10 Things Everybody Gets Wrong About WWE In 1995
7. Raw Hits
Sacrificing some credibility in a hollow effort to appear modest, WWE have often hung 1995's weekly television out to dry when mining the archives for examples of how the product briefly fell out of favour with the public.
It of course discounts repeated scandals that shattered the veneer of family fun that gave the company such a solid spine in the 1980s, and the deep decline the industry had already teased suffering from 1991 onwards.
However, spin the WWE Network's Raw roulette wheel on the 1995 setting, and it'll be hard not to stumble upon a unexpectedly fabulous match or segment. It was the first year that pounced on post-PPV drama, hooking fans still caught up in a frenzy from the night prior.
The night after WrestleMania saw Sid furiously turn on Shawn Michaels following a blistering Alundra Blayze/Bull Nakano Women's Title switch. One night removed from the Survivor Series, an infuriated Diesel cut an exquisite worked shoot promo about the trials of being a babyface WWE Champion shortly before Shawn stole the show and the headlines yet again with a convincing collapse during a match with Owen Hart.
These memorable moments are dotted throughout the year, and are more than worth the endurance needed to survive farmers, foreign stereotypes and feckless fighters from the future.