GOATS OF RAW | Greatest Superstars

GOATS OF RAW | Greatest Superstars
For over thirty years now, Monday Night Raw has been the flagship of WWE programming, with it regularly being the place the biggest stars will congregate and carry out the next chapter of whatever ongoing storyline they’re involved in. But who are the greatest superstars in Raw history? Well, that’s exactly what we’re going to be looking at today.
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[@stormshadowproductions1660]

Please do a video on further hall of Famers like the Miz Chris Jericho Daniel Bryan, HHH, and Seth Rollins. Also do a video on superstars that are great at playing Hill and faces like Kurt Angle triple H edge HBK the undertaker Eddie Guerrero Daniel Bryan kane and Big show

[@tyreepowell8367]

Your KZbin Channel Is Number #1

[@rayhoyer4829]

Bro how the fuck is kane not on this list?

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Trish Stratus and Lita deserve mentions as well. They were practically queens of the RAW women's division.

[@zanethind]

True

[@mrmoviemanic1]

they should be in there instead of Punk and Rollins.

[@azurevoid47]

Definitely true they carried the woman's segments period

[@Nater99]

I feel like we’re gonna get a “GOATS OF RAW” - Women’s Edition Episode one day. SmackDown as well.

[@cerebralassassin2185]

Cena, Orton, Punk, HBK, HHH, Rock, and Austin are the top Raw guys imo. There's probably way more i could add but these were the people off the top of my head.

[@Green.P3]

Bret Hart too

[@teamwinters1644]

Ortons better for smackdown imo

[@Green.P3]

@@teamwinters1644 Randy is definitely a Raw goat not Smackdown

[@Nostalgic14-zo3pk]

Taker and Bret

[@teamwinters1644]

@@Green.P3 naw boss you weren’t watching smackdown in 2011 then not to mention the work he did with Bray Watt and Aj styles back in 2016-17. He also had his debut match on smackdown if you didn’t know. Before evolution and HHH recruited him he was a smackdown exclusive. 2006 the rivalry with Kurt and Rey. Randy vs Christian, as well as Mark Henry.

[@GoldenWind30]

Cena and Rock made both lists. Shows you just how great they really are!

[@shawnmichaels568]

It's still crazy to think that HBK was never on Smackdown.

[@Kobe24brady12]

Hmmm

[@khesipresents1885]

Its crazier he never held a world title since 2002.

[@davisduchovny3630]

if i recall correctly, he said it was because it interfered with his bible studies, since when he came back, he had became a newfound christian. and the reason he didn’t hold a belt after that 2002 reign was because he said he chose not to, he preferred to put others over rather than hold the belt himself

[@AliAlnamir]

Oh don’t lie… we all know that’s really you Shawn!!!

[@eduardooneal]

Even during the taker fued ?

[@shawnmichaels568]

Stone Cold pops back in 1998 perfectly represents RAW & attitude era itself.

[@alrecks619]

Stone Cold and Punk are essentially the embodiment of what the Raw show is supposed to be.

[@sidneyabeljumbo2364]

not punk.... punk aint even top 5 raw guys

[@hnorpiddlydink8670]

@@sidneyabeljumbo2364 ok mark

[@cerebralassassin2185]

​@sidneyabeljumbo2364 he's honestly really really good tho. I think the guy meant those 2 are the embodiment of what a wrestlers should be to an extent. Also punk imo is most definitely in the top 10-15 of all time.

[@mrmoviemanic1]

@@cerebralassassin2185 Meh, I feel like he's pretty overrated to a degree, when people say he brought people back to wrestling, all-time great promo cutter and deserving of his praise, but if people were to tell me that he was a quintessential part of WWE being great overall, I'd probably just need to watch the era and still feel disappointed cause most of that stuff was bland and I get that HBK and Bret were big stars in the New Gen era, but I'd still argue that the era they were in was hotter than 2010-2020. And I'm not saying he's bad, I just feel like he's being forced as this all-time great when he was only really hot for a bit and wrestling was at all at its peak.

[@madrileyZA]

fam thought we wouldn't notice he slid punk in there... John Cena is more Raw than Punk ever was or ever will be. Hell i'd even pick Randy Orton over Punk.

[@Nater99]

Honorable Mention Kane Booker T RVD Jeff Hardy Early Kurt Angle Big Show Mick Foley Owen Hart

[@mrmoviemanic1]

fuck me Mick Foley should be in here for sure. Hell Kane should be on here as well cause of just how popular he truly was.

