I agree that Hardy vs Taker was one of the best main events in history. It showed the crowd what was to come of Hardy as a singles competitor and the spots were just so crazy. An amazing match truly
For me, as good as Cena vs HBK was, it's hard to not have Taker vs Hardy at one simply because that match cemented Jeff as a singles star at the end. There was no doubt, when he refused to stay down and Taker went from being more and more pissed off to impressed, it showed Taker what he had and was the proof that Jeff could actually fly solo.
@Saurabh Patil They did play Mankind's music when he pinned to win however as wrestling goes the entertainment factor insists so everyone was literally waiting for scsa to interfere and when he did it was like a detonation going off
One match that definitely should’ve been on here is Benoit vs Angle in a Steel Cage Match. I have no idea how they didn’t make it onto the list. I’m pretty sure it was the main event of that night on raw.
Couple of honorable mentions: •Mr. Perfect vs. Ric Flair, Loser Leaves WWF, 1993 •Austin vs. Undertaker, WWF Championship, 1999 •Austin vs. Angle, WWF Championship, 2001 •Trish vs. Lita, Women’s Championship, 2004 •Rollins/Reigns vs. Cody/Goldust, Tag Team Championship, 2013
I was shocked that Austin Undertaker from June 28th 1999 wasn't at the top of the list. Wasn't even on the list. Night after KOR 1999 when Austin was fired as CEO. Before his firing, he wrote a new contract giving himself a title match. And he won. Biggest pop i had heard in a while. Can't believe they missed it.
Looks like Cultaholic don't count anything before 1997 . Perfect v Flair was a classic wrestling match and what happened at the end still makes me laugh now . Bret Hart v 123 Kid was great as well .
"If Cinderella wore a leather mask, lived in a boiler room, and liked to roll around in thumb tacks, that is." What do you mean "If"? Which version did you read?
Yeah me too BUT at least Michael's won thank god! Cena almost never lost at that time... Was so happy HBK got the epic win but yeah should have been for the title! HBK should have had more title wins but i guess he'd rather help build new stars for the buisness...
@@josephabren9982 yeah completely agree I wish he had more title runs, but he didn't need them, he put on some of the best matches I ever seen that wasn't even a Main event or title match, (Kurt angle v hbk at wm21 was amazing
The Mankind win over Rock was the greatest thing in wrestling I had ever seen... watched with about 6 high school buddies every Monday night and we literally almost burned down my parents house. Standing and jumping... one of the best sports moments of my life. Will never forget!
The match that ignited my passion for pro wrestling was when I watched Jeff Hardy VS Taker on Raw. In France, with like 6 weeks of time difference. But this was another time. Man the memories
One of my favorite matches of the past few years on RAW was Strowman v Big Show. Match was waaaay better than I anticipated. Guys put on a PPV caliber match for free.
On the Shawn/Cena match, if I recall correctly, went 1 hour to fill time. There were other big name matches advertised prior to that RAW, but there were Wellness Policy violations that led to suspension before it. Which led to match cancellations. So in order to fill time, Cena and Michaels just put on an hour long classic.
There was supposed to be a double main event that night with HBK vs Cena and Orton vs Edge. Orton, I believe, got kicked off a plane and so that match had to be 86'd.
What I loved about the Taker/Hardy match was beautiful, Undertaker was high in his heel American badass persona, and it was after this he started to become a tweener. It was beautiful storytelling, and jeff trying to stand back up was just heartbreaking and motivational.
Tiny nitpick for the Sasha and Charlotte entry: Lita actually was in the main event of Raw in 2000, defeating Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley for the Women's Championship.
Honestly, this was to be one of the hardest lists to make. Over 1000 episodes meaning over 1000 main events. Bravo for doing this 👏🏽 Hardy v Taker will forever be iconic. And who called most of these matches? Good ole JR 👍🏽
That Cena vs Punk match almost got me back into watching every wrestling every week after more than ten years away. Born in 86 I was a huge fan of everything WWE and WCW until my early teen years. Besides the occasional pay per view or raw. That match me respect CM Punk and to me he is the last of the greats who could have stood toe to toe with anyone in the attitude era.
DX vs Jeri-Show vs John Cena and The Undertaker at MSG anyone Or how about Triple H , John Cena , Undertaker and Kane vs Randy Orton , Chavo Guerrero, JBL and Edge ?
