On January 11, 1993 the inaugural episode of WWF’s Monday Night Raw aired on the USA Network. A replacement for WWF’s Prime Time Wrestling, which aired on the network for 8 years, the original RAW was 60 minutes in length and broke new ground in televised professional wrestling. Raw originated from the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center, a small New York City theater, and aired live each week. Vince McMahon, Randy Savage and Rob Bartlett were the original hosts of the show. Take a look back

On September 13, 2001 WWF Smackdown! aired live on UPN from the the Compaq Center in Houston, Texas, marking the first public gathering after the terrorist attacks on September 11th. A regularly-scheduled taping for that week's episode was to occur on September 11, but was cancelled due to the attacks. WWF staff, including Vince McMahon, elected to go on with the episode as a live broadcast instead, which would feature exhibition matches with no effect on storylines. McMahon emphasized that the