WWF Raw Is War (December 28, 1998)

Since I already reviewed the December 21, 1998 episode of Raw prior to starting this 1998 deep dive we’re moving on the December 28th episode. It might have taken three months longer than I had originally intended but this is the final episode of this project so let’s get to it.

WWF Raw Is War (December 14, 1998)

I’ve got two more of these fucking 1998 Raws left to review so let’s get on with it. This is the December 14, 1998 episode and it’s the Raw after Rock Bottom so let’s see what kind of fall out from that certainly all time great show we get on this here show…

WWF Raw Is War (December 7, 1998)

Time to get back on track and finish up my Raw ’98 deep dive. The previous week’s episode kind of sucked ass as it leaned WAAAAY too hard into the sports entertainment Vince Russo bullshit. This week’s episode is pre-taped so maybe it will feature a bit more actual wrestling but it’s also the go home show for Rock Bottom so who the fuck knows. Let’s just get this over with…

WWF Raw Is War (November 30, 1998)

Well, it’s 2022 now and I didn’t quite finish rewatching Raw ’98 in its entirety like I planned to last year. I ended up, through no fault of my own, falling about a month behind but I’m not about to abandon the project now. So today we’re pressing on with the November 30, 1998 episode of Raw is War.

WWF Metal (May 4, 2002)

I’m testing the waters to see what I want to do when I finally finish up my Raw ’98 deep dive and I’m heavily leaning towards just finding some C-Show and reviewing a year’s worth of wrestling for wrestling’s sake for no real reason. Today, while looking for a potential time period to dig into I watched an episode of WWF Metal from 2002.

Metal and Jakked were a pair of syndicated programs that replaced Shotgun August 28, 1999 and ran until May 19, 2002 after which Velocity came into existence. The two shows aired the same matches though from what I can determine in slightly different orders and with different commentary teams and on screen graphics. I’ve read that Metal was the slightly more “family friendly” version and aired in the afternoon while Jakked aired late on Saturday nights but as I haven’t dug into either I can’t really say if that is indeed the case or not.

WWF Raw Is War (November 23, 1998)

So last week’s episode of Raw Is War from the year 1998 sucked so much ass and the week before that wasn’t so great either. Will this week’s episode be any better? I doubt it but I’ve committed to getting through all the Raws from 1998 so let’s just get on with it.

WWF Raw Is War (November 16, 1998)

I’m getting really burned out on this ’98 WWF deep dive but we’re coming down the home stretch so I’m going to try and just muscle through. This is the Raw after Survivor Series and we’ve got a new champion in The Rock which might help liven things up a bit. Who knows?

WWF Raw Is War (October 26, 1998)

Last week’s Raw had a huge overarching angle that dominated the bulk of the show and saw Stone Cold take Vince McMahon hostage, torture him, and then threaten to shoot him in the head in the middle of a wrestling ring. It was not a thing I was a fan of back in the day and 23 years after the fact it hadn’t gotten any better. So will this week be more of the same or will we get two hours of hot in-ring action? Probably not the latter since the only thing announced in advance for this episode was the fact that Motley Crue would be showing up. Oh goody…

WWF Raw Is War (October 19, 1998)

We’re one day removed from Judgement Day 1998, a largely inconsequential show that I did not watch. Probably the only major thing of note to happen (other than Christian defeating Taka Michinoku to become Light Heavyweight Champion of course) was Austin doing exactly what he said he would and only raising his own hand at the end of the main event and Vince McMahon doing exactly what he said he would do should Austin not declare a new WWF Champion and firing Stone Cold’s ass right then and there. And it is on that note that we head to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the October 19, 1998 episode of Raw Is War.

WWF Raw Is War (August 17, 1998)

Last week’s episode was utter trash outside of the main event but here I am once again watching another episode of Raw Is War from the year 1998 and writing words about it on the internet. I’m a bit worried that the style of last week’s episode is going to become the norm from here on out but I set out to review the entire year of 1998 this year so I’ll be damned if I give up the ghost now.