Well you don't watch much wrestling. Lots of guys get over losing. Michaels, Austin, Cena, Punk all got over losing. New Japan has done it a ton recently with Natio and Omega a few years ago
One thing that stood out about the length of Cena vs Shawn was that Edge vs Orton was scheduled that night which kept us in suspense of how long that match would last
Bret Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid for the WWE Championship on the July 11th, 1994 episode deserves at least an honourable mention. While it wasn't the last match of the show, it was undoubtedly the main event, and it is a fantastic contest, called expertly by Jim Ross and Randy Savage. It is my favourite WWE match of all time too.
IT’S NOT ON THE LIST?! I’m infuriated! That match literally made Raw important in it’s beginning years. It showed that they could put on great main events that were PPV worthy. It truly is the match that made Raw the flagship show.
I’m glad you guys showed the elimination fatal four way when mentioning matches you had to leave out. Rollins, reigns, KO, and even Big Cass did so well that night.
@@kilocopter Lot of things were off in the video, like Radicalz being 0-3 against DX, not 3-0, as well as Pacitti saying the main event between Charlotte and Sasha was almost 14 years after Trish vs. Lita, which was actually almost 12.
There is more great matchs in one épisode of NXT than 6 months on Raw If you start talking about every great match in the weekly of NXT The video would last 4 hours
Kyle Wright see me personally I wouldn’t say the NXT game show era had a match that could be considered top 10 greatest NXT tv main events but you never know?
Not a spectacular match by any means but I've always had a soft spot for the RAW after TLC 2011 because it had WWE Champion CM Punk, World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan and US Champion Zack Ryder being on a team and each entering through the crowd
Good list. Would've also included Shawn Michaels vs Shelton Benjamin. Not sure if it was the main-event but that was one memorable match. The finish itself was worth it.
Great list! I'm a bit disappointed at the omission of the Eddie Guerrero/RVD ladder match for the Intercontinental championship, but some great matches are on this list.
I will say being there for the Mankind and The Rock match was an amazing night that's for sure especially having a man guy goes through the crowd and hanging out with him and Xpac for a good 20 minutes it was a good night
I had the pleasure of being in Earl’s Court for the cena/michaels match. Greatest match I’ve ever seen live, and I doubt I’ll be able to top it anytime soon
"... Causing a crowd reaction so seismic that they're going to have to have to invent a new scale in order to measure it. In come circles, it's know as the 'Pacitti Pop." "The Mick-ter Scale" was RIGHT there.
I typed in "go on kid make yourself famous" in the TH-cam search bar, and the first result is an already-liked video of Taker vs Hardy. I know that's not the exact quote, but I think I agree with that one. That was such a star-making match for Jeff, and he'll always be one of my favorite wrestlers, demons and all.
Jeff vs the undertaker did to things proved to everyone that undertaker can do anything and make it great and that Jeff Hardy’s career was only getting started and they have been continuing to prove that over the last 18 years this will always live up there as to prove why these guys are the best
Wow. I didn’t know that Mankind had won the WWF Title on my birthday. Of course this was 1z years before I was born but still, nice early present none the less, really cool
I still remember watching Jeff vs Taker. It took place a month before my 10th birthday and I was hoping my favorite wrestler at the time was gonna come out on top. Hands down my favorite match ever, and thanks to J.R it has my favorite call of all time. Whenever I hear J.R say that iconic line I feel like I’m a little kid all over again
"It may be the night, it may be the biggest night!" followed by that chair shot which is even cut out the wwe youtube version of the match, genuinely had me believing Jeff was gona do it...still do every time I rewatch it 😄
That Hardy vs Taker match has always stuck with me as one of the best matches ever. There was just something about it, from the storytelling to the commentary by J.R. It'll always be one of my favourite wrestling moments.
One of my favourite Raw main events, not because it was a great match but because it was so fun and a great way to set up stakes pre-wrestlemania was Cena & Orton vs the Raw Roster. That minute or so when they finally figure out how to work together before JBL decided he was done waiting and led the assault and DQ. Really underrated.
How could you forget when RAW was in Berlin , Germany for the European title tournament on March 3rd 1997 the main event and final match of the tournament was British Bulldog v Owen Hart what a match that was . I still have this on VHS .
What makes the HBK vs Cena match so impressive is that they were not supposed to go on nearly that long. The match was supposed to be about half the length it was, but because of the actions of Orton, they had to basically double the length of the match on short notice.
