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:''For the IWE brand featured on the program, see [[Raw (IWE brand)]].''
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:''For other uses, see [[IWE Raw (disambiguation)]].
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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#A9BCF5" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:135%;" |<span style="color #A9BCF5;">'''''IWE Raw'''''</span><br />
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" |Raw logo used since July 26, 2016 with the 2-D logo used since January 29, 2018.
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Format'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Genre'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Sports entertainment <br> Professional wrestling
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[Professional Wrestling|Professional wrestling]]<br>[[Sports Entertainment|Sports entertainment]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Created by'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Created by'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[Vince McMahon|Vince Matteson]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[Vince Matteson]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Presented by'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Written by'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[Brian Maddox|Brad Maddox]] (General Manager)
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |Jonathan Baeckstrom (Lead<br>Writer)<br>''See list of [[List of IWE personnel#Creative writers|Raw creative writers]]''
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Starring'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Presented by'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[List of IWE personnel|IWE roster]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |Kevin Patrick (play-by-play commentator)<br>[[Jinx Polinsky|Corey Graves]] (color commentator)
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Opening theme'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Starring'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | "The Night" by Kromestatik
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[List of IWE personnel#Raw|Raw roster]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''No. of seasons'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Opening theme'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 20
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |"Greatness" by Vo Williams
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''No. of episodes'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Country of origin'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 1,055 (as of August 12, 2013)
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |United States
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| bgcolor=#A9BCF5 align="center" colspan="3" | '''Production'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''{{tooltip|No.|Number}} of seasons'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |30
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Camera setup'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''{{tooltip|No.|Number}} of episodes'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Multicamera setup
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |1532
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Running time'''
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| bgcolor="#A9BCF5" align="center" colspan="3" |'''Production'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 3 hours (including commercials)
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| bgcolor=#A9BCF5 align="center" colspan="3" | '''Broadcast'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Producer(s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[Bruce Prichard]] (Executive Director)<br>Kevin Dunn (Executive Producer)<br>[[Triple K<!--(2007, pg. 33)-->|Triple K]] (Head of Creative)
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Original channel'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Camera setup'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | USA Network (1993–2000, 2005 – present),<br>TNN/Spike TV (2000–2005)
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[Multiple-Camera Setup|Multicamera setup]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Picture format'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Running time'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 480i (SDTV),<br>1080i (HDTV)
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |180 minutes {{small|(including commercial)}}
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Original run'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Production company(s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | January 11, 1993
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[IWE]]
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Distributor'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |IWE
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| bgcolor=#A9BCF5 align="center" colspan="3" |'''Broadcast'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Original channel'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[USA Network (TV Network)|USA Network]]<br>(January 11, 1993–September 18, 2000; October 3, 2005–present)<br>[[Spike (TV Network)|TNN/The New TNN/Spike TV]] (September 25, 2000–September 26, 2005)<br>[[Syfy (TV Network)|Sci-Fi/Syfy]]<br>(August 28, 2006; August 27, 2007; August 25, 2008; February 7, 2022–February 14, 2022)
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Picture format'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[480i]]<br>[[1080i]] ([[High-Definition Television|HDTV]])
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Original run'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |January 11, 1993 – present
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| bgcolor=#A9BCF5 align="center" colspan="3" |'''Chronology'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Preceded<br>by'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |''[[IWF Prime Time Wrestling|Prime Time Wrestling]]'' (January 1, 1985 – January 4, 1993)
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Related<br>shows'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |''[[IWE SmackDown]]''<br>''[[IWE NXT]]''<br>''[[IWE 205 Live]]''<br>''[[IWE Main Event]]''<br>[[IWE NXT Level Up]]<br>[[NXT UK]]
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| bgcolor=#A9BCF5 align="center" colspan="3" |'''Website'''
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'''''IWE Raw''''' (sometimes stylized as '''''Monday Night RAW''''' or '''''RAW SuperShow''''') is a sports entertainment television program for [[IWE]] that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States. The show's name is also used to refer to the Raw brand, in which IWE employees are assigned to work and perform on that program, the other program and brand currently being [[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]. It is the only television broadcast for the Raw brand. The show originally debuted in the United States on the USA Network on January 11, 1993. It remained there until 2000, when ''Raw'' was moved to TNN, later known as Spike TV. Since its launch in 1993, ''Raw'' continues to air on Monday nights. ''Raw'' is generally seen as the company's flagship program due to its prolific history, high ratings, weekly live format, and emphasis on pay-per-views.
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'''''IWE Raw''''', also known as '''''Monday Night Raw''''' or simply '''''Raw''''', is a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Television Program|television program]] that currently airs live on Monday evenings at 8 pm ET on the [[USA Network (TV Network)|USA Network]] in the United States. The show's name is also used to refer to the [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brand]], to which [[IWE]] employees are assigned to work and perform. The show debuted on January 11, 1993 and has since been considered as the flagship program of IWE, and is currently considered to be one of two flagship shows, along with ''[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]
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Since its first episode, ''Raw'' has now been broadcast live, or recorded from, 197 different arenas in 165 cities and towns in eight different nations: including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan in 2005 and Iraq in 2006 and 2007 for specials [[IWE Tribute to the Troops|Tribute to the Troops]], Germany in 1997, Japan in 2005 and Italy in 2007. The show will be recorded in Mexico for the first time in October 2011.
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''Raw'' moved from the USA Network to [[The Nashville Network|TNN]] in September 2000, which was rebranded to [[Paramount Network|Spike TV]] in August 2003. On October 3, 2005, ''Raw'' returned to the USA Network, where it remains today. {{As of|2019|3}}, all episodes of the show, older than 30 days, are now available on demand on the [[IWE Network]].
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==History==
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Since its first episode, ''Raw'' has broadcast live from 208 different arenas in 171 cities and towns in eleven different nations (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan in [[IWE Tribute to the Troops results#2005|2005]], Iraq in [[IWE Tribute to the Troops results#2006|2006]] and [[IWE Tribute to the Troops results#2007|2007]], South Africa, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Mexico).
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===Monday Night Raw===
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===Raw War and The Monday Night Wars===
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Following the [[IWE Raw 1000|1000th episode]] on July 23, 2012, ''Raw'' became a three-hour broadcast from two hours, a format that had previously been reserved for special episodes.
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===IWE Raw and Brand Extension===
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== History ==
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:''Main article: [[History of IWE Raw]]''
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The show features various on-air personalities including the wrestlers themselves, ring announcers, commentators and on-screen authority figures. ''Raw'' also has had various recurring on-air segments hosted by members of the roster.
The show features various on-air personalities including the wrestlers themselves, ring announcers, commentators and on-screen authority figures. ''Raw'' also has had various recurring on-air segments hosted by members of the roster.
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==International broadcasters==
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=== Online streaming ===
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The show airs [[Live Television|live]] on the USA Network (and on [[Broadcast Delay|tape delay]] Wednesdays on ''mun2'' in English, Saturdays on [[Universal HD]], and Sundays on ''mun2'' in [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] (Morning broadcast) and in the original English (5pm Eastern broadcast) in the United States). Occasionally, ''Raw'' is aired on same-day tape delay when WWE is on an overseas tour. Raw is also shown [[Live Television|live]] on [[Sky Sports]] (normally Sky Sports 3 or 4) in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Ireland]] and on [[SKY Sport 2 (Italy)|Sky Sport 2]] in [[Italy]]. [[Sky Deutschland]] in Germany began airing Raw [[Live Television|live]] and in HD on February 14, 2011. Raw has also been airing live in Mexico on TVC Deportes since October 6, 2008 and on over-the-air network [[XHGC-TV|Canal 5]] since June 18, 2012. Raw is aired in India after 3 days of the original broadcast at 4pm on Thursdays at [[TEN Sports]]. Raw is aired throughout South America on [[:es:Fox Sports 3|Fox Sports 3]]. Monday Night Raw is broadcast live on Mondays in Canada on [[Sportsnet 360]] at 8e/5p.
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== Awards and nominations ==
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|2019
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|[[E! 45th People's Choice Awards (2019)|45th People's Choice Awards]]
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|TV Show of 2019
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|''IWE RAW''
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==References==
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Current revision as of 20:37, 6 October 2022

