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WWE® TO CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF RAW® LIVE ON USA NETWORK ON JANUARY 22

TICKETS AVAILABLE THIS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3

STAMFORD Conn. October 30 2017 – The 25th anniversary of Monday Night Raw® will emanate from Barclays Center and Manhattan Center in New York City on Monday January 22 2018 and air live on USA Network at 8/7C. Tickets are available for each event starting this Friday November 3 through all Ticketmaster outlets  www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

WWE Superstars from both Monday Night Raw and SmackDown® Live will be at Barclays Center while the event at Manhattan Center the site of the first episode of Raw will feature both WWE Superstars competing and special appearances by WWE Legends Undertaker® Shawn Michaels® and Kevin Nash® amongst others. VIP packages including a meet and greet with a WWE Legend will be available for fans at Manhattan Center.

“We look forward to celebrating this unmatched milestone with our fans around the world but 25 years only marks the beginning of WWE surprising delighting and entertaining generations to come ” said WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon.

Monday Night Raw debuted on January 11 1993 from the Manhattan Center and since that time has been broadcast from iconic venues around the world. Raw is the longest-running weekly episodic program in U.S. primetime TV history and is one of the most-watched regularly scheduled programs on cable airing live every Monday night on USA.  Each week it is rated one of the most socially active shows and continues to be a “must-stop” for celebrities to reach WWE’s TV audience and its more than 825 million social media followers. Raw has aired more original episodes than some of the most popular television series of all time including The Simpsons Gunsmoke Lassie and Monday Night Football.

In its 25-year history Raw has also helped launch the careers of pop-culture icons including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson “Stone Cold” Steve Austin Undertaker Triple H John Cena and The Bella Twins.

About WWE

WWE a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE) is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television programming pay-per-view digital media and publishing platforms. WWE programming reaches more than 650 million homes worldwide in 20 languages. WWE Network the first-ever 24/7 over-the-top premium network that includes all live pay-per-views scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library is currently available in more than 180 countries. The company is headquartered in Stamford Conn. with offices in New York Los Angeles London Mexico City Mumbai Shanghai Singapore Dubai Munich and Tokyo.

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