[1997-03-10-WWF-Raw] New show opening

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

New RAW entrance and a look and feel that is pretty much the same to this day. This was in the brief period they were using "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson as their entrance. At least they were trying.

[soup23]

Crazy how little has changed set wise in 16 years.

[Kevin Ridge]

New intro for Raw that heavily features Steve Austin. They now got the big video screen at entrance that set stage for all the backstage stuff that would become a regular part of show.

[PeteF3]

A pretty radical change for Raw and the WWF in general. The heavy, gritty industrial look that defined the Attitude Era is starting to take over the show.

[Exposer]

Wow. This is a big difference from the week before. Everything is bigger. The pyro opening is something we'd get every week in the Attitude Era & beyond. This has got to be the biggest contrast in looks for a wrestling company between two weeks ever. Totally different.

[Cornette's racket]

Wasn't the new stage brought in after raw in Germany that looked like like shit production wise ?

[Superstar Sleeze]

To me this is the official beginning of the Attitude Era and the WWF finally turning it around. They basically threw two weeks of TV away for the European tour. The first week in Manhattan Center was terrible with a shell roster and those ECW wrestlers. Then the Germany show was a strong house show but was not good TV from Angle development point of view. This opening and show just felt so fresh!