[@The787200]

Undertaker Should Be There Too

[@FunhausRyan]

Kane and Mick, yes. The rest? Too much time spent elsewhere/not quite enough to be GOATs

[@Nater99]

@@FunhausRyan yeah maybe, but then again, if we’re going by that logic, than Jericho shouldn’t be on this list. A lot of guys might not have been “goats” but they are all RAW legends at the very least. But all of them, had points where they were main eventers on Raw, Owen in the early to Mid 90’s. 2008 Jeff Hardy 2006 RVD 2003 Booker T 1999-2001 Kurt Angle Again I’m not saying they’re the best. But still, they deserve a shoutout.

[@enigmatictrash]

Crazy that cena is one of the GOATS on both brands

[@hsal1996]

GOATS of Smackdown: eddie guerrero, edge, rey mysterio,batista,undertaker,brock lesnar

[@Blood-zz2kt]

Roman nowadays

[@jeevanpb3479]

Rock?

[@camnewton3503]

Cody Rhodes current face of raw

[@Juggalo972]

Jericho did not create the Elimination Chamber match, he was credited for the idea of the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. The Elimination Chamber was created by, Eric Bischoff.

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

I agree that Shawn's second run was better than his first because not only was he a top ring worker, but he was also a good person.

[@shutup2751]

Jeff Hardy is definitely one of the underrated stars of raw, he was the star of raw 2007 - 2008

[@FiyastationTv]

More of a Smackdown guy

[@kingnick2651]

John Cena, Triple H, Randy Orton, Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels

[@kadharefinley224]

I wish that I grew up in the Attitude Era with Stone Cold opening the show every week. But I grew up during the PG Era with guys like Cena, Punk, Rollins, Bryan opening up the show which was awesome as well

[@SSJ491]

I grew up from the Attitude Era and the Ruthless Aggression Era in the WWF/E with Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, HHH, Undertaker, Mick Foley, Kane, Kurt Angle, John Cena, Batista, Randy Orton, Edge and etc while I was watching Smackdown and Raw at that time back then when I was a kid.

[@paulcowlishaw]

Poor kid. You missed the best ERA in wrestling

[@cerebralassassin2185]

Hey punk was basically the attitude era in a modern format. Unfortunately the rest of the locker room wasn't the same way.

[@cerebralassassin2185]

​@@SSJ491those were by far the two best eras of wrestling. The era after 08, ig th pg era, was hard carried by punk.

[@mrmoviemanic1]

@@SSJ491 Best of times.

[@oskaveli662]

Cena is the complete opposite of what RAW became with Stone Cold

[@sarahfortune7760]

I know Taker is Smackdown all the way, but no mention of him in this vid? Taker's role on Raw was still top-worthy, before there was a Smackdown Taker killed it on Raw since the first episode.

[@JackQSmith]

He even won the first ever Raw main event.

[@The787200]

He Definitely Should’ve Been In This Video.

[@elleni-41]

Steve Austin was raw back then..

[@kenamoaning944]

I’m So Glad Stone Cold Was First on The List His Heyday Was in The Attitude Era

[@NA-hf3tk]

Kane deserved to be in the video... i think he has the record for the most matches in Raw history

[@shivamkapure5627]

Feels really good that people are giving Seth his flowers. He has carried Raw from mid 2014 to present day, except his brief stint on smackdown in 202.

[@DamnItDomo]

Y2J help make the MITB not EC that was Eric Bischoff

[@Tyharris1323]

Yea but in story line it was Chris Jericho idea to have the EC

[@bleedingcrystal4722]

No had a higher quality run than Austin. It’s hard to even imagine anymore what it felt like to have to be in front of that screen every Monday no matter what. That’s the only metric I need

[@tyreepowell8367]

Stone Cold Steve Austin The Goat🐐Of Monday Night Raw

[@bobbygermain9635]

Stone cold Steve Austin had Monday night raw. The rock had smack down.

[@grimvsthewrld]

Andy you should make a vid about the goat tag teams from both brands, the Hardy Boyz, Edge and Christian, the Brothers of Destruction and APA were so legendary runs

[@melasnexperience]

Oof, comparing Hangman to Bret Hart is like comparing a freezer burnt White Castle burger to a perfectly cooked Kobe beef steak.

[@nickscott5845]

Raw is Jericho!

[@dinkotagibao8027]

Greatest midcarder

[@paulcowlishaw]

Triple H. Hands down Raw through and through

[@concerta56]

Did he ever fly slow for more than a year?

[@paulcowlishaw]

@@concerta56 I'm sure you mean solo.

