The 50 Greatest Matches In RAW History

With the 20th Anniversary of Monday Night Raw coming this Monday, the WWE has celebrated by releasing their list of the 50 greatest matches in the history of the show on WWE.com.  Now obviously, there will be some omissions (Like the classic tag between Chris' Benoit & Jericho vs. Triple H & Steve Austin), but I do believe they've crafted quite the definitive collection.  Here is the full list:



50. Undertaker and Big Show vs. The Rock N Sock Connection (Aug. 30, 1999)
49. Jeff Hardy vs. Johnny Nitro (Nov. 20, 2006)
48. John Cena, Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels vs. Christian, Tomko and Chris Jericho
47. Mr. Perfect vs. Doink the Clown (May 24, 1993)
46. Booker T and Goldust vs. Christian and Chris Jericho (Dec. 23, 2002)
45. The Miz vs. Jerry Lawler (Nov. 29, 2010)
44. John Cena and Undertaker vs. D-Generation X vs. Jeri-Show (Nov. 16, 2009)
43. The Rock vs. Chris Jericho (Oct. 30, 2000)
42. Team Lakers vs. Team Nuggets (May 25, 2009)
41. Sycho Sid vs. Bret Hart (March 17, 1997)
40. The Rock vs. The Hurricane (March 10, 2003)
39. The Steiners vs. The Quebecers (Sept. 13, 1993)
38. Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler (Aug. 29, 2011)
37. Mick Foley vs. Terry Funk (May 4, 1998)
36. D-Generation X vs. The Miz and John Morrison (Nov. 3, 2008)
35. Christian vs. Rob Van Dam (Sept. 29, 2003)
34. Razor Ramon vs. Rick Martel (Oct. 11, 1993)
33. Stone Cold Steve Austin, Undertaker, and Dude Love vs. The Hart Foundation (July 21, 1997)
32. Triple H vs. Shelton Benjamin (March 29, 2004)
31. Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock vs. The NWO (March 11, 2002)
30. Al Snow vs. Road Dogg (Jan. 4, 1999)
29. Edge vs. Randy Orton (July 19, 2004)
28. The Miz vs. John Morrison (Jan. 4, 2011)
27. Razor Ramon vs. The Kid (May 17, 1993)
26. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock (March 23, 1998)
25. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rob Van Dam (May 27, 2002)
24. Stone Cold Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels vs. Owen Hart and The British Bulldog (May 26, 1997)
23. CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan (Feb. 27, 2012)
22. Triple H vs. Kane (June 23, 2003)
21. Shawn Michaels vs. Shelton Benjamin (May 2, 2005)
20. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Ken Shamrock (Sept. 14, 1998)
19. Edge vs. Ric Flair (Jan. 16, 2006)
18. The Rock, Cactus Jack, Too Cool and Rikishi vs. D-Generation X and The Radicalz (Feb. 7, 2000)
17. CM Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler (Nov. 21, 2011)
16. Trish Stratus vs. Lita (Dec. 6, 2004)
15. Kane vs. Bubba Ray and Spike Dudley vs. Christian and Chris Jericho vs. Jeff Hardy and RVD (Oct. 7, 2002)
14. Kurt Angle vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (Jan. 8, 2001)
13. Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty (May 17, 1993)
12. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart (April 21, 1997)
11. Triple H vs. Chris Jericho (April 17, 2000)
10. Owen Hart vs. The British Bulldog (March 3, 1997)
9. Cactus Jack vs. Triple H (Sept. 22, 1997)
8. Rob Van Dam vs. Edge vs. John Cena (July 3, 2006)
7. The Rock vs. Mankind (Jan. 4, 1999)
6. Rey Mysterio vs. John Cena (July 25, 2011)
5. Undertaker vs. Jeff Hardy (June 1, 2002)
4. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels (Dec. 29, 2003)
3. Bret Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid (July 11, 1994)
2. Ric Flair vs. Mr. Perfect (Jan. 25, 1993)
1. John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels (April 23, 2007)

My Take

Overall, I believe this to be a spectacular list and I wholeheartedly agree with the number one choice.  It's even the only match in RAW history to receive a five star rating from this blog.  If they're any of these matches you may have missed, do your best to seek them out.