10 Notable Changes Made To WWE Raw In 1997
9. Entrance Stage/Ramp
It goes hand-in-hand with the Titan Tron to complete a nifty-looking set, but in its fresher days, the reinforced metal grating provided an element of danger to the shows.
Whether it was Bret Hart sending Steve Austin off the side of the stage after whacking him with a crutch, or Hunter Hearst Helmsley flinging Cactus Jack skull first into the ramp's unforgiving surface, the introduction of metal augmented the idea of a 'War Zone".
It was also a nice way to differentiate themselves from WCW Monday Nitro, who pretty much kept the ground-level aisle until 2000.
As far as eye-catching set-pieces go, it beats the hell out of six-sided rings that fans demanded some companies bring back, only for said companies to watch their viewership continue to peter out.