Live from New York, NY
Airdate: July 19, 1993
Attendance: 1,200 (sold out)
Hosted by Vince McMahon, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan
Will Jannetty make it 2 for 2 against Michaels on RAW? Can Tiny Tim make the “King” tip-toe through the tulips? Let’s find out!
Read moreRock Star Gary reflects on WWF Monday Night RAW 07-19-1993
–A great movie-style preview of Goldust opens the show with Todd Pettengill narrating. Goldust says that he is ready for his close up and that has finally arrived on Superstars. Pettengill also says that they will show us the shocking footage of the 1-2-3 Kid’s heel turn on RAW.
–Vince McMahon, Jerry Lawler, and Jim Ross are calling the action and they are concluding the tapings in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – November 18, 1995
–Clips of the end of last week’s British Bulldog-Razor Ramon match are shown, along with the 1-2-3 Kid’s challenge to Razor Ramon for a match on tonight’s show.
–Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler are doing commentary and they are concluding the tapings in Canton, Ohio. This is our last RAW before In Your House 3.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: Monday Night RAW – September 18, 1995
–A video package hypes today’s big feature match between Dean Douglas and the 1-2-3 Kid. Will the Kid get sent to the principal’s office?
–Since this is the new fall season, Superstars gets a new theme song for the first time in more than a year, with it being a knockoff of the Monday Night Football theme asking “Are you ready?” The funny thing with an intro like this is that half the talent in it had quit or was released by January 1996 so they had to redo the lyrics, all of which were tied to a specific superstar.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – September 9, 1995
–Footage of Kama beating up a Creature of the Night on Superstars is shown. The Undertaker’s battle with Tatanka is seen as the first opportunity for the Undertaker to get revenge for the attack. The Undertaker pledges to take Tatanka out to send a message to the Million Dollar Corporation and Kama.
–Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler are tonight’s commentary team and they are concluding the brief tapings in Worcester, Massachusetts. This is the “go home” show for SummerSlam and it the last to feature the old RAW opening that has been a staple for more than a year since the company would have a new one when they returned after the U.S. Open.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: Monday Night RAW – August 21, 1995
–Jim Ross and Todd Pettengill are in the booth and they are taped from Portland, Maine. This was the same site as the recent Superstars tapings as the company was reducing television tapings due to budget cuts.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: The Action Zone – August 20, 1995
–The usual broadcast team of Vince McMahon and Dok Hendrix are calling the action and they are concluding the tapings in Evansville, Indiana.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – August 12, 1995
–A poor knock off of the Monday Night Football theme plays us in with a chorus of “In Your House, In Your House, tonight!”
–Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler are in the booth, both dressed in country music-like attire, and they are live from Nashville, Tennessee.
–Waylon Mercy’s vignettes are spliced together to hype his Action Zone debut.
–Jim Ross and Todd Pettengill are doing commentary and they are taped from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: The Action Zone – July 9, 1995
–Vince McMahon recaps Men on a Mission beating down the Smoking Gunns back in March because both teams are facing each other in today’s feature match.
–McMahon and Dok Hendrix are doing commentary and they are taped from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – July 8, 1995
–Vince McMahon and Dok Hendrix are in the booth and they are concluding the tapings in Wheeling, West Virginia. Hendrix relives his Freebird days by dancing to Michaels theme music in the announce booth.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – June 24, 1995
–Jim Ross recaps the events on last week’s show that led to today’s Razor Ramon & Savio Vega-Blu Brothers main event.
–Ross and Pettengill are handling commentary and are still in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: The Action Zone – June 4, 1995
–Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett cuts an in-ring promo against the Undertaker for their King of the Ring qualifying match later tonight, saying that he will be a “shoo in” for the tournament. Jarrett’s promo is interrupted by the lights flickering.
–Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler are doing commentary and they are concluding the tapings in Binghamton, New York.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: Monday Night RAW – May 29, 1995
–A video package plays up the ongoing Bret Hart-Jerry Lawler feud, including Bret’s challenge to Lawler on Monday Night RAW.
–Vince McMahon and Dok Hendrix are the commentary team for today’s show and they are taped from Danbury, Connecticut.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – May 27, 1995
–Footage is shown of an armored car carrying the In Your House entries to Syracuse, New York.
–Jim Ross and Todd Pettengill are doing commentary and they are concluding the tapings in Moline, Illinois.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: The Action Zone – May 14, 1995
–Vince McMahon puts over the In Your House pay-per-view as the lead-in for today’s show.
–McMahon and Dok Hendrix are in the booth and they are concluding the tapings in Des Moines, Iowa. Hendrix repeats his claim from last week’s show that Henry Godwinn is likely working with the Million Dollar Corporation to weaken WWF Champion Diesel before tomorrow’s big show. Hendrix is also careful to call Sid “Super Sid” instead of “Psycho Sid.”
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – May 13, 1995
–Jim Ross recaps how the Intercontinental title was held up as a result of last week’s controversial finish to the Jeff Jarrett-Bob Holly match.
–Ross and Todd Pettengill are in the booth and they are doing the second week of tapings in Moline, Illinois.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: The Action Zone – May 7, 1995
–Vince McMahon recaps the Diesel-Bam Bam Bigelow WWF title match on last week’s show. McMahon makes sure to note that a record television audience watched the title defense.
–McMahon and Jerry Lawler are in the booth and they are still in Omaha, Nebraska. Lawler has his open contract for Bret Hart with him, although he does not seem too happy to know that Bret will appear later tonight to confront him.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: Monday Night RAW – May 1, 1995
–Todd Pettengill recaps the end of last week’s main event between Razor Ramon and Tatanka, which resulted in a double count out and saw a brawl between both participants, the 1-2-3 Kid, and King Kong Bundy.
–Todd Pettengill and Gorilla Monsoon are doing commentary, with both of them still in Lowell, Massachusetts. They allow Pettengill to do the lead play-by-play duties for the show, which is really puzzling.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: The Action Zone – April 16, 1995
–Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler are doing commentary and they are taped from Glen Falls, New York, the home of Hacksaw Jim Duggan!
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – April 8, 1995
–Vince McMahon discusses the events of WrestleMania XI, aided by pictures of the event. McMahon reveals that Lawrence Taylor defeated Bam Bam Bigelow, WWF Champion Diesel successfully defended his title, and Owen Hart won the tag team titles with his new partner Yokozuna.
–McMahon and Jim Cornette are doing commentary and they are live from Poughkeepsie, New York. Cornette compares the return of Yokozuna to the return of Michael Jordan.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: Monday Night RAW – April 3, 1995
–Todd Pettengill narrates a video package to hype today’s Shawn Michaels-Adam Bomb main event. The package makes no mention of their encounter a month ago on Superstars.
–Jim Ross and Pettengill are in the booth and they are concluding the tapings in North Charleston, West Virginia.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: The Action Zone – March 26, 1995
–Men on a Mission say that they are excited to fight for the tag team titles on today’s show. The Smoking Gunns do a lot of smiling and say that they will make Men on a Mission yell “Whoop, there they go!”
–Jim Ross and Todd Pettengill are in the booth and they are broadcasting from a new taping location in North Charleston, West Virginia. The tapings were done on February 22.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: The Action Zone – March 12, 1995
–Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler are doing commentary and they are wrapping up the tapings from West Palm Beach, Florida.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – March 4, 1995
–Todd Pettengill narrates a video package hyping today’s feature match between the British Bulldog and Bob Backlund.
–Jim Ross and Pettengill are doing commentary and they are at a new taping location in Fort Myers, Florida. These tapings were held on January 25.
Read moreWhat the World Was Watching: The Action Zone – February 19, 1995