10 Highest Rated WWE Raw Episodes Ever

[@a.j.santiago303]

It was a special time for the business, a time when you wouldn’t dare miss Raw because of the surprise factor of each show. Ratings like this for pro wrestling will never be seen again.

[@liamevans9815]

Raw Is Owen still chokes me up a little even now, even just mentioning it in this list. R.I.P Owen Hart.

[@npc1386]

I was actually at the Raw after Owen died. It was a strange show, I'm kind of surprised that they didn't cancel.

[@dylanogg347]

The most notable part of "RAW Is Owen" to me is Mark Henry reading out a poem in memory and tribute to Owen, and breaking down in the middle of it, with tears dripping down his face. That is the effect Owen Hart had on people.

[@markburton8653]

Tell stone cold that

[@dylanogg347]

@@markburton8653 Owen did mess up on the piledriver, but I doubt he meant to injure Austin, and from what I've heard, Owen probably never made up with him because he felt so damn guilty.

[@sharicary35]

I will never forget that moment.

[@danpereyra2165]

Guys you should do the same list with SmackDown episodes Nobody has done that before, and we truly believe you can do a great list video with that concept

[@tuffyyakim1983]

Smackdown Sucks!

[@TheHaiko99]

And the moral of the story: If you want dem ratings, book steve blackman to compete

[@joey33mk]

Or billy Gunn apparently

[@DirtiestSoul]

Facts

[@cam-edy1294]

steve muthafucking Blackman!

[@nyosrevenge7332]

Most of Raw highest rated segments technically was in the Attitude Era

[@jp3813]

Uh... yeah, that's exactly what the video covered before the countdown.

[@bijayapraja7864]

try all of them

[@AMMB]

Same with SmackDown

[@jp3813]

It's crazy to think that the highest ratings of Raw & Nitro combined still couldn't reach the 1st Main Event special's 15.2 in 1988 [33 million viewers] that remains an all-time record for the business to this day. The 2nd iteration drew an 11.6, the 3rd w/ 12.8, the 4th w/ 8.6, & the 5th w/ 6.7 in '91. The original 31-episode run of Saturday Night's Main Event also drew bigger ratings in general [reaching a zenith of 11.6] than either Raw or Smackdown [the latter maxing out at 5.8] during their respective heydays.

[@ChiefOfTheTable]

What are the main event specials ??

[@jp3813]

@@ChiefOfTheTable They were WWF shows on NBC that were held at least once a year: The Main Event, The Main Event II, The Main Event III, etc...

[@TheKestevon]

Broadcast channel not cable.

[@jp3813]

@@TheKestevon Smackdown wasn't cable.

[@thebombspayloadisexposed]

Imagine if the Higher Power was Hornswoggle, standing on the shoulders of Dink the Clown, wearing a trench coat. Also, I wasn't even born in 1999, but I did recently watch the Bret vs Benoit match on the Nitro after Owen's death and it was one of the few times I cried watching wrestling. Bret delivered a fantastic match despite losing his brother.

[@Al7249]

............YES

[@BadNewsRuss]

And when he takes of his cape he will wear stormtrooper helmet and fall from doink shoulders xD

[@thebombspayloadisexposed]

@@BadNewsRuss The ShockSwoggle

[@BadNewsRuss]

@@thebombspayloadisexposed Yes please!

[@TheKestevon]

Ali is the Retribution leader

[@emanueltwr]

Man looking at the pop that 2Cool would get is peak Wrestling IMO.

[@Jpthaprince]

The way the rock took out all of McMahon-Helmsley faction on the 5/22/00 raw made it my personal favorite and also the one I remember most vividly

[@TheNEW619]

Every single selection was 20+ years ago. Every. Single. One. You can't do better... And thats the bottom line!

[@travisweese2992]

That's because that's when it was actually entertaining

[@Numorfutinca]

From 8.1 to 1.8 WWE becams MM3

[@DavidRamirez-sh5xd]

TV is different right now. WWE still in the top 5 every week and doing billion of views in KZbin every month.

[@mohammedriadh4990]

have you heard of streaming? Just like the video said ratings is not important as much as it used to

[@veaeli]

What mm3 means?

[@MetropolisKid]

frickin love the intros..they always and i mean ALWAYS get me and i love it every time

[@TheIndustrialRevolution.]

Always?

