You know going into a show which was produced 24 years ago that it's going to be different than what it has built into today. That being said, wow. Apparently, Raw began its life in someones walk-in closet. A quick bit of searching didn't get me an attendance figure, but the "to the rafters" crowd couldn't be more than three to four hundred people.
There's four matches on the card tonight and we start with Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett, and Randy Savage introducing the show. Meanwhile, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan is locked out of the arena (and apparently his old job).
Our first match features Koko B. Ware and Yokozuna. Yokozuna, a former sumo wrestler, does his best impression of a mountain before climbing the turnstile and dropping backwards onto Koko for the 3 count.
Our second match features the Steiner Brothers and the Executioners in a tag team battle. This match actually wouldn't seem terribly out of place today as the action keeps up pretty well. It ends up a bit of a squash as the Steiner Brothers win easily.
Our third match is an Intercontinental Championship title match between our champion Shawn Michaels and Max Moon. (Hey, Shawn Michaels, finally a wrestler I've heard of.) Max Moon hits the ring and does a few somersaults for some unknown reason. Michaels comes out and the match gets going. It's going back and forth and just as Max Moon gets a good submission going, it's off to commercial. (Good to know they started with that crap in the first episode.) We're back and Rob Bartlett makes an unfunny joke about Michaels pulling a knife during the break. We get a bit of a quick finish as Michaels rolls up Max Moon to retain the title.
Razor Ramone comes out for an interview targeting Bret Hart and builds some decent heat.
Our fourth and final match of the night is Damian Demento versus Undertaker. Undertaker hits the ring and, wow, is he young! I was glad to see a few of Taker's signature moves: tombstone piledriver, Taker sits up, rope walk, and, of course, his trademark cover.
A short show as Raw starts out as an hour long show, around 45 minutes after commercials. An interesting start.
Highlight: Shawn Michaels retains the Intercontinental Championship
Next Show: Raw 02 1/18/1993
Next PPV: Royal Rumble 1993 1/24/1993
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