[@cerebralassassin2185]

​@@concerta56yeah im pretty sure from 07-09. He was a big faction guy tho. He also flew solo woth steph for about 2 years.

[@makwabear4078]

What I don’t really care for is that you had Austin as the centre of the thumbnail for Raw, but not Rock for Smackdown when he meant just as much to the show since he was the one who was the centrepiece to even get it started. Without Rock, Smackdown wouldn’t of been a thing since you needed a draw for it, and who better than the guy who drew like Austin.

[@ShahrukhKhan-bs2fs]

Stone cold Steve Austin no. 1 case closed

[@acuss2089]

Welcome to RAW IS JERICHO!

[@GajaBabu-x2q]

Welcome to monday night rollins❤

[@kasunmahesh1862]

Nobody can talk about Monday Night without mentioning about Monday Night Rollins. Seth is the defining superstar for Monday Night Raw today. It feels imperfect if he doesn't show up on any week. That much he has established himself on Monday Nights.

[@aegir8937]

Y2J ❤❤

[@michaelcutter4686]

3:28, there's a sign saying "Deez Nutz". Either that joke's older than realized or someone time travelled.

[@trewilliams8411]

I don’t get why fans be saying John cena was the problem for ratings going down clearly they be not realizing that social media became big during the mid 2000s which made a big difference in ratings cena drew more eyes outside the United States then anyone.

[@muhanadyousef7496]

When we wanna talk about raw specifically as a brand i would prefer not to mention guys from the attitude era because there was no brand split at that time if i wanna give the raw legends and the smackdown legends from the ruthless aggression and the pg era till 2011 i would mention from RAW : Cena Orton Triple H Chris Jericho Kane Cm punk Shawn Michaels The Miz and from smackdown i would mention : Undertaker Kurt angle Edge Rey mysterio Big show Chris benoit Eddie Guerrero JBL

[@heyah1447]

I wish Shawn went to Smackdown in the early 2000s, there was so many great fantasy matches

[@Bsmith806]

It’s unreal that Smackdown has had more megastars associated with it than Raw, granted Austin is likely the biggest star and Michaels the best, but for the “A show” Raw has a significantly less amount of historical star power

[@maxroster6175]

Always Raw is Jericho.....❤ Y2j

[@danickakinzy2468]

In JR's voice " STONE COLD, STONE COLD"😂

[@Dr_1212]

Stone Cold Steve Austin 🍻

[@maryannnettles2143]

Now we need the best of NXT or a best of AEW vid

[@Blood-zz2kt]

Finn balor is the best of nxt and aew probably mjf or Jericho

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Stone cold is the king and the goat of raw 🔥

[@WRESTLEWITHANDY]

🍻

[@tyreepowell8367]

​@@WRESTLEWITHANDY Greatest Video 📸 Ever

[@aojvx]

Are you going to continue the year in review series

[@isaacjohnson3384]

I consider John Cena a G O A T of Raw and Chris Jericho the G O A T of SD but then again I just started watching WWE in 2010 with that said I learn a lot about WWE’s past

[@chandrakumarCK]

Monday Night Rollins

[@MR.__G]

Austin as is not even close. Think about 98, austin and taker were the only main event baby faces at the time. Rock and foley would finally become main event guys at the end of the year. Hbk was gone and hhh wouldn’t become the game till next year. Wcw had a stacked roster with sting, hogan, goldberg, nash, hall, savage, Bret, flair, ddp, giant, steiners, Jericho, booker, Eddy, benoit, rey, perfect, raven… Stone cold era started and he lead the wwf to win the ratings war in 98 over that amazing roster

[@LucasAlves-jr9wq]

Another great point about Orton on Raw was the rivalry with John Cena.

[@muhanadyousef7496]

no mention for kane? anyone knows he is the big red machine of monday nights

[@c.skyrie3434]

Your thumbnail is 'Raw is War', John, Bret, Shawn, Randy, Punk, and Seth, wernt part of 'Raw is War'. Austin, Rock, Undertaker, Kurt, HHH, Mankind, Kane, Jericho, Hardys, Dudleys, Edge and Christian, Lita, Trish, Sable. They were the Goats of Raw is War. Not this dumb list where 2/3rds of it wernt even there during that time. Oh yea, lets not forget JR and Lawler. Theu were a huge part of RAW IS WAR, hell throw Vince in there too. He was part of RAW IS WAR just as much.