[@MetropolisKid]

Rosé God A L W A Y S S S SS

[@caleblocklear6216]

Fully Loaded 2000 is one of the most underrated and one of the best PPVs is WWE history and might just be my favorite of all time. The main event between The Rock and Chris Benoit was gold

[@dylanogg347]

So; There was a RAW 6.9 following a Fully Loaded event. I see.

[@oreezy9960]

I wanna see a SmackDown version of this. Showing the top 10 highest rated SmackDown episodes

[@Foxo-Matti12]

Vince Russo's writing was foudamental for the product back then.

[@akkirevival3481]

It sounds like a joke, but it's true.

[@Al-ji4gd]

Fundamentally shit. THe product was good because of Vince, Stone Cold, The Rock, DX, The Undertaker, etc... not bloody Russo.

[@TheKestevon]

Agreed even as a Cornette mark I agree with you

[@theringmaster886]

10. June 7, 1999. "It's me, Austin!" 9. June 28, 1999 "Austin beats Taker for WWF Championship" 8. September 27, 1999 "This is Your Life: The Rock" 7. July 24, 2000 "The Rock & Kane v Benoit and Angle" 6. April 24, 2000 "Triple H & Benoit v The Rock & Jericho" 5. May 22, 2000 "Return of Taker: American Bad Ass" 4. July 26, 1999 "Vince McMahon has to leave WWF" 3. May 24, 1999 "RAW is Owen" 2. May 1, 2000 "The Rock v Shane McMahon steel cage match" 1. May 10, 1999 "The Rock, Stone Cold & Vince v Triple H, Undertaker & Shane"

[@Turppa21]

That interesting backdrop story going on and progressing throughout the night is what's missing from wrestling now.

[@glennb6020]

Did raw beat nitro in the demos?

[@atticus5106]

Well, Jericho DID jump ship during this time period. The answer is obvious.

[@jordandennis6794]

Lmao the demos

[@Captain_Pudding]

3:31 Fingerprints aren't the evidence that's revealed by UV light . . .

[@dmgx2.012]

As An Ruthless Aggression Era mark if you can admit that the Attitude Era was the best period in wrestling history then we can be friends

[@murmursmeglos]

1999 WWF is why you have a job, Cultaholic. Just saying.

[@siviwemeleni1135]

EXACTLY 😂😂😂😂

[@atticus5106]

I thought Cultaholic was a place where we can keep tabs on WWE without resorting to watching it.

[@lazypaladin]

"TNA beat The Hardys-". I mean their runs were bad but I wouldnt say tha- Oh wait, you ment Test n Albert...i get ya now.

[@Naruto0s44]

The Jan 3rd 1999 is unforgettable mankind winning the belt was great

[@heelgill]

It’s me Austin. It’s me Austin, it was me all along Austin!

[@EDH10]

Exactly half of these were from 1999 and the other half were from 2000 😂

[@Danimal1177]

Every time there is a reference to Raw is Owen, I get a little depressed. It's a wound that still hasn't healed even though it's been over 21 years.

[@MusTelOJ]

anyone here after tonight's raw? (march 25th 2024)

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

I've always wished I could get away with wearing flashy shirts like The Rock. Still do. Have you seen what he wears on Ballers. Dare to dream.

[@ignatiusjackson235]

10:17 - "fallen comrade" I see what you did there, mate.

[@plshelpmeawkdough]

Wrestling can still garner these types of ratings as non news shows today have proven they can achieve high ratings with viewership up to 9 million on a weekly basis. The problem with wrestling is.. there’s literally nothing nor nobody for the average audience to tune into, you can have all these fantastic matches with these great wrestlers but nothing is must see TV when it comes to wrestling or the wrestlers. Even during times like the Ruthless Aggression when Raw got over 5-6 million viewers, people tuned in for the chaos that was wrestling and it’s personalities, no matter how dumb a segment was the fact they never pulled any punches made you laugh at the insanity of it. Give the average audience who doesn’t watch wrestling a reason to watch wrestling and they’ll come back.

[@yaifriendsnetwork4420]

Next highest rated WWE episode in modern era 🙏 🙏

[@tenderloverboi]

So....basically just say top 10 best raw episodes from the attitude era

[@JM1993951]

That would imply that the best aren’t ALL from the attitude era.

[@muhammadasad729]

So it was Vince Russo all along.

[@jp3813]

Except he made WCW worse.

[@thefaulkness]

Not in late 1999 and 2000 it wasnt

[@kraxosOBK]

Vince's shit eating grin when he revealed himself as "the higher power" is fucking priceless

[@HoV326]

8:04 is so meme worthy.