(I wonder how many comments are going to be about 7th February 2000 being used twice) Pretty solid list to be honest, I actually forgot about Tri Vs HBK in 2003.
@NeonBrainSwitch what raw did it happen on? Find that out and you can watch it, it'll just say HHH wrestling for world title in iron man match. Every Benoit match is on the network, he's just not mentioned by name.
Man. That Hardy V Taker Main Event was insane. I HOPE and PRAYED it led to a big push for Jeff but it didn’t. This was me as a kid so of course at the time I had no idea that Jeff had the issues he had going on outside the ring or I would never have expected as such
My favorite Monday night raw main event match ever was Bret Hart vs 1-2-3 kid. It looked as if they were trying to get the kid over by letting him get close to a win in a baby face vs baby face type match. I still remember watching it live as a kid. I’ve rewatched it a lot
You might want to check out Mr Perfect v Ric Flair in a Loser Leaves WWF match the closing stages alone were great this was in January 1993 . Another classic worth checking the European Championship final British Bulldog v Owen Hart this was when RAW was in Berlin , Germany in 1997 .
That 10 man tag team match, was absoutely fire, this was the first of many moments that i knew that wcw had badily screwed up by letting all 4 of the radicals go which is insane to this day
I remember watching Mick Foley winning the championship it was such an amazing moment. And I don’t think I’ve every heard the crowd go crazier as when Stone cold’s music hit that night
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No... I need Every RAW main-event Ranked from Worst to Best!!!
Now that would a LONG video lol.
That video would take a few days just to watch lol
That would be like 3-5 hours long
Don't put ideas in their head. They might go and do it.
They might have to do it by each decade so that they don’t have to rate 1000+ main events in one video.
"Climb the ladder kid, make urself famous" still sends shivers down my spine.
One of the best calls in wwe/f history
@@BigEvil6686 ur so cool. Can I be ur friend?
@@TonPlusDarts lol nice!
I was a big fan of Jeff Hardy back in my youth and I was devastated that he didn’t win the Undisputed Championship that night.
@@TonPlusDarts he's too cool for the rest of us
I agree that Hardy vs Taker was one of the best main events in history. It showed the crowd what was to come of Hardy as a singles competitor and the spots were just so crazy. An amazing match truly
Not bad considering two months prior he got pummelled by Brock Lesnar.
For me, as good as Cena vs HBK was, it's hard to not have Taker vs Hardy at one simply because that match cemented Jeff as a singles star at the end. There was no doubt, when he refused to stay down and Taker went from being more and more pissed off to impressed, it showed Taker what he had and was the proof that Jeff could actually fly solo.
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They should’ve put Benoit vs Angle steel cage match too. That shit was even more insane. That was a main event match too .
I was watching live
The Loudest Pop in WWE history was for Stone Cold's theme when he interfered in the Mankind vs The Rock match. Truly Deafening.
DDP debut
Nice try but everyone knows the loudest pop was when Drew McIntyre beat Brock Lesnar at Wrestlema......ohh wait ...
@Saurabh Patil They did play Mankind's music when he pinned to win however as wrestling goes the entertainment factor insists so everyone was literally waiting for scsa to interfere and when he did it was like a detonation going off
The loudest and longest pop ever, was Hollywood Hogan on raw the night after wrestlemania x8.
@@Pepe_LeMac lol no doubt it was
Honorable mention. Cesaro v. Cena on Raw 2015 for the US Title. That's an underrated banger.
Like most of Cesaro match
Was that even the main event? 🤔
@@dr.hooknolanevans3466 yes I remember because that Raw ended way late because of it. It was prior to Battleground 2015 iirc.
Not the main event
One match that definitely should’ve been on here is Benoit vs Angle in a Steel Cage Match. I have no idea how they didn’t make it onto the list. I’m pretty sure it was the main event of that night on raw.
No one:
Mick Foley: Hi I'm Mick Foley and welcome to Jackass
I love that Jeff Hardy vs taker match we all knew goin in he was not goin to win but what we didn’t know he was goin to gain undertaker respect ✊🏼
@Saverio Palaia he didn't misspell anything... he just left the "g" off words.... how did that make it so you couldnt read it?
interesting
Grammar 🤦♂️
plus taker was a heel at that time.
