On November 3, 1997 WWF Raw is War aired on the USA Network from the Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The show opens with Vince McMahon interviewing Stone Cold Steve Austin. They are interrupted by Ahmed Johnson as Stone Cold shouts one of his greatest catchphrases for the first time, “Give me a hell yeah!” Later in the show, Michael Cole tries to interview D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Chyna and Rick Rude). Once they dispose of Cole, D-Generation X avoids the spit of Comm

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