[@ajboss924]

5:50 6:18 8:28 8:41 13:52 14:04 14:19 14:40 14:58

[@anjhontongo6945]

Honorable Mentions: *Vince McMahon *Jim Ross *Jerry "The King" Lawler *Lillian Garcia *Samantha Irwin *Todd Grisham *Eric Bischoff *Ric Flair *Cody Rhodes *Kane *Mick Foley *RVD *Umaga *Razor Ramon *William Regal *Chyna *Trish Stratus *Lita *Mickie James *Jeff Hardy *La Resistance *The Dudley Boyz *Sheamus *Finn Balor *Rhea Ripley *Becky Lynch *The Bella Twins *AJ Lee *Goldberg *Gunther and The Imperium *Owen Hart *Jeff Jarrett *The Miz *Victoria *Carlito *Shelton Benjamin *Molly Holly *The Hollys (Crash and Hardcore) *Al Snow *D Lo Brown *Ken Shamrock *Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch *Gregory "The Hurricane" Helms *Sami Zayn *Kevin Owens *Rikishi *Diesel/Kevin Nash

[@mrmoviemanic1]

I don't know if I would put Punk and Rollins in there. I don't think Punk was good in a time where everyone was kinda just being basic and the PG stuff was really on a tight grip so he stood out more. Rollin's is... kinda just the momentary Raw guy that's doing a good job, but I feel like it's pretty much like how Roman is the Smack-Down guy. It feels just like a case of being on top is the only reason he's there. I would personally replace them with Lita and Trish. While they were women in a time where the division was kinda looked down upon for being mainly about sex appeal, they just had so much character and made the women's division matter so much with their promos, matches and characters that it's arguable when they left the women's division was on life support till the women's revolution.

[@ddjsoyenby]

great list.

[@BCZ21]

Austin has won 3 world championships on Raw, idk if anyone else can say that

[@JackQSmith]

Undertaker?????

[@Tyharris1323]

Smackdown guy

[@JackQSmith]

@Tyharris1323 Not from 1993-2002. That's longer than Bret Hart.

[@W_Gamer_G]

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[@deansheets]

Episode idea: wrestlers who became bigger than their parents.

[@JeffreyFisher-gj2zg]

You sound like Todd Pettengill

[@stephanrichmond718]

HHH reign of terror spawned new stars like RKO and Batista!!!! Only star came from Roman's run is Jey Uso and that's just because Lil Uce is a beast!!!!

[@lionheart2224]

Raw is Jericho 👍

[@Jay-ls5vw]

What about undertaker and mick foley?

[@Blood-zz2kt]

Undertaker is a smackdown guy and mick isn’t up there with anybody on this list

[@The787200]

Where Is The Undertaker???😮😮😮🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@keepingit]

RAW🎯🔥💯

[@stevenb427]

😂 Did you say that Steve Austen is the reason Wrestling and RAW became mainstream?!?! 🤣 🤥

[@makwabear4078]

This page definitely sucks Austin a bit. I love Austin, but there’s times I’m like Rock was just as big and it’s rarely ever stated by him. They make it sound as if Rock was just some regular wrestler when he, Austin and Hogan has drawing power like no other.

[@H00FHearteD37]

It's LeVECK, not LeVESK. You have great content, but this makes u look like a mark... Looking fwd to future videos!!

[@our4feettravelers760]

why no Foly one of the best ever and funny ..good with rock and sock good gm what more

[@eplewis3268]

Ya couldn’t even give a very well deserved Honorable Mention to Razor and The Kid?

[@tunji_9321]

Eventhough he's not a wrestler, JR belongs on this list. Idc what no one says he's the voice of all pro wrestling.

[@bigrocca9606]

How is Mr.Monday night not on this list lol

[@Blood-zz2kt]

Because he had one wwe title run and it didn’t last a month

[@kobeisgoated29]

Its stone cold

[@concerta56]

Why folks put Hunter as a GOAT? He was handheld throughout his career. To this day the head honcho in WWE is The Rock. He is Hunter's boss just like he led Hunter around in there matches.

[@Odjeisk]

I think he would be fired in like 96 if his best friend wasn't Shawn Michaels....

[@glennross85]

The Game still working you marks 😂

[@Odjeisk]

@@glennross85yeah but he wouldn't have half as good carrer if he hadn't married Stephanie and Shawn wasn't his best friend 🤷🤷

[@glennross85]

@@Odjeisk Nah he the man, no one alive today has given the most to wrestling and taken the least. Hes not particularly rich compared to others like Hogan or Cena, he almost always put people over at wrestlemania and basically lives for the business, dosent drink, his vice is wrestling. The King of Kings, goat.