Couple of honorable mentions: •Mr. Perfect vs. Ric Flair, Loser Leaves WWF, 1993
•Austin vs. Undertaker, WWF Championship, 1999 •Austin vs. Angle, WWF Championship, 2001
•Trish vs. Lita, Women’s Championship, 2004 •Rollins/Reigns vs. Cody/Goldust, Tag Team Championship, 2013
I was shocked that Austin Undertaker from June 28th 1999 wasn't at the top of the list. Wasn't even on the list. Night after KOR 1999 when Austin was fired as CEO. Before his firing, he wrote a new contract giving himself a title match. And he won. Biggest pop i had heard in a while. Can't believe they missed it.
Bret Hart vs 1,2,3 Kid- July 11,1994
Looks like Cultaholic don't count anything before 1997 . Perfect v Flair was a classic wrestling match and what happened at the end still makes me laugh now . Bret Hart v 123 Kid was great as well .
"If Cinderella wore a leather mask, lived in a boiler room, and liked to roll around in thumb tacks, that is."
What do you mean "If"? Which version did you read?
Underrated comment.
You’re a genius Doug!
Actually laughed out loud at this.. dont know why but this got me 😭
i dont know what any of that meant, but i'm waiting for someone to make a joke about the 2 man power trip vs the 2 man power chris...
I was so pissed at that Cena vs Michaels match. I thought it was for the title.
Yoooo same I remember tuning the next week thinking Shawn Michaels was the new chap
Yeah me too BUT at least Michael's won thank god! Cena almost never lost at that time... Was so happy HBK got the epic win but yeah should have been for the title! HBK should have had more title wins but i guess he'd rather help build new stars for the buisness...
@@Khameleon269 I agree he should have had way more titles but I think the whole point of hbk is that you dont need a lot of titles to be the best ever
@@josephabren9982 yeah completely agree I wish he had more title runs, but he didn't need them, he put on some of the best matches I ever seen that wasn't even a Main event or title match, (Kurt angle v hbk at wm21 was amazing
The Mankind win over Rock was the greatest thing in wrestling I had ever seen... watched with about 6 high school buddies every Monday night and we literally almost burned down my parents house. Standing and jumping... one of the best sports moments of my life. Will never forget!
The pop was unbelievable
The match that ignited my passion for pro wrestling was when I watched Jeff Hardy VS Taker on Raw. In France, with like 6 weeks of time difference. But this was another time.
Man the memories
One of my favorite matches of the past few years on RAW was Strowman v Big Show. Match was waaaay better than I anticipated. Guys put on a PPV caliber match for free.
Year ?
@@marbin1991 2017
chris benoit vs triple h ironman match in 2004 was underrated raw main event and ric flair vs edge tlc match in 2006
Smackdown has to be next and number 1 has to be brock vs angle
@@Cursed_Mark Probably would be number two, but it's an amazing match regardless.
@Marc Spera Eddie vs Edge no dq wasn't actually the main event of that show. Rey Mysterio/Kurt Angle/Chris Benoit triple threat main evented.
Dont forget the 40 minute banger we just had in the IC tourney final with Bryan and Styles...
@@kurtpaulsen6579
Unfortunately, that wasn't the main event of the episode.
TLC 3 definitely belongs on there. There was also a classic Benoit & Angle v. Edge & Mysterio 2/3 falls tag title match that would also make the list.
Minor point - Mankind had never been champion prior to his win against the Rock (he lost in a tournament)
Yea, that’ll put some butts in seats
Oh snap u beat me to it o well
On the Shawn/Cena match, if I recall correctly, went 1 hour to fill time. There were other big name matches advertised prior to that RAW, but there were Wellness Policy violations that led to suspension before it. Which led to match cancellations. So in order to fill time, Cena and Michaels just put on an hour long classic.
There was supposed to be a double main event that night with HBK vs Cena and Orton vs Edge. Orton, I believe, got kicked off a plane and so that match had to be 86'd.
What I loved about the Taker/Hardy match was beautiful, Undertaker was high in his heel American badass persona, and it was after this he started to become a tweener. It was beautiful storytelling, and jeff trying to stand back up was just heartbreaking and motivational.
Taker! You haven’t broken me!
Tiny nitpick for the Sasha and Charlotte entry: Lita actually was in the main event of Raw in 2000, defeating Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley for the Women's Championship.
