3. Monday Night Raw
Before 1993, Monday night was just an average night for a wrestling fan in North American. For the last 21 years it's become the home for the longest running episodic TV show in history (WWE like to brag about that one) that we've come to know as Monday Night Raw. It started out as a one hour show that live sometimes, but taped more often than not. It seems so long ago, probably because it is. If you look at where WWE was back then and where they are now it's as if it's a different company. But it's not. It's still Vince McMahon calling the shots with Kevin Dunn in the same Executive Producer role he's been in for so long. You have to respect their longevity and ability to grow over the years. Remember the Monday Night War with WCW in the mid to late 1990s? WCW launched Nitro in 1995. It only lasted about six years even though there was a two year period where more people watched Nitro instead of Raw. That tested WWE and they not only survived that test, but they grew to be an even bigger company. These days Raw is a three hour show that's live nearly every Monday night. Not only does WWE have a huge TV contract with USA Network in America, but they will likely get paid more money when their new deal is signed this coming spring. Raw is the most successful wrestling show in the history of television and it's not even close. In second place is Smackdown, which is the WWE show that will celebrate 15 years on the air this year.