[@pharoah418]

"King Ass" roflmao

[@agentorange1156]

Sad how many of them are gone now. May they all rest in peace

[@alexanderhalas5476]

Thank you for a great list. I'll call it my birthday present from Cultaholic.

[@jimmyd9039]

Shawn michaels vs shelton Benjamin era was still good though

[@jb888888888]

So wait the #1 rated Raw had the highest rated match at 9.17, yet the 9th highest rated Raw had a 9.5 rated "segment" where Steve Austin won the Championship - it wasn't a match?

[@GregOGrady84]

Hilarious the way russo gets bashed but no writer has ever wrote higher ratings in history

[@M1CHA3L22]

Next do highest rated SmackDowns

[@heelgill]

Imposter.

[@M1CHA3L22]

@@heelgill *no u*

[@thebombspayloadisexposed]

Let's vote him out

[@M1CHA3L22]

@@thebombspayloadisexposed *Wait I can explain-*

[@heelgill]

@@thebombspayloadisexposed let’s do it.

[@KrishnaBhagvadGyaan]

How about the best raw and smackdown of each year and the list of most-watched wwe matches

[@harryathanasiadis]

The rock was and forever will be the best ever

[@x-man9473]

facts

[@martinandersen7735]

Old wwe, wcw was fire

[@logankerr8090]

without watching this, Raw 1000 has to be on here!

[@logankerr8090]

wow. surprised it didn't make it on. it was ALL "Ruthless Aggression" Raws, understandably so

[@TVindustries5000]

its because the attitude era was the hottest the company ever was. and wrestling in general. the whole of america were still tuned into their TVs as the main source of entertainment. ratings will never be the same as they were. after 2000 things gradually kept declining.

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚωνσταντίνου-θ1ψ]

Yeah but it was only a 4.8 ???!!! Didnt reach the 5.0 I think...

[@chrisbinwang2119]

watching this @3am with the monster in my closet.

[@atticus5106]

My monster hides under my bed. Then it tries to drag me under it when I'm sleeping.

[@thedarkblockagency]

I was fuckin pissed when snow beat droz for the hardcore belt... I was praying the hardcore division was Drozs push.

[@KingsNerdCave]

It's a shame Undertaker wasn't in the best physical condition when he was the ministry lord. He could have had a better heel title reign and actually dropped the belt at a ppv.

[@christianweathersby9568]

10 1:24 9 2:38 8 4:01 7 5:09 6 6:22 5 7:28 4 8:34 3 9:54 2 11:06 1 12:16

[@grimreaper1542]

Bit of a recurring theme here with 1999-2000

[@josephschmoe2448]

Can you guys do a video about the highest rated Raw segments? Not just entire episodes.

[@disneyvideocollector9375]

Top 10 best Kane matches from worst to best

[@dominiquemoody8668]

It’s crazy that flipped the company like that in 16 months ! Impressive

[@rayrayplayz9141]

The best wrestling channel makes another banger

[@benoshea6064]

you should do this for smackdown!!

[@maskedathiest]

very glad that i was watching the wwe from 1996 to about 2011. though 98 to 08 was the best.

[@aarongentry1567]

Aye I know this is random to post on December 12th 2021 on this specific video but y’all should make a worst raw episodes and worst Smackdown episodes

[@sadetwizelve]

Wwe network or not,there were more people interested and it was better

[@abhishekdamral314]

It's Me Austin.. it's Me austin it was all along Me Austin

[@INSPIREDWC125]

I find it hilarious how much these guys from cultaholic cant stand the fact that Vince Russo is the most successful Writer in the history of the business regardless of your feeling's on the guy personally he had storylines for every person on the card and the shows had variety out of the ass which attracted the casual viewers which the modern product is Sorely lacking once again I'm not a mark for Russo but you can't deny his achievement's in Wrestling

[@glennb6020]

INSPIRED With Christopher I don’t think they can’t stand it. Just realise his limitations

[@pmfg11]

@@glennb6020 What limitations? That he didn't cater to their mark fantasies of what good wrestling is and focus on what really drew?

[@glennb6020]

Pedro Gomes many limitations. In WWF he was kept on a leash. WCW he was given full reign

[@pmfg11]

@@glennb6020 Lmao how much credit is given to him and how much is he bashed? He drew the highest ratings in RAW history and the WWF was going to shit before he joined creative yet 20 years later marks like these cultaholic and whatculture guys keep bashing him while they praise the sh1tty wrestling that doesn't draw a dime? Just look at this video and how much these marks whine, pathetic

[@glennb6020]

Pedro Gomes yes Pedro that’s exactly what is happening... yes Pedro yes. You act like he was the only one making decisions or that he didn’t do stuff like the brawl for all.