Yeah but that match was all about the Triple H and The Rock storyline
Honestly, this was to be one of the hardest lists to make. Over 1000 episodes meaning over 1000 main events. Bravo for doing this 👏🏽
Hardy v Taker will forever be iconic. And who called most of these matches? Good ole JR 👍🏽
I remember that.
!CLIMB THE LADDER KID!
!MAKE YOURSELF FAMOUS!
Surprisingly a lot of this list happened in the ruthless aggression era.
well the Ruthless Agression Era is the best era in wrestling ever so..
Only 3 of the matches on this list were in r.a. era
Anything is better than never ending pg era
Ruthless Aggression fucking rocked!! I'm still a wrestling fan but haven't watched wwe in 3-4 years now. PG is ruining wrestling!!
Even apart from the storylines and stuff, the matches themselves were just amazing.
That Cena vs Punk match almost got me back into watching every wrestling every week after more than ten years away. Born in 86 I was a huge fan of everything WWE and WCW until my early teen years. Besides the occasional pay per view or raw. That match me respect CM Punk and to me he is the last of the greats who could have stood toe to toe with anyone in the attitude era.
Next video:
Top Ten Best Survivor Series Elimination Matches
...if you haven't already done that.
I was there for Punk v Cena, and it was amaaaaaazing to see live.
DX vs Jeri-Show vs John Cena and The Undertaker at MSG anyone
Or how about
Triple H , John Cena , Undertaker and Kane vs Randy Orton , Chavo Guerrero, JBL and Edge ?
DX jerishow was in MSD, good match because of the talent involved, not great
I remember seeing that match and losing my mind
The MSG one
Teddy Long?Is that you?
HHH&Austin vs Jericho&Benoit is deff up there for me
that Jeff Hardy vs taker match was the only time I truly felt someone got over in defeat
Stone Cold vs Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 13 did it better.
Well you don't watch much wrestling. Lots of guys get over losing. Michaels, Austin, Cena, Punk all got over losing. New Japan has done it a ton recently with Natio and Omega a few years ago
@@dylanredmond1752 how the hell did I screw that up?
@@SkippyDipper well, first of all, Wrestlemania 13 featured Bret vs Stone Cold, not Stone Cold vs HBK.
What this video taught me is that if Cena takes a piledriver it’s gonna be a great match
Um... Not quite... Cena/Taker, while funny, was an botch-riddled abortion...
Chris Benoit vs HHH 60 minute Iron man match was amazing.
Everyone forgets that Madusa/Alundra Blayze and Rhonda Sing/Bertha Faye were the first women to main event a Raw back in 1995.
One thing that stood out about the length of Cena vs Shawn was that Edge vs Orton was scheduled that night which kept us in suspense of how long that match would last
Bret Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid for the WWE Championship on the July 11th, 1994 episode deserves at least an honourable mention. While it wasn't the last match of the show, it was undoubtedly the main event, and it is a fantastic contest, called expertly by Jim Ross and Randy Savage.
It is my favourite WWE match of all time too.
IT’S NOT ON THE LIST?! I’m infuriated! That match literally made Raw important in it’s beginning years. It showed that they could put on great main events that were PPV worthy. It truly is the match that made Raw the flagship show.
That was a really good match!
I’m glad you guys showed the elimination fatal four way when mentioning matches you had to leave out. Rollins, reigns, KO, and even Big Cass did so well that night.
8:20 Actually it was 21st May 2001
Yeah that date was way off lol 😂
@@kilocopter Lot of things were off in the video, like Radicalz being 0-3 against DX, not 3-0, as well as Pacitti saying the main event between Charlotte and Sasha was almost 14 years after Trish vs. Lita, which was actually almost 12.
B-man The Champ oh look at our genius over here 🤓
I was about to comment this. I recognized it was wrong right away.
The ladder match was one of greatest matches ever
WWE from 2002 - 2008 had some kickass main events on RAW and Smackdown.
TOP 10 NXT MAIN EVENTS?? Even include game show
Would any of those crack the top 10?
There is more great matchs in one épisode of NXT than 6 months on Raw
If you start talking about every great match in the weekly of NXT
The video would last 4 hours
Kyle Wright see me personally I wouldn’t say the NXT game show era had a match that could be considered top 10 greatest NXT tv main events but you never know?
Good News For Mankind I remember watching it trust me there wasn’t
Chris Jericho vs Daniel Bryan ?)
