1 and only plus of Raw after SS97

By Scott Keith on 10 November 2017

Hey Scott,

Just a quick follow up to the post about the Raw the night after Survivor Series '97. I happened to be in Ottawa for it that night, and while it seemed cool at the time it truly is an awful episode that doesn't hold up… except for the DX promo at the top of the show. Unless I'm mistaken I think it was the very first time the DX theme ever got used, I remember distinctly the moment it started up it stole the audience's attention completely. Rude's intro spiel got interrupted three times thanks to the heat he was getting, and of course the entire building wanted to almost legitimately kill Shawn.

Mind you it all went downhill from there, unless you're the type of person who enjoys Blackjack-era Bradshaw in some sort of no dq match.

Oh yeah, it was AMAZING. Even watching at home we were legit like "OH SHIT! The business just changed!" It was seriously like a defining line between eras, with one ending via the screwjob and then the new one beginning with the D-X theme, one of the few times you can pinpoint it like that exactly.