9 Ways WWE Raw Broke GOOD Ratings Records 20 Years Ago
8. Raw's First Ever 6.0+ Show - March 1st 1999
Using WWE Network thumbnails as a metric - and really, with so much stuff happening in these episodes of Raw, it's as good a measure as any - it's easy to see why Kane was such a success with Knox County voter-base - 'The Big Red Machine' and Big Numbers go hand-in-singularly-gloved-hand.
The Undertaker's burned brother kicked off March 1999 still in the Corporate employ, having to battle and batter Steve Austin here just to remain in work. It's silly as sh*t, but much of the product was, and as the 6.3 rating - for one week only the highest-rated edition of the show ever - reflected, it was working.
A main event between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kane was booked in typically-frantic opening segment that reduced the need to channel hop with a decaying WCW on the other side. Elsewhere, several WrestleMania programmes were furthered, as Shane McMahon got in X-Pac's business, Ivory furthered her intent to take out Debra and her Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett, whilst The Big Show's awkward start to life in reality and kayfabe continued with a mixed night running interference for Vince McMahon's Corporation.