[@samadagoat7769]

Taker , hhh , Austin and rock drew ratings .. notice wwe started destroying nitro once Taker started the ministry .. taker was so mysterious so seeing him like that made everybody want to watch it even none wrestling fans were amazed by 99 taker I remember hearing cats at the barbershop talk about how taker hung boss man from the hell in the cell and every goin crazy over it.. taker is the reason wwe won the war

[@Lenoh]

10:18 Was Adam having a giggle? 🤔

[@Dead-he5cc]

The fact all 10 from this list are from the attitude era just shows that it was best era ever.

[@Mcbink23]

Would love to see highest and lowest of nitro

[@SJ_RANKS]

2005-2006-2008 2010 and July 25th 2016 are my favourite times watching raw

[@rudysalasiii210]

Should done a video of the lowest rated Raw in the PG Era

[@92Rafay]

Do 10 lowest rated raw, highest rated SD, lowest rated SD. highest rated WCW Nitro and lowest rated Nitro too.

[@daviddelrosario5127]

every raw back then is like watching a pay per view

[@rome316ae3]

1999 and 2000 were the best era in wwe history

[@jksfourtwenty9286]

Edge and lots with the no cap

[@johnniearchbell2]

please do highest rated Monday nitro's of all time

[@allanb1743]

Hey PG Era!! Taking notes?

[@benpezzot8805]

I dont think wwe will ever top andre the giant vs hulk hogan Friday night main event in a wrestlemania 3 rematch

[@daveTHEdirty]

Couldn't help that recently what culture did an ups and downs of the best rated raw ever

[@ssnadera6498]

The raw after a ppv when there was a new wwf champion, thats the one i cared about,and it meant something, somewhere around late 2000s, vince was like ok who havent we given the belt to yet thats been here for awhile, rvd? Ok give him the belt ,hardy? Ok give him the belt,started giving all the midcards the main belt and ruined wwe title forever, that belt held by austin, bret, taker, etc now going to those guys just ruined everything.

[@maciejm824]

Eyy 600k!

[@dmgx2.012]

But if you can't then we can't even be family let alone friends

[@heelgill]

The Austin Era surely did just that for the WWF/WWE.

[@sadetwizelve]

There is no such thing as the "austin era"

[@heelgill]

@@sadetwizelve yeah, it’s not an official era.

[@TheReverendWolf]

total nerd comment but great video editing on this one

[@daa589]

I'm surprised the raw where they bought wcw wasn't on the list

[@thefaulkness]

I thought the highest rated segment was the mean street posse vs the stooges?

[@josephsua7246]

I wonder if fans nowadays would still want some of he matches and segments on today’s shows. Obviously that GOOD stuff would be appreciated but some of those sound like it happened in the attitude era and should stay there.

[@splash8429]

Actually no. Everytime I look non top card stuffs of attitude era, all I see is mess in today's standard. But it worked then nonetheless. However, the main event materials of AE will never age

[@mattyp1115]

Brilliant video

[@heelgill]

Watches it for a minute: Brilliant video.

[@anthonytinaj7131]

Vince Russo is the goat

[@toneriggz]

Those were the days

[@muqtasid8854]

Still waiting for every raw episode ranked from worst to best

[@DabblerHitman]

Ah yes the higher power storyline! It was Vince McMahon all along and the motive for all this was.....????

[@tylerperrin2685]

I wana see them review, the win or leave match Jeff hardy and cm punk

[@MarcoRizzolo]

Other people complained that one of the highest rated segments cut into their time? This is the Lib-Socialist entitled mindset we have. The point of TV shows is ratings. Just repeat reading the last sentence I've typed 50X.

[@wrestlingbuff87]

Sure don't make the "match quality" like they use to.

[@jlyo1991]

Fallen comrade lol

[@Turppa21]

Aw man Chiner and Liter were the best

[@deviveerappan4143]

All top rated raw are 2 hr show.

[@mattfoxx0962]

Its me Austin

[@dbldekr]

Wwe really started to go down hill after they got rid of all the supernatural gimmicks

[@davidross4976]

Top 10 Lowest Rated Raw Episodes ever

[@carzyturtle2037]

Number one next week

[@thedarkblockagency]

😆 perfect thumbnail..instant click