On April 12, 1993 WWF Monday Night Raw aired on the USA Network from the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York. In his one and only match in the WWF, Friar Ferguson defeated Chris Duffy. The WWF received negative feedback from the Catholic Church of New York, so they immediately dropped the character. Friar Ferguson (real name Mike Shaw), was then (allegedly as punishment for his weight) given the ring name Bastion Booger, with the gimmick of an unkempt, slovenly and gluttonous man w

On January 11, 1993 the inaugural episode of WWF’s Monday Night Raw aired on the USA Network. A replacement for WWF’s Prime Time Wrestling, which aired on the network for 8 years, the original RAW was 60 minutes in length and broke new ground in televised professional wrestling. Raw originated from the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center, a small New York City theater, and aired live each week. Vince McMahon, Randy Savage and Rob Bartlett were the original hosts of the show. Take a look back

On May 17, 1993 WWF Monday Night Raw aired on the USA Network from the Manhattan Center in New York City. In a huge upset, “The Kid” defeated Razor Ramon. “The Kid” (real name Sean Waltman) made his WWF television debut as "The Kamikaze Kid" on Monday Night Raw on May 3, losing to Doink the Clown. He quickly became "The Cannonball Kid", then simply "The Kid". When he scored the upset over Razor he became "The 1–2–3 Kid". Razor challenged him to a rematch, wagering $2,500, then $5,000 and finally

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On April 4, 1993 WrestleMania IX took place at Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada. WrestleMania IX was built around 2 main storylines. The first was the seemingly unstoppable Yokozuna challenging Bret Hart for the WWF Championship in the main event. The other major storyline was the return of Hulk Hogan, who had departed the WWF following WrestleMania VIII but returned to team with Brutus Beefcake against the WWF Tag Team Champions, Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster). Hogan and Beefc