[@cerebralassassin2185]

You realize he's a big reason raw was really damn good in 2000 right? Him and the rock carried wwe during that time austin was out. Plus HHH from 1999-2001 was the embodiment of a perfect wrestler.

[@jonathanaguiniga3823]

I would personally take off Seth Rollins and put Mick Foley instead his first WWE title win on raw is more memorable then whatever Seth Rollins did

[@airbendingeagle2358]

How can you have a GOATs of RAW without having The Undertaker Kane Kurt Angle Brock Lesnar (To SOME people) Trish Stratus Lita Beth Phoenix Mickie James Chyna Rob Van Dam (Mr Monday Night) Goldust The list goes on, but we all get the picture

[@mraei]

Jericho needs to retire from wrestling, period.

[@DanielGarcia-us7tf]

Triple H is a tremendous heel, but he is not a great babyface like Bret, The Rock and John Cena. Shawn was great as a heel and a babyface.

[@Tari0919]

RVD?

[@jeanlongsden1696]

someone needs to explain to Andy that G.O.A.T means "greatest of all time", meaning there can only be one.

[@angelaholmes8888]

Love john cena on raw ❤❤❤❤😊

[@deadrocky2458]

Stone cold rock taker mick Foley

[@cerebralassassin2185]

Taker was more of a smackdown guy tbf. I think I'd replace taler with HHH.

[@stonecold316339]

Austin even got voted as superstar of the decade. Hands down the GOAT of Raw! 💀 🖕🖕🍺

[@StraightEdgeKnight19]

A lot of people don’t mention that. Glad to see someone mention it. Austin won superstar of the decade on Raw’s 10th anniversary in 03.

[@jp3813]

I don't think there was any voting done for that one. Jerry Lawler even gave a wink about how legit the whole thing was.

[@stonecold316339]

@@jp3813 there was though. I actually looked it up. Plus this was after that whole thing with Austin getting arrested for that situation with Debra so there's no way WWE would just give it to him after that

[@tariqdogg5944]

John Cena is my all-time favorite wrestler

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

Eh, the thing about Shawn's back injury is that he and WWE embellish the hell out of it. He was good to go in 2000 and almost came back part-time in 2001.

[@taufikmahbub8204]

You really hate Randy Orton don’t you?

[@14j7l]

jericho goat his an arse went to see fozzy and lad of 14 passed out during the concert after he acknowledged him and a man on cruches amongst others waited by his tour bus for him to sign stuff he seen us acted like we didn't exist and got in a car and drove of his an arse

[@noicon85]

And just like Hogan, Cena regularly abused his backstage power to keep himself on top.

[@savagebeast4063]

What about undertaker?

[@LaughNStalk]

I liked this video more back when it was Best of Smackdown 👎

[@nycSnowman]

Monday Night Rollins is the past. Monday Night Mami is the future

[@MarkDaddy69]

97 Raw was soooo good. Way underrated

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

Clearly experimental every week too.

[@mikevargas5892]

Fun Fact: Alberto Del Rio has more match in raw than Stone cold

[@RomanProWrestling]

𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐀𝐖 Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, John Cena, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Randy Orton, CM Punk, Seth Rollins, Chris Jericho.

[@barryle8413]

Cm punk doesn’t belong. Having a dope moment doesn’t make you a goat.

[@Blood-zz2kt]

400 some days as wwe champion does though lmao

[@barryle8413]

@@Blood-zz2kt no it doesn’t. No one mentions bob backlund as the goat. He held it 2k days.

[@Blood-zz2kt]

@@barryle8413 and why do u think that Is nobody mentions any of the older wrestlers

[@barryle8413]

@@Blood-zz2kt they mention older wrestlers all the time. CM Punk was great. I loved him but he’s not a goat of anything wwe. He wasn’t even the main guy on the show when he was champ. His 400 day reign wasn’t the big deal it’s made out to be now. He admitted it himself and left.

[@Blood-zz2kt]

@@barryle8413 I never said he was the goat but during that time period were cm punk was wwe champion he was for sure the best part of the show meaning he can be in this raw debate

[@Perzita]

correct it, it says smackdown

[@beenontopdraftpick]

Taker deserves a reference here. Yeah, he remained on SD! from 2002 until retirement, but he’s made a lot of great Raw memories from 1993-2002 and even after with pop-in appearances.

[@El-Fuego-_-1]

Monday Night Messiah was underrated

[@hwzmusic718]

first and love this channel

[@WRESTLEWITHANDY]

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