10 Most Shocking WWE Raw Manhattan Centre Moments

10. A Perfect Start

Raw's first episode of was a hearty dose of WWE television that largely mirrored the way the product had been presented since 1984's grand expansion. The locale was in fact the one glaring difference.

The ballroom's audience was small but perfectly formed, in stark contrast to increasingly indifferent arena crowds that somehow made the whole product feel bloated yet empty. Though the jobber squashes and Bobby Heenan commentary didn't veer too far from the company's formula, the setting freshened the facade.

It wasn't until episode 2 where the chaotic potential of the show shone through. After Randy Savage was decked before the opening credits, Mr Perfect was assaulted by a raging Ric Flair at the climax of his contest with Terrific Terry Taylor. It triggered a heated war that the pair agreed to settle in a Loser Leaves WWE match on the following week's broadcast.

And a fine finale to a frantic feud it was. A night removed from the Royal Rumble (though actually taped a week prior), the pair engaged in an absorbing brawl to pay off their fractured relationship at Flair's original run with the organisation. Just one of 'The Nature Boy's excellent WWE displays, it concluded Raw's first success story.