The WWE Raw guest star is a concept which involves a current or former WWE performer, mainstream celebrity or, sports personality making a guest appearance, assuming the on-screen role as a guest star for that particular episode. The guest star also often participates in backstage vignettes with members of the WWE roster.
The concept was introduced on the June 15, 2009 episode of WWE Raw by Donald Trump, who at the time was involved in an angle where he was the owner of the Raw franchise. On June 22, after having regained ownership of Raw, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced that Trump's initiative would go into effect on June 29, with the first star being Batista. For almost a year, Raw featured a guest star each week except for the week of April 26, 2010 episode, which featured the 2010 WWE Draft. As of June 14, 2010, WWE decided to slowly phase out the guest star concept on Raw, by only scheduling guest stars every other week, with the possibility of having a guest star only when needed.
Guest hosts differ from guest stars in that they have the power of a Raw brand General Manager. On May 10, 2010, it was announced that all future guest stars would no longer have that power in a decision made by the Raw general manager Vickie Guerrero who later quit the role that night. The guest host position was renamed to guest star, and the general manager position returned. In November 2014, the guest host position returned after a 3-year hiatus.
Since the WWE Raw guest star concept was established there have been 73 episodes that have featured 92 stars.
Guest host history
Host(s)VenueLocationDateRef.HP Pavilion at San JoseHP Pavilion at San JoseAmway Arena (Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill)RBC CenterVerizon CenterMohegan Sun ArenaPengrowth SaddledomeScottrade CenterThomas & Mack CenterJoe Louis ArenaAllstate ArenaAir Canada CentreVerizon ArenaTimes Union CenterWachovia Arena at Casey Plaza and Maria MenounosConseco FieldhouseJacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena and Joey LoganoHSBC Arena and Sharon OsbourneDCU CenterSheffield ArenaMadison Square GardenGiant Center1st Mariner ArenaAmerican Airlines CenterAmerican Bank CenterSt. Pete Times ForumXL CenterNutter CenterTarget Center and Don JohnsonThompson–Boling ArenaNationwide ArenaSommet CenterCajundomeWells Fargo Arena and Ty MurrayConseco FieldhouseFord CenterRose Garden ArenaSan Diego Sports ArenaHP Pavilion at San Jose, Clark Duke and Craig RobinsonUS Airways CenteriWireless CenterThe O2 Arena, Kristen Wiig and Ryan PhillippeIzod CenterJacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaMellon ArenaBankers Life FieldhouseJoe Louis ArenaTarget CenterVerizon Center
Guest star history
Star(s)VenueLocationDateRef.Air Canada CentreHuntington CenterFrank Erwin Center, Quinton Jackson and Sharlto CopleyAmerican Airlines ArenaTime Warner Cable ArenaWachovia CenterRupp Arena, Charlie Day and Jason SudeikisStaples CenterU.S. Bank ArenaIntrust Bank ArenaPengrowth SaddledomeResch Center Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumWells Fargo CenterHonda CenterFebruary 14 WWE RawScottrade Center and MýaAmerican Airlines ArenaThomas & Mack CenterQuicken Loans ArenaPhilips ArenaHonda CenterQuicken Loans Arena (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) Verizon CenterWashington, D.C.Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumScottrade CenterWebster Bank Arena and Shawn KingPower Balance Pavilion Consol Energy CenterNassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumStaples CenterLos Angeles, CaliforniaAllstate ArenaRosemont, Illinois and Barclays CenterHugh JackmanScottrade CenterSt. Louis, MissouriQuicken Loans ArenaCleveland, OhioBret HartBell CentreAmerican Airlines ArenaMiami, FloridaJerry SpringerBaltimore ArenaBaltimore, Maryland and Hoda KotbBarclays CenterBrooklyn, New YorkRoanoke Civic CenterRoanoke, VirginiaLarry the Cable Guy and Santino MarellaBankers Life FieldhouseIndianapolis, IndianaPrudential CenterConsol Energy CenterPittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Bill SimmonsStaples CenterLos Angeles, California KeyArenaWayne RooneyManchester ArenaManchester, EnglandNovember 9, 2015Staples CenterLos Angeles, CaliforniaHonda CenterAnaheim, California and Danny MastersonStaples CenterJosh DuhamelStaples CenterLaVar BallStaples CenterMichael Che and Colin JostWells Fargo Center, Pennsylvania
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External links WWE Raw at WWE.com WWE Raw at USANetwork.com Raw guest host one-year anniversary
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