WWE Monday Night RAW is the flagship programming of the pro-wrestling promotion WWE. RAW was first aired on January 11, 1993, and has since continued as a weekly program airing every week on Monday Nights. The show currently airs on the USA Network, where it has been since 2005. It can also be streamed via WWE Network while in the United States, RAW can be streamed via Peacock TV 30 days after the show is aired. The show is one of the longest-running weekly episodic programs in the US with over 1500 original episodes. It is also one of the longest weekly pro-wrestling programs with a total runtime of three hours including the commercials.
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WWE RAW Results - March 18, 2024
Result | Stipulation |
#DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) defeat The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed & Julius Creed) (18:28) | WWE Tag Team Championship Qualifying Match |
Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell defeat Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (1:56) | Tag Team Match |
Ricochet defeats Dominik Mysterio (w/JD McDonagh) (7:17) | Singles Match |
Awesome Truth (R-Truth & The Miz) defeat Indus Sher (Sanga & Veer) (w/Jinder Mahal) (3:10) | WWE Tag Team Championship Qualifying Match |
The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) defeat Alpha Academy (Akira Tozawa & Otis) (9:29) | WWE Tag Team Championship Qualifying Match |
Becky Lynch defeats Nia Jax (18:33) | Last Woman Standing Match |
DIY vs. The Creed Brothers
Ciampa and Julius started the match with grappling and submission attempts. After tags, the match became more high-flying with dives and moonsaults from both teams. The Creed Brothers dominated for a while with power moves and double teams. Ciampa eventually gained momentum with a reverse DDT and tagged in Gargano who took control with strikes and a Spear to eventually book the victory.
Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell vs. Katana Chance and Kayden Carter
The match started with Carter and LeRae trading strikes. LeRae and Hartwell then took turns attacking Carter's knee. Chance tagged in and briefly gained the upper hand but LeRae targeted his knee, causing him to tap out to a submission hold.
Ricochet vs. Dominik Mysterio
Ricochet started strong with a Waist Lock and strikes, attempting a high-flying move outside the ring. However, Judgment Day's interference (McDonagh pushing Dominik) gave Dominik the upper hand. After a commercial break, Dominik gained control with a Facebuster and attempted The Three Amigos. Ricochet countered, delivering a Brainbuster and nearly finishing with a 450 Splash. He countered another attack and landed the Recoil for the victory despite Judgment Day's shenanigans.
Awesome Truth vs. Indus Sher
Truth started hot but tagged out to Miz who got overwhelmed by Sanga's power. Mahaan tagged in and continued the dominance until Truth surprised him with a flying shoulder tackle combo. Truth capitalized with more offense, applied the STF submission, and even with Sanga's interference, Awesome Truth combined for a decisive victory.
New Day vs. Alpha Academy
After the break, Otis dominated Kingston and almost finished him with a Vader Bomb. Kingston dodged and chaos erupted. Tozawa hit a crossbody on Kingston, but Woods countered with a Tornado DDT. Woods almost finished Tozawa with an Elbow Drop from the top rope, but Kingston saved him. Outside the ring, Kingston took out Otis with a Tornado DDT. Tozawa countered another attack from Woods and almost won with a senton, but Kingston interfered again. In the end, Woods launched Tozawa with a spinning sit-out powerbomb and secured the win with an Elbow Drop.
Becky Lynch vs. Nia Jax
The Last Woman Standing match between Becky Lynch and Nia Jax was a brutal brawl. Lynch started strong with a series of dropkicks but Jax turned the tide by sending her crashing into the ring post and barricade. After a commercial break, the fight escalated. Lynch tried to put Jax through a table but was stopped. Jax then dominated, hitting Lynch with a Samoan Drop on chairs, a leg drop, and kendo stick shots.
Both wrestlers continued to use weapons throughout the match, including chairs, kendo sticks, and ring steps. They put each other through tables and hit each other with devastating moves. In the final moments, Lynch reversed a potential leg drop from Jax and DDT'd her on the ring steps. She then set up another table and climbed a ladder. Jax escaped the table but was caught off guard by a fire extinguisher blast from Lynch. Despite Jax putting Lynch through a table with a Samoan Drop and hitting her finisher, Lynch wouldn't stay down. Finally, Lynch climbed the ladder and delivered a leg drop through the announce table, leaving Jax unable to answer the ten count. Lynch won the Last Woman Standing match in a brutal and dramatic fight.
Before the introduction of RAW, WWF Prime Time Wrestling was the premier programming for the promotion which aired on the USA Network from January 1985 to January 1993. It was then replaced by RAW and it began airing on the network on the 11th of January, 1993. Before RAW, pro-wrestling TV programs were usually pre-taped. However, it changed the game by airing it as and when it was happening in front of a live audience. The program was sixty minutes long when it was first introduced. It was pushed to two hours in January 1997 and finally to the current three-hour format in July 2012.
Coverage
Upon its introduction, RAW aired on the USA Network in the United States as a sixty-minute program. It got shifted to TNN/Spike TV in February 1997 and was again shifted to the USA Network in 2005, where it airs currently. It airs in India on the Sony Ten channel and can be streamed via the SonyLiv app. In the United Kingdom, it airs live on BT Sport and on The Score Sportsnet 360 OLN in Canada. Since its inception, WWE RAW has aired in ten different countries namely the USA, Canada, UK, Afghanistan, Germany, Spain, Iraq, South Africa, Mexico, and Italy.
WWE RAW Roster
WWE Superstars are drafted into Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. You can click here to know about the current roster of Monday Night RAW.
WWE RAW Current Champions
Championship | Current Champion | Event won | Previous Champion |
World Heavyweight Championship | Seth 'Freakin' Rollins | Night of Champions 2023 | Inaugural Champion |
Women's World Championship | Rhea Ripley | WrestleMania Hollywood | Charlotte Flair |
Intercontinental Championship | Gunther | SmackDown | Ricochet |
WWE Tag Team Championship | Damian Priest and Finn Balor | RAW | Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso |
Women's Tag Team Championship | Kabuki Warriors | RAW | Kayden Carter and Katana Chance |
Every WWE brand has its own set of champions. You can click here to know about the current champions of the other programmings.
FAQs
Q. How long is WWE RAW?
A. WWE RAW is a three-hour (180 minutes) show including commercials.
Q. What was the first WWE RAW main event?
A. The Undertaker defeated Damian Demento in the main event of the first episode of Monday Night Raw.
Q. How many episodes does WWE RAW have?
A. As of March 19, 2024, a total of 1608 episodes of Monday Night Raw have aired.
A. As of March 19, 2024, a total of 1608 episodes of Monday Night Raw have aired.
Q. What channel is WWE RAW on?
A. WWE RAW airs every Monday on USA Network. 2025 onwards, it will stream exclusively on Netflix.
A. WWE RAW airs every Monday on USA Network. 2025 onwards, it will stream exclusively on Netflix.