Any true WWE fan knows that there's just as big a story of what goes on backstage as what goes on when the cameras are rolling. In the Internet age, we are privy to so much backstage information that we take it for granted sometimes. Back in the 1990s, unless you had a subscription to the Wrestling Observer, you were not privy to all of the goings-on backstage. Thanks in large part to the historians at The History of WWE, there are some interesting nuggets of trivia that you might not have known about. We will plan on doing one list for every year of the 1990s starting with 1993, the year Monday Night Raw debuted. Included in this list is information that might win you a few bar bets with your friends. Let's open the history books and see what 1993 had to offer!
10. Raw Wasnt Always Uncut and Uncensored
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlvLhUQ1-Yw When Monday Night Raw debuted in 1993, it was advertised as Uncut, Uncensored, and Uncooked, implying that the show was live. Much like all marketing slogans, it was only half-true. While the first and second episodes of Raw were live, the third was taped. In that episode, Bobby Heenan was bleeped out after Ric Flair lost his Loser Leaves WWF match with Mr. Perfect. So much for uncensored. In fact, only a little more than half of the Monday Night Raw shows were aired live in 1993. Much like the WWF Superstars and Wrestling Challenge tapings that had dominated the early 90s, the WWF taped two or three episodes of Raw in a single night, with only the first episode airing live. Taping a future episode of Raw was a practice WWF kept up until 1999, when Smackdown was added as a second major show. Only after that did Raw air live each week.