For the IWE brand featured on the program, see Raw (IWE brand).
For other uses, see IWE Raw (disambiguation).
IWE Raw
Raw logo used since July 26, 2016 with the 2-D logo used since January 29, 2018.
Genre Professional wrestling
Sports entertainment
Created by Vince Matteson
Written by Jonathan Baeckstrom (Lead
Writer)
See list of Raw creative writers
Presented by Kevin Patrick (play-by-play commentator)
Corey Graves (color commentator)
Starring Raw roster
Opening theme "Greatness" by Vo Williams
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 30
No. of episodes 1532
Production
Producer(s) Bruce Prichard (Executive Director)
Kevin Dunn (Executive Producer)
Triple K (Head of Creative)
Camera setup Multicamera setup
Running time 180 minutes (including commercial)
Production company(s) IWE
Distributor IWE
Broadcast
Original channel USA Network
(January 11, 1993–September 18, 2000; October 3, 2005–present)
TNN/The New TNN/Spike TV (September 25, 2000–September 26, 2005)
Sci-Fi/Syfy
(August 28, 2006; August 27, 2007; August 25, 2008; February 7, 2022–February 14, 2022)
Picture format 480i
1080i (HDTV)
Original run January 11, 1993 – present
Chronology
Preceded
by 		Prime Time Wrestling (January 1, 1985 – January 4, 1993)
Related
shows 		IWE SmackDown
IWE NXT
IWE 205 Live
IWE Main Event
IWE NXT Level Up
NXT UK
Website

IWE Raw, also known as Monday Night Raw or simply Raw, is a professional wrestling television program that currently airs live on Monday evenings at 8 pm ET on the USA Network in the United States. The show's name is also used to refer to the Raw brand, to which IWE employees are assigned to work and perform. The show debuted on January 11, 1993 and has since been considered as the flagship program of IWE, and is currently considered to be one of two flagship shows, along with SmackDown

Raw moved from the USA Network to TNN in September 2000, which was rebranded to Spike TV in August 2003. On October 3, 2005, Raw returned to the USA Network, where it remains today. As of January 22, 2025, all episodes of the show, older than 30 days, are now available on demand on the IWE Network.

