David Dexter reports that the WWE has announced that the May 27th episode of RAW will be Bret Hart Appreciation Night. Both Hart and Shawn Michaels are expected to make appearances that night. RAW will be live from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
HBK gets his own appreciation night on May 24 at a RAW-brand live event in Salt Lake City, Utah. WWE is trying to boost their live events due to the injury of John Cena and absence of CM Punk.
LordsofPain.net reporter Michael Bluth reports that Craig Hlavaty of the Houston Press has written an article about his experience as a “seat filler” at the 20th Anniversary RAW. When WWE holds a RAW or SmackDown taping and there are empty seats on the “hard camera” side, arena officials will move fans around so the empty seats to not appear on television.
Here’s an excerpt of what Hlavaty said about the experience:
“After waiting about an hour, we were briefed by a staffer named Steve, whose role it is with the show to make sure seats don’t look empty for the folks at home.”
Courtesy of WWE.com:
On Jan. 11, 1993, the face of sports-entertainment was changed forever with the debut of Monday Night Raw. As WWE’s flagship show nears its 1,000th episode, look back at the first episode to see how Raw got its start.
Watch the episode here:
http://www.wwe.com/videos/playlists/debut-of-raw-playlist
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