However, for a brief 5 year period, Monday Night RAW left the USA Network and moved to TNN/Spike TV from September 25, 2000 to September 26, 2005.
During a recent episode of his “Something To Wrestle With” podcast, WWE Executive Bruce Prichard discussed RAW moving from USA Network to Spike TV in 2000.
The current Executive Director of Monday Night RAW and Friday Night SmackDown revealed that USA Network “regretted” losing WWE’s flagship broadcast to Spike TV in 2000:
Bruce Prichard on RAW returning to USA Network in 2005
After a 5-year run with Monday Night RAW airing on Spike TV, the flagship broadcast of the WWE returned to the USA Network, beginning with the October 3, 2005 episode of Monday Night RAW.
When recalling the reasons that WWE RAW returned to the USA Network, Bruce Prichard revealed that it was a case of “coming home”. Prichard also stated that WWE wasn’t just interested in working with the USA Network though. The company was particularly interested in working with NBC Universal as a whole:
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