10 Biggest Holy Sh*t Moments In WWE Raw History
Braun Strowman and Bobby Lashley smash the stage, but barely scratch the surface.
Every moment of the March 26th 2001 edition of Monday Night Raw was a "holy sh*t" moment.
Shane McMahon walking out at Nitro was the big one, but the show was peppered with countless others. Jeff Jarrett's on-air firing was mind-blowing. William Regal and Tony Schiavone taking potshots at the other's company had more spirit about it than the eventual invasion angle itself. Vince McMahon playing emperor of wrestling's future in a monopolised lion's den was a futile but fun effort in fan service that somehow got Buff Bagwell a job.
It was insane in and of itself, and would almost certainly have resulted in Corey Graves dropping a multitude of four-letter bombs throughout the night just as he did at the thrilling climax of Braun Strowman's brawl with Bobby Lashley on July 1's Monday Night Raw. In the interest of ignoring recency bias, let's go first to that to see how it stacks up against the aforementioned March 2001 classic and several other instantly iconic, important milestones in WWE history.
If only to remember that, holy sh*t, Raw was occasionally the most exciting show in the f*cking world.
10. Staged Swearing
Conflicting reports pitched Corey Graves' curse either as an error or a careful Paul Heyman-led construction, but the bombastic blast was at least worthy of it even if it was a work.
Braun Strowman plowing through Bobby Lashley and the stage to bring their contest to an unexpected-but-awesome climax was destined to get some additional post-show engagement thanks to the trouble the company went to to furnish it with extra bells and whistles, but it gained extra shares thanks to the swear.
Early into the show, it heightened the drama around the chaos and got people talking - positively, bizarrely enough - about the show. The pair may have to have one more pay-per-view payoff which may underwhelm compared to this particular spot, but the urgency it loaned an episode of Raw many were watching closely was undeniably beneficial. If, by some unlikely circumstance, the four-letter word making air really was accidental, Graves' fine should be waved for the net positives alone.