20 Things That Didn't Exist When RAW Debuted

[Phillip Brooks]

The world was a different place on Jan. 11, 1993. Bill Clinton was weeks away from taking the Oval Office, 3-D movies still required the assistance of flimsy, blue-and-red cellophane glasses, and watching Raw on Monday nights was less a time-honored tradition than a brand-new experience. Though the Superstars of WWE continue to wow TV audiences every Monday night, other aspects of the world have proven far less predictable or consistent. Here, now, WWE.com looks back at 20 entities and objects (and, in one case, a Biebster) that were about as prevalent in 1993 as a Carly Rae Jepsen earworm.

1.Extreme Championship Wrestling
2.Twitter
3.Hell in a Cell
4.Justin Bieber

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5.WWE Divas Championship
6.Toyota Prius
7.WWE Draft
8.iPhones, Droids and the bulk of the smart-phone market
9.Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match
10.“Harry Potter”
11.Vibram FiveFingers
12.The Elimination Chamber
13.The Tampa Bay Rays
14.Austin 3:16
15.DVDs
16.Biannual Olympics cycle
17.The euro
18.YouTube
19.WWE Championship "spinner" belt
20.Facebook[/SPOILER]

 

[Tired]

WWE played it very safe with this list. It names 6 things that they themselves made, and 3 websites.

Just a pity that they didn't do a little more research. Both ECW and the bi-annual Olympic games were invented in 1992.

 

[stylesismilo]

Wasn't ECW named Eastern Championship Wrestling at the time? So technically, they are right.

 

[Tired]

It became Extreme Championship Wrestling in 92, so they are still wrong.