Not a spectacular match by any means but I've always had a soft spot for the RAW after TLC 2011 because it had WWE Champion CM Punk, World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan and US Champion Zack Ryder being on a team and each entering through the crowd
Oh the 2011!! The year of vanilla midgets.
Sadly at the time the lowest rated segment in history 😞😞😞
Seeing a picture of my hometown in a cultaholic video puts a smile on my face
Honorable mention: Cactus Jack versus Hunter Hearst Helmsley at Madison Square Garden in 1997.
Trish Stratus and Lita was one of my favorite RAW main events
Honourable mention and a bit of a forgotten classic- HBK vs Jeff Hardy early in 2008. One of the best bouts of that year
Matt Vs Taker Latter match is my favorite Raw match of all time. I still love to watch it every now and again
Good list. Would've also included Shawn Michaels vs Shelton Benjamin.
Not sure if it was the main-event but that was one memorable match. The finish itself was worth it.
Taker vs Jeff is the match that made me fall in love with wrestling and JR was a huge part of it. My favorite match ever besides taker/hbk
Great list! I'm a bit disappointed at the omission of the Eddie Guerrero/RVD ladder match for the Intercontinental championship, but some great matches are on this list.
Taka Michinoku vs HHH was pretty awesome. I always remember that one
Cena vs Punk is still my favourite. Proved that they should've main evented Wrestlemania at some point.
I was at the Jeff Hardy/Taker match. It was my "bachelor party". It was an awesome match live.
I will say being there for the Mankind and The Rock match was an amazing night that's for sure especially having a man guy goes through the crowd and hanging out with him and Xpac for a good 20 minutes it was a good night
I had the pleasure of being in Earl’s Court for the cena/michaels match. Greatest match I’ve ever seen live, and I doubt I’ll be able to top it anytime soon
"... Causing a crowd reaction so seismic that they're going to have to have to invent a new scale in order to measure it. In come circles, it's know as the 'Pacitti Pop."
"The Mick-ter Scale" was RIGHT there.
Rollins Vs Reigns Vs Big Cass Vs Owens for the Universal Championship has to be on here.
Happy to say that I was at the RAW that features Hardy and Undertaker - and man was if a memorable one!
HBK vs John Cena is honestly one of, if not, my favorite matches ever. Pure wrestling at it’s finest.
Another good one, maybe not from a technical standpoint but from a sheer spectacle one: NWO Hall, Nash, Hogan vs The Rock and Austin.
I typed in "go on kid make yourself famous" in the TH-cam search bar, and the first result is an already-liked video of Taker vs Hardy. I know that's not the exact quote, but I think I agree with that one. That was such a star-making match for Jeff, and he'll always be one of my favorite wrestlers, demons and all.
Jeff vs the undertaker did to things proved to everyone that undertaker can do anything and make it great and that Jeff Hardy’s career was only getting started and they have been continuing to prove that over the last 18 years this will always live up there as to prove why these guys are the best
Undertaker vs. Austin in 1999 definitely belongs. And I think it had historical significance as being the highest rated moment in RAW I believe.
Gotta admit HHH vs Benoit iron man match was fire
Wow. I didn’t know that Mankind had won the WWF Title on my birthday. Of course this was 1z years before I was born but still, nice early present none the less, really cool
Interestingly enough, both the Trish-Lita main-event and the Charlotte-Sasha main-event took place in Charlotte, NC.
I can't be the only one who a vlog of them all meeting at the office for the first time in months its gonna be so wholesome
"In some circles, it's known as the "Pacitti Pop."😂😂
I still remember watching Jeff vs Taker. It took place a month before my 10th birthday and I was hoping my favorite wrestler at the time was gonna come out on top. Hands down my favorite match ever, and thanks to J.R it has my favorite call of all time. Whenever I hear J.R say that iconic line I feel like I’m a little kid all over again
Born and raised in San Antonio.
I was so pissed by that ending that I quit watching WWE for about a year.
"It may be the night, it may be the biggest night!" followed by that chair shot which is even cut out the wwe youtube version of the match, genuinely had me believing Jeff was gona do it...still do every time I rewatch it 😄
When I think of great Raw main events, I think of that 10 man tag match. Crowd was insane. And you could tell the wrestlers were feeding off of it.
