned comment added by XtremeNerdz12 (talk • contribs) 19:42, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yearly Ratings Average 

message: This page has surpassed the 100kb size, and based on WP:SPLIT should definitely be split. Based on that I am proposing a 3 way split (the same would apply to WWE SmackDown, just sub Raw for SmackDown below). If everyone is in agreement, I am more than happy to do the leg work of splitting it.
#WWE Raw - The current page as is, less the info I am proposing moving below
#History of WWE Raw - Move the detailed history leaving only a coupe paragraphs as a highlight
#RAW (WWE brand) - This would take the info from the brand related info from the history section, as well as the championship belt listing.
Any thoughts and/or other suggestions? - GalatzTalk 19:59, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Since there appear to be no objections or other suggestions for page splitting, I will start working on this over the next couple days - GalatzTalk 13:26, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

text: You probably should've left a message at WT:PW or at least put Template:Split on the page. Splits typically wait a week before determining consensus. JTP (talk • contribs) 16:46, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page split 

message: Although I myself believe Raw was 2 hours BEFORE 1997 , according to this article it wasn't ,  I do KNOW the second hour was titled " Raw is War " .  How could it be re-named if it was JUST invented ?  Lol  96.233.52.166 (talk) 23:56, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the show has always been one hour between 1993 and 1996. By February 1997, Raw went 2 hours, and in March 1997 it was renamed to Raw is War. Nickag989talk 08:11, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Wasn't only the first hour Raw is War and the second was War Zone? - GalatzTalk 14:47, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it was, between November 1997 to around mid 1998 when then-WWF stopped using it. Nickag989talk 19:30, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Wait...I'm the dumb one. Between March 10, 1997 - September 24, 2001, the second hour was War Zone, but between November 1997 to around mid 1998, the second hour had an actual intro. Nickag989talk 16:04, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: "war zone" was rebranded as "raw zone" for some sensitivity malarky.05:17, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The second hour was named / titled " Raw is War " , NOT  re-named " Raw is War "  

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message: The article was vandalized about a few hours ago. I reverted all vandalized edits that were made within that timeframe. The user who vandalized it shall be banned. J4lambert (talk) 00:08, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Article vandalized

message: I some old video recordings, such as this,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyANgDSO2DM I sometimes see the Fox Sports logo.InsulinRS (talk) 17:49, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: What's with the Fox Sports logo?

message: Currently WWE Raw and Smackdown air on sony ten 1 in english, sony ten 3 in hindi and sony ten 4 in tamil and telegu and on their HD counterparts. but the article says it just airs on sony ten 1. I request a change to be done.223.233.29.247 (talk) 07:20, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indian Broadcast