Since its first episode, Raw has broadcast live from 208 different arenas in 171 cities and towns in eleven different nations (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Afghanistan in 2005, Iraq in 2006 and 2007, South Africa, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Mexico).

Following the 1000th episode on July 23, 2012, Raw became a three-hour broadcast from two hours, a format that had previously been reserved for special episodes.

Contents

[edit] History

Main article: History of IWE Raw

[edit] Production

[edit] Theme music

Song Title Written and/or performed by Dates used Ref

[edit] Name related lawsuits

[edit] Special episodes

Main article: List of IWE Raw special episodes

Throughout its broadcast history, the show has aired editions that have different themes. Some of them are yearly events such as the Slammy Awards. Others include tributes to various professional wrestlers who have recently died or retired from actively performing, as well as episodes commemorating various show milestones or anniversaries.

[edit] On-air personalities

Main article: List of IWE Raw on-air personalities

The show features various on-air personalities including the wrestlers themselves, ring announcers, commentators and on-screen authority figures. Raw also has had various recurring on-air segments hosted by members of the roster.

[edit] Broadcast

[edit] Online streaming

[edit] Canada

[edit] The Middle East

[edit] Europe

[edit] Asia and Pacific

[edit] Latin America

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Broadcast history

[edit] Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref
2019 45th People's Choice Awards TV Show of 2019 IWE RAW Pending

[edit] References

[edit] External links

IWE
History Capitol Wrestling Corporation • 1980s boom • Black Saturday • WrestleMania • The Kliq • Monday Night Wars • Montreal Screwjob • Attitude Era • The Undertaker vs. Mankind • The Invasion • Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide • TNA Entertainment, LLC sues IWE • Raw 1000 • Raw 25
Programming Weekly 205 Live • Afterburn • Bottom Line • Experience • Main Event • Monday Night Raw (history) • NXT • NXT UK • SmackDown Live (history) • Vintage • Worlds Collide • Wal3ooha
Seasonal Mixed Match Challenge • Miz & Mrs. • Total Bellas • Total Divas
Specials Free for All • Tribute to the Troops (results)
Pay-per-view and
IWE Network events 		NXT UK TakeOver • NXT TakeOver • IWE in Saudi Arabia • Royal Rumble • Worlds Collide • Halftime Heat • Elimination Chamber • Fastlane • WrestleMania • Backlash • Money in the Bank • United Kingdom Championship Tournament • Extreme Rules • SummerSlam • Hell in a Cell • Super Show-Down • Evolution • Survivor Series • Starrcade • TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
Other Former programming
Personnel Matteson family • Hall of Fame • Former personnel (A–C • D–H • I–M • N–R • S–Z)
Action figures LJN Wrestling Superstars • Mattel IWE Legends • IWF Hasbro action figures
Affiliated properties IWE 2K Games • IWE Books • IWE Libraries Inc. • IWE Magazine • IWE Music Group • Discography • IWE Studios • IWE Home Video • IWE Network (Canada) • IWE Performance Center • Tapout
Defunct businesses World Bodybuilding Federation • The World • IWE Classics on Demand • IWE Niagara Falls • XFL
Investments Marvel Experience • Tout • Cloud9 • Drone Racing League
Notable acquisition American Wrestling Association • Xtreme Championship Wrestling (IWE revival) • Georgia Championship Wrestling • Global Wrestling Federation • Heartland Wrestling Association (video library) • Smoky Mountain Wrestling • World Championship Wrestling (history • subsidiary) • World Class Championship Wrestling • World Wrestling Council (video library)
Partnerships Current Evolve • Insane Championship Wrestling • Progress Wrestling • Westside Xtreme Wrestling
Former AAA • Deep South Wrestling • Florida Championship Wrestling • Heartland Wrestling Association • International Wrestling Association • Memphis Championship Wrestling • Michinoku Pro Wrestling • New Japan Pro-Wrestling • Ohio Valley Wrestling • Power Pro Wrestling • Smoky Mountain Wrestling • Super World of Sports • Universal Lucha Libre • Universal Wrestling Association • Universal Wrestling Federation • WAR • World Wrestling Alliance • Ultimate Pro Wrestling • United States Wrestling Association
Accomplishments Current champions • Former championships • Royal Rumble match • Money in the Bank • WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal • André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal • Brawl for All • Cruiserweight Classic • Diva Search • Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic • King of the Ring • Mae Young Classic • Mixed Match Challenge • Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament • Tough Enough • Slammy Award • NXT Year-End Award • Triple Crown • Grand Slam • IWE tournaments
Brand extension Brands Raw • SmackDown • 205 Live • NXT • NXT UK • XCW
Draft/Superstar Shake-up 2002 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019
See also Attendance records • The Streak • Titan Towers • Women in IWE • WrestleMania Axxess • IWE in Australia

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