One of my favorite was a January 2008 Raw with Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton where Jeff hit a huge Swanton in the feud to set up No Mercy
HBK vs Kurt Angle RAW Homecoming 2005 one of my favorites
That Hardy vs Taker match has always stuck with me as one of the best matches ever. There was just something about it, from the storytelling to the commentary by J.R.
It'll always be one of my favourite wrestling moments.
Jeff Hardy vs Shawn Michaels from Feb 2008 is an absoule gem
1 and 2 were my choices too. These match gave me chills when I saw them.
Honorable mention of Angle vs. Benoit in a cage match on my birthday no less 6-11-2001
One of my favourite Raw main events, not because it was a great match but because it was so fun and a great way to set up stakes pre-wrestlemania was Cena & Orton vs the Raw Roster. That minute or so when they finally figure out how to work together before JBL decided he was done waiting and led the assault and DQ. Really underrated.
How could you forget when RAW was in Berlin , Germany for the European title tournament on March 3rd 1997 the main event and final match of the tournament was British Bulldog v Owen Hart what a match that was . I still have this on VHS .
8:00 I think you got it a little backwards. They would need the win if they went 0-3, not 3-0.
What makes the HBK vs Cena match so impressive is that they were not supposed to go on nearly that long. The match was supposed to be about half the length it was, but because of the actions of Orton, they had to basically double the length of the match on short notice.
The date of HHH and Stone vs. Benoit and Jericho is INCORRECT
That tlc match was first on my list even before I clicked on this. It still stands.
That Michaels/Austin fued at the time turned some gems out
(I wonder how many comments are going to be about 7th February 2000 being used twice) Pretty solid list to be honest, I actually forgot about Tri Vs HBK in 2003.
Already waiting for a SmackDown, nitro , and nxt version of this video
Hardy vs. Undertaker was my first Monday Night Raw. It only made me love these two more and why they're my favorites
TLC 4 was my first ever live event, love that match
Solid list can't really outright disagree with this. If you guys do a 10 best Raw Openers 1-2-3 Kid vs Bret Hart got to be #1 or at least top 3.
I was at that Jeff Hardy-Undertaker, and I had no idea what kind of history I would be in for.
Man everytime theres a top of best matches i see chris benoit... He was a fucking beast dude
Damn.... now I know how I got hooked Micheals vs cena was the first RAW I watched.
60 Minute Iron Man Match - Chris Benoit vs Triple H for the WWE Championship 2004 has to be on that list
NeonBrainSwitch seeing as it has benoit in it, probably not
@NeonBrainSwitch what raw did it happen on? Find that out and you can watch it, it'll just say HHH wrestling for world title in iron man match. Every Benoit match is on the network, he's just not mentioned by name.
This was a VERY good list
Man. That Hardy V Taker Main Event was insane. I HOPE and PRAYED it led to a big push for Jeff but it didn’t. This was me as a kid so of course at the time I had no idea that Jeff had the issues he had going on outside the ring or I would never have expected as such
I was at the Cena Michaels match, it was brilliant.
Owen, Bulldog, Yoko vs Shawn, Taker, Diesel was definitely my all-time favorite…
My favorite Monday night raw main event match ever was Bret Hart vs 1-2-3 kid. It looked as if they were trying to get the kid over by letting him get close to a win in a baby face vs baby face type match. I still remember watching it live as a kid. I’ve rewatched it a lot
You might want to check out Mr Perfect v Ric Flair in a Loser Leaves WWF match the closing stages alone were great this was in January 1993 . Another classic worth checking the European Championship final British Bulldog v Owen Hart this was when RAW was in Berlin , Germany in 1997 .
Remember the days when you'd get the wwe title on the line on raw 😁😁😁
Drew just defending it last week on RAW and defended it on a broadcast of RAW after Mania...
I heard that Vince McMahon is gonna expand Raw to 11 hours long in 2021......
ayoo cena putting on the best raw main event ever on me and his birthday!! 🥳
That 10 man tag team match, was absoutely fire, this was the first of many moments that i knew that wcw had badily screwed up by letting all 4 of the radicals go which is insane to this day
Shelton Benjamin and Shawn Michaels hands down is the best match I've ever seen.
That match really should've put Shelton in the main event picture.
I remember watching Mick Foley winning the championship it was such an amazing moment. And I don’t think I’ve every heard the crowd go crazier as when Stone cold’s music hit that night