Monday Night RAW | ||
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Details | ||
Format | Sports entertainment | |
Created by | Vince McMahon | |
Starring | WWE personnel | |
Opening theme | "Greatness" by Vo Williams | |
Episode(s) | 645 (as of May 9, 2022) | |
Production | ||
Camera setup | Multicamera setup | |
Running time | 3 hours and 5 minutes |
WWE Raw (also advertised as WWE Monday Night Raw) is a professional wrestling television program that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States and originally debuted in August 2005. Since its launch in 2005, 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 three-hour live format, and emphasis on pay-per-views.
Since its first episode, WWE Raw has been broadcast live from 203 different arenas, in 169 cities and towns, in ten different nations (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan, Iraq, South Africa, Germany, Japan, Italy and Mexico). Los angeles ca . There have been 645 episodes from 2005 to present.
Contents
Show history[]
2005–2010[]
Coming Soon
2010–2015[]
Coming Soon
2016–present[]
Coming Soon
Production[]
"Burn it to the Ground" by Nickelback served as the official theme song for Raw from 2009 to 2015. Beginning in September 2019, Raw debuted a brand new logo, set and graphics as well as theme song "Legendary" by Skillet.
On air personalities[]
The show features various on-air personalities including the wrestlers themselves, ring announcers, commentators and on-screen authority figures. Raw also has had various recurring on-air segments hosted by members of the roster.
Champions[]
Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held | Location | Notes |
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WWE Championship | Adam Cole | 3 | April 17, 2022 | 1+ | Sydney, Australia | Defeated Finn Balor at WrestleMania 200 |
WWE Women's Championship | Britt Baker | 2 | January 9th, 2022 | 109+ | St. Louis, Missouri | Defeated Aliyah at Royal Rumble |
WWE Intercontinental Championship | The Rock | 3 | January 9th, 2022 | 109+ | St. Louis, Missouri | Defeated Eddie Kingston at Royal Rumble |
WWE Hardcore Championship | Sami Callihan | 2 | April 17, 2022 | 1+ | Sydney, Australia | Defeated Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania 200 |
WWE Goddess Championship | Nixon Newell | 1 | January 9th, 2022 | 109+ | St. Louis, Missouri | Defeated Mandy Rose at Royal Rumble |
International broadcasters[]
The show airs live on the USA Network (and on tape delay Wednesdays on mun2 in English, Saturdays on Universal HD, and Sundays on mun2 in Spanish (Morning broadcast) and in the original English (5pm Eastern broadcast) in the United States). Occasionally, Raw is aired on same-day tape delay when WWE is on an overseas tour. Raw is also shown live on Sky Sports 3 in the UK and Ireland and on Sky Sport 2 in Italy. Sky Deutschland in Germany began airing Raw live and in HD on February 14, 2011. Raw has also been airing live in Mexico on TVC Deportes since October 6, 2008 and on over-the-air network Canal 5 since June 18, 2012.