World Wrestling Federation 1993: Raw Action

January 11th 1993

Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett and Randy Savage welcome us to the first ever broadcast of Monday Night Raw, broadcasting on the USA Network and emanating from the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Central Studios. Tonight is set to be a great night with the likes of Razor Ramon, The Steiner Brothers and The Undertaker all in action, plus a very special main event featuring Shawn Michaels defending his Intercontinental Championship against former friend Marty Jannetty.

The Undertaker w/ Paul Bearer Defeated Repo Man. In the first ever match on Monday Night Raw The Undertaker came out on top against the Repo Man. Despite Repo’s underhanded techniques The Undertaker could not be phased and eventually put Repo Man away with the Tombstone.

We are taken backstage where Sean Mooney is standing by with the Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels to get his thoughts on facing his ex partner Marty Jannetty tonight. Michaels laughs off any threat that Jannetty poses, saying that he was always the better wrestler when they were a team and that nothing has changed now. He says that everybody better be watching and paying attention to tonight’s main event, because you’ll be watching the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble successfully defending his Championship against a “lesser wrestler”.

The Steiner Brothers Defeated Duane Gill & Barry Hardy. Featured an inset promo featuring The Steiner Brothers challenging Money Inc for the Tag Titles. This is what you’d call a complete squash. The Steiner Brothers controlled this match from start to finish, eventually putting them to bed with a Steiner-Line/ German Suplex combination.

Jack Tunney is inside the ring when Monday Night Raw comes back. He thanks everyone for being part of television history and watching the first ever edition of WWF Monday Night Raw. He promises us a lengthy future of exciting action.

We are treated to a promo package for the ‘Headlock on Hunger’ campaign featuring Tatanka.

Razor Ramon Defeated Glen Ruth. Another squash match ensuring that Razor Ramon was built up as a credible main event threat ahead of his WWF Championship match at the Royal Rumble. An impressive performance from Razor was topped off by the Razor’s Edge for the victory.

Following the match Razor Ramon grabbed a microphone and announced his intention to take the World Wrestling Federation Championship from Bret Hart at the Royal Rumble. Ramon states that somebody like Hart doesn’t deserve to hold the title, calling him and his family “A family of pathetic underachievers.” Razor says the WWF needs a champion who doesn’t worry about what the fans think, and that sometime soon, the Bad Guy will be World Champion.

A graphic shows that our main event will be up next!

Shawn Michaels Defeated Marty Jannetty to RETAIN the WWF Intercontinental Champion. A big main event to top off the first ever edition of Monday Night Raw. These two have had big problems ever since Shawn Michaels threw his ex tag team partner through a window so this one was vicious and brutal. Both had plenty of opportunities to get the victory but Jannetty seemed more focused on hurting Michaels than pinning him and that allowed Michaels to capitalise and connect with a low blow out of the sight of the referee, followed by the Teardrop Suplex to get the victory and retain his title.