WWE Goes XXX For 30th Anniversary Raw Show
WWE just unleashed a telling logo for Raw's upcoming 30th-anniversary special.
WWE Raw is going "XXX" for its upcoming 30th-anniversary show after unveiling the celebratory episode's special logo yesterday.
The red brand celebrates its 30th year on the air inside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's Wells Fargo Center on Monday 23 January 2023. Tickets for the show go on sale on Friday 18 November - and the venue unleashed the logo yesterday.
Produced in classic, old-school Raw style, the "XXX" stands as both a callback to the red brand's seedy Attitude Era past and Roman numerals for the number 30:-
?️ @WWE ANNOUNCEMENT: #WWERAW returns to Wells Fargo Center on January 23 to celebrate RAW's 30th Anniversary. Tickets go on sale Friday, November 18. pic.twitter.com/CW5dn6Z8kN
— Wells Fargo Center (@WellsFargoCtr) November 7, 2022
This will be Raw's most significant landmark show since Raw 25 Years, which took place in two separate venues across New York City on 22 January 2018. The bulk of the festivities took place in Brooklyn's Barclays Center. The crowd at the classic Manhattan Center were starved of action by comparison, drawing criticism for WWE.
WWE Celebrates 30 Years Of Raw
While WWE is yet to formally announce anything for Raw's 30th-anniversary show, the Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer recently reported that the company has started work on plans for the major event.
Raw debuted on 11 January 1993. If it stays on the air until January 2032, it will become the longest-running weekly professional wrestling television show in the United States, beating Portland Wrestling's run from 19 January 1953 to December 1991.
WrestleVotes had previously reported that a Manhattan Center return was amongst the options WWE was considering for Raw's latest birthday party:-
I’m told plans are in motion for the 30th Anniversary of RAW show coming up in January. Prior to the new leadership taking over, having the show from The Manhattan Center again in NYC was on the table. I’m unaware if that’s the case still.
— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) October 20, 2022
Whether or not this is still on the table under Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, and Nick Khan's stewardship is unknown.