Has there been a 'RAW' broadcast every calendar date?

[chazraps]

Just had a thought, has there been any date of the year that an episode of Raw hasn't aired on? Surely the odds of being on-air for 25+ years with only so many days means that even factoring in leap years, tennis and dog shows, every date has been covered.

Has any day gone without an episode of Raw being broadcast on it? What was the last day to finally get an episode of Raw? Has there been a Raw aired on Leap Day?

[ANuclearError]

There was a Raw on the 29th of February 2016. I've got a spreadsheet with what I think are all the days, so currently trying to crunch the numbers.

EDIT: Here we go, there has indeed been a Raw on every day of the calendar year. The dates were taken from here.

[Nickybojelais]

Hmm, sounds like a good idea for a network watching marathon. Watch an episode a day of Raw from that day in history. Your question has inspired me!

[TGM]

Has there been a Raw on Rusev day?

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Mar 2, 2019 18:13:14 GMT -5 TGM said:

Has there been a Raw on Rusev day?

Yes. 2017.

[chazraps]

Mar 2, 2019 17:42:52 GMT -5 ANuclearError said:

There was a Raw on the 29th of February 2016. I've got a spreadsheet with what I think are all the days, so currently trying to crunch the numbers.

EDIT: Here we go, there has indeed been a Raw on every day of the calendar year. The dates were taken from here.

Good looks on this. Was 2/29/16 the last hold out? Do you know off-hand the last one before that?

[MikeyMania]

Mar 2, 2019 18:17:29 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Mar 2, 2019 17:42:52 GMT -5 ANuclearError said:

There was a Raw on the 29th of February 2016. I've got a spreadsheet with what I think are all the days, so currently trying to crunch the numbers.

EDIT: Here we go, there has indeed been a Raw on every day of the calendar year. The dates were taken from here.

Good looks on this. Was 2/29/16 the last hold out? Do you know off-hand the last one before that?

It appears that February 29th was the last date missing. Before that, February 8th apparently didn't have a Raw until 2010. The first year it could have potentially aired on February 8th would be 1993 but for whatever reason, there just was no Raw that week. Possibly bumped by the Westminster Dog Show? In 1999, there was an episode filmed on February 8th but it then didn't air until Saturday 13th. That also happens to be the Raw that took place at the Toronto Sky Dome which I believe makes it the Raw with the highest attendance.

[disorganisedchaos v:2]

I would imagine that with its days shifting over the years, there are gaps in the history of Smackdown?

[abjordans]

Was there a Raw on leap year before?

[clifford]

Mar 2, 2019 17:42:52 GMT -5 ANuclearError said:

There was a Raw on the 29th of February 2016. I've got a spreadsheet with what I think are all the days, so currently trying to crunch the numbers.

EDIT: Here we go, there has indeed been a Raw on every day of the calendar year. The dates were taken from here.

That's so cool. A quick scan of it tells me February 15th and 16th are the days of the year that have had the most Raws, with 5 each. Obviously there will be a lot more days with 5 by year's end.

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

They got more than two weeks of Smarch dates to fill

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Even May 19th?

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

There's actually a fascinating seed of an idea here. Watch all the Raws from a given day on the calendar, and just see, in the interim, what changed. For instance, so far, today, March 3rd, has only had 4 Raws: 1997, 2003, 2008, and 2014. Think about how INSANELY different each of those eras are of WWE. I might just do that for the next day off I have(March 7th), just to chart the possible bizarre changes over the seemingly arbitrary year jumps.

[chazraps]

Mar 3, 2019 7:43:34 GMT -5 abjordans said:

Was there a Raw on leap year before?

Literally asked in the OP and answered in the second post in the thread. Come on now.

[chazraps]

Mar 3, 2019 6:48:14 GMT -5 MikeyMania said:

Mar 2, 2019 18:17:29 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Good looks on this. Was 2/29/16 the last hold out? Do you know off-hand the last one before that?

It appears that February 29th was the last date missing. Before that, February 8th apparently didn't have a Raw until 2010. The first year it could have potentially aired on February 8th would be 1993 but for whatever reason, there just was no Raw that week. Possibly bumped by the Westminster Dog Show? In 1999, there was an episode filmed on February 8th but it then didn't air until Saturday 13th. That also happens to be the Raw that took place at the Toronto Sky Dome which I believe makes it the Raw with the highest attendance.

Stellar sleuthing. Thanks Mikey!

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Mar 3, 2019 21:22:19 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Mar 3, 2019 7:43:34 GMT -5 abjordans said:

Was there a Raw on leap year before?

Literally asked in the OP and answered in the second post in the thread. Come on now.

To be fair he asked about leap year and not Leap Day.

But even still.

[Push R Truth]

Mar 3, 2019 8:41:49 GMT -5 Citizen Snips Has Left said:

They got more than two weeks of Smarch dates to fill

lousy Smarch booking

[Hobby Drifter]

Mar 3, 2019 7:43:34 GMT -5 abjordans said:

Was there a Raw on leap year before?

There was supposed to be a Southpaw show that day, but...you know.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Mar 3, 2019 19:34:48 GMT -5 Confused Mark Wahlberg said:

Even May 19th?

WHY DID YOU SAY THAT DATE!?

Wait, wrong guy...

[pillmansgotagun]

School project?