10 Notable Changes Made To WWE Raw In 1997

10. The Titantron

Certainly beat the giant magenta R-A-W prop stand-ups that dotted the entrance way in terms of aesthetics.

Not only did the giant video screen provide a look into the seedy backstage underbelly of the superstars at their most vigilant, conniving, and scheming, but the Titantron also gave way to elementary versions of entrance videos for every wrestler, none more amusing than Dude Love's green-screen dance video that would debut later in the year.

As a set-piece, it's taken for granted today as a standard part of any WWE broadcast, but once upon a time, its looming stature gave kind of an Orwellian feel to the scripted dystopia-like violence that Raw is War called for.

From its first use, Raw felt like an entirely new show.