C-Squared Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I actually think the RAW logo is stronger than the SD one, but I don't really like either one... I was kinda hoping they'd run with this flattened version of the current logo they've been using on t-shirts: My TeePublic Shop My Instagram Art Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb6 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I'm not a WWE fan by any means, so maybe someone an explain this... Why is it called Monday Night Raw? Raw seems like s strange word that doesn't have any relation to wrestling (I think). Did they do it for the Raw is War thing or for a different reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I really dig that RAW logo... a lot. Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Squared Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 1 hour ago, mattb6 said: I'm not a WWE fan by any means, so maybe someone an explain this... Why is it called Monday Night Raw? Raw seems like s strange word that doesn't have any relation to wrestling (I think). Did they do it for the Raw is War thing or for a different reason? “RAW” as in “raw and unedited.” The show was a big deal because it was broadcast live in an era when all wrestling shows were taped. My TeePublic Shop My Instagram Art Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerslionspistonshabs Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 On July 25, 2016 at 0:16 PM, JQK said: RAM IS MAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 On July 25, 2016 at 9:28 AM, mattb6 said: I'm not a WWE fan by any means, so maybe someone an explain this... Why is it called Monday Night Raw? Raw seems like s strange word that doesn't have any relation to wrestling (I think). Did they do it for the Raw is War thing or for a different reason? What is nitro? What is thunder? Very few wrestling shows have names that even loosely connect back to wrestling, the only 2 I can think of is smackdown, and impact which doesn't really count because that is the name of the promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonYoung320 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 On 7/25/2016 at 9:53 AM, C-Squared said: “RAW” as in “raw and unedited.” The show was a big deal because it was broadcast live in an era when all wrestling shows were taped. Uh...Raw was taped for years...Hence why WCW could spoil Mick Foley's title change. WCW was live. WWE was not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 3 hours ago, JonYoung320 said: Uh...Raw was taped for years...Hence why WCW could spoil Mick Foley's title change. WCW was live. WWE was not. During that time yes, but the first episode was live and was for a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Squared Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 5 hours ago, JonYoung320 said: Uh...Raw was taped for years...Hence why WCW could spoil Mick Foley's title change. WCW was live. WWE was not. Was live for years prior, bro My TeePublic Shop My Instagram Art Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Going back to it's inception, Raw was live about once a month (the rest were taped) until the Monday Night Wars kicked in around 1996. Raw then expanded to a two-hour show and it alternated between live and taped episodes to compete with Nitro. I honestly don't know when Raw went to live airings on a full-time basis. Maybe 2001ish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroywen Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 For the first couple months of its existence back in 1993, Raw was live every week (hence the name), always from the Manhattan Center. The WWF didn't have the budget to put on weekly live TV shows, though, and decided to start taping a a few weeks' worth of one-hour shows at once, and soon thereafter took the tapings on the road. I think it was in early 1997 that they expanded to 2 hours in order to better compete with Nitro, and they moved to airing Raw live every other week. That's also about the time they renamed the show "Raw is War" and created the titantron and all the other Attitude Era trappings, and the show became considerably edgier. Most of those elements have slowly evolved into what they are today, so I think those 1997 changes are really what helped create "Raw" as we know it today. I think they started airing Raw live weekly in mid-1999, when SmackDown was created. The ratings for live Raws were much higher than for taped Raws, and obviously WCW very famously would spoil the results of taped shows (hence the "butts in seats" Foley incident), and the WWF was at the height of its popularity at this point - the move to live shows weekly was inevitable (and probably long overdue). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29texan Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 One big positive from these rebrandings.... at least the opening themes are pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 On 26/07/2016 at 3:01 PM, dont care said: What is nitro? Monday Night-ro. @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The SHOW Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 On 7/27/2016 at 3:39 AM, Cujo said: Going back to it's inception, Raw was live about once a month (the rest were taped) until the Monday Night Wars kicked in around 1996. Raw then expanded to a two-hour show and it alternated between live and taped episodes to compete with Nitro. I honestly don't know when Raw went to live airings on a full-time basis. Maybe 2001ish? It was in 1999 when RAW went live full time right after they launched SmackDown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrobandito Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 After a couple of weeks, I will say the Raw logo looks better in action as far as its placement on the set & match cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I wouldn't mind seeing SD Live as the new wordmark logo. Use Smackdown Live as alternate. @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old School Fool Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 They modified the logos. Regardless of the quality of the logos, the on screen graphics they use for them are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 are those true mods or just 3d versions? As long as it says RAM, the Raw one will suck. Also, while the logo just says RAW, it's really "Monday Night Raw". Everyone knows that. It works because it has "Monday" right in the name. They need to do something similar for the Tuesday show, to emphasize that it's now a Tuesday live show rather than just the generic "Smackdown", which has been Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. I dislike the name "Smackdown" for an "important' show (as opposed to Superstars, Velocity, Heat, etc.) It should be "Tuesday Night xxxxx." Tuesday Nitro? "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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