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 Monday nights.

For those of us lucky enough to grow up in the Memphis wrestling territory, Monday Nights have been synonymous with wrestling.

As an 11 year old, my first discovery of wrestling was Memphis, but it quickly moved to include Prime Time Wrestling with Bobby the Brain Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon on Monday Nights.

In the early 90s, those two worlds collided when Jerry the King Lawler joined the Prime Time panel before eventually becoming the voice of RAW with Jim Ross when WWF changed the Monday night format.

The next big Monday night wrestling change happened when WCW started airing Nitro live and triggered the “Monday Night War” that provided many hours of channel changing for fans.

Since Nitro started, WCW has closed. TNA briefly attempted challenging RAW on Mondays but it’s worth no more than a passing mention.

Wrestling is cyclical. The business is definitely in an upswing, and this week’s Monday Night RAW debut on Netflix proved that .

Uncle Trips booked an episode entertaining episode that highlighted what WWE does by giving a mix of top stars known to the mainstream match time and bringing in Hall of Famers Hulk Hogan (booed big time), Undertaker (wasted) and stars like the Rock and John Cena.

RAW did very little to progress long term storytelling, but it had everything for a casual or possible new viewer to get and keep their attention. 

Monday Nights are still for Wrestling. Just a lot more of us.

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