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===Brand Extension===
===Brand Extension===
On the March 25, 2002 edition of ''Raw'', the first Draft was held. During the telecast, 20 superstars were drafted to either ''Raw'' or ''SmackDown!'' A supplemental draft was held later, where mid-carders were drafted to either show. This edition of ''Raw'' would be the last to use the graphics, set, and theme song that had been used since the Attitude Era. The next week, a new set, graphics, and theme song were used.
On the March 25, 2002 edition of ''Raw'', the first Draft was held. During the telecast, 20 superstars were drafted to either ''Raw'' or ''SmackDown!'' A supplemental draft was held later, where mid-carders were drafted to either show. This edition of ''Raw'' would be the last to use the graphics, set, and theme song that had been used since the Attitude Era. The next week, a new set, graphics, and theme song were used.
===Noteworthy Episodes===
*Series Premiere (January 11, 1993)
*''Raw Is Owen'' (May 24, 1999) - Owen Hart Tribute Show
*March 26, 2001 - Final night of the Monday Night Wars as well as the Raw before ''WrestleMania X-Seven''.
*March 25, 2002 - The First WWE Draft
*''Raw X Anniversary'' (January 13, 2003)
*Eddie Guerrero Tribute Show (November 14, 2005)
*''Tribute to the Troops'' (December 19, 2005)
*Chris Benoit Memorial (June 25, 2007)
*Trump Raw (June 22, 2009) - The first commercial-free RAW.
*January 4, 2010 - Bret Hart appears on RAW for the first time since 1997.
*''Monday Night SmackDown'' (April 19, 2010) - Due to the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in Iceland, most of the RAW roster remained in Belfast after a European tour. As a result, the SmackDown roster was featured. Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, and Ryan Phillipe from the film ''MacGruber,'' made guest appearances.
*''Viewer's Choice Raw'' (June 7, 2010) Best known for the debut of The Nexus, which would begin a storyline that would last for the rest of 2010.
*''Old School Raw'' (November 15, 2010) The set, graphics, and pyro were designed to look like the 1993 format.
*''The Rock's Birthday Bash'' (May 2, 2011)
*''Raw 1000'' (July 23, 2012) 1,000th episode of RAW.
*''Raw 20th Anniversary'' (January 14, 2013)
*''The Ultimate Warrior Tribute Show'' (April 14, 2014) Tribute show for the Ultimate Warrior, who had been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame a week prior, and died just two days later.
*''Raw Reunion'' (January 19, 2015) First appearance of Sting on Raw.
*''Raw Special in Studio Show'' (January 26, 2015) Due to a Winter Storm in the northeast, travel bans were issued in Connecticut, where RAW was set to be held at the XL Center in Hartford. As a result, the show was moved to WWE Headquarters in Stamford, where various wrestlers appeared and conducted interviews. Also, the 2015 Royal Rumble match was shown in it's entirety, occurring the night before.
[[Category:World Wrestling Entertainment]]
[[Category:World Wrestling Entertainment]]