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. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3]
Guest hosts differ from guest stars in that they have the power of a Raw brand General Manager. [1] 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. [4] 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.
Star(s) | Venue | Location | Date | Ref. |
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Buzz Aldrin | Air Canada Centre | Toronto, Ontario | May 17, 2010 | [76] [81] |
Jon Lovitz | Huntington Center | Toledo, Ohio | May 24, 2010 | [82] [83] |
Ashton Kutcher | Frank Erwin Center | Austin, Texas | May 31, 2010 | [84] |
Bradley Cooper , Quinton Jackson and Sharlto Copley | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | June 7, 2010 | [85] |
Mark Feuerstein | Time Warner Cable Arena | Charlotte, North Carolina | June 14, 2010 | [86] [87] |
Rob Zombie | Wachovia Center | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | June 28, 2010 | [88] |
Florence Henderson | Rupp Arena | Lexington, Kentucky | July 12, 2010 | [89] |
Justin Long , Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis | Staples Center | Los Angeles, California | August 16, 2010 | [90] |
Chad Ochocinco | U.S. Bank Arena | Cincinnati, Ohio | September 13, 2010 | [91] |
Johnny Knoxville | Intrust Bank Arena | Wichita, Kansas | October 4, 2010 | [91] |
Bobb'e J. Thompson | Pengrowth Saddledome | Calgary, Alberta | October 18, 2010 | [91] |
Toby Keith | Resch Center | Green Bay, Wisconsin | October 25, 2010 | [91] |
Paul Reubens (as Pee-wee Herman) | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Uniondale, New York | November 1, 2010 | [91] |
Rima Fakih | Wells Fargo Center | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | November 29, 2010 | [91] |
Ariel Winter | Honda Center | Anaheim, California | February 14, 2011 | [92] |
Snooki | Scottrade Center | St. Louis, Missouri | March 14, 2011 | [93] |
Pitbull and Mýa | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | May 2, 2011 | [94] [95] |
Shawn Michaels | Thomas & Mack Center | Paradise, Nevada | June 27, 2011 | |
Hugh Jackman | Quicken Loans Arena | Cleveland, Ohio | September 19, 2011 | [96] |
The Muppets | Philips Arena | Atlanta, Georgia | October 31, 2011 | [97] |
Perez Hilton | Honda Center | Anaheim, California | January 16, 2012 | [98] |
James Roday | Quicken Loans Arena | Cleveland, Ohio | March 12, 2012 | [ citation needed ] |
The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard) (played by Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes and Will Sasso respectively) | Verizon Center | Washington, D.C. | April 9, 2012 | [99] |
Cyndi Lauper | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Uniondale, New York | June 18, 2012 | [ citation needed ] |
Charlie Sheen (via Skype) | Scottrade Center | St. Louis, Missouri | July 23, 2012 | [ citation needed ] |
Jared Fogle | Webster Bank Arena | Bridgeport, Connecticut | September 17, 2012 | [ citation needed ] |
Larry and Shawn King | Power Balance Pavilion | Sacramento, California | October 8, 2012 | [ citation needed ] |
Mick Foley (as Santa Claus) | Consol Energy Center | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | December 24, 2012 | [ citation needed ] |
Michael Strahan | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Uniondale, New York | November 25, 2013 | [100] |
Betty White | Staples Center | Los Angeles, California | February 10, 2014 | [101] |
Aaron Paul | Allstate Arena | Rosemont, Illinois | March 3, 2014 | [102] |
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Joe Manganiello | Barclays Center | Brooklyn, New York | March 24, 2014 | [103] |
Hugh Jackman | Scottrade Center | St. Louis, Missouri | April 28, 2014 | |
Kevin Hart | Quicken Loans Arena | Cleveland, Ohio | June 16, 2014 | |
Bret Hart | Bell Centre | Montreal, Quebec | July 7, 2014 | |
Flo Rida | American Airlines Arena | Miami, Florida | July 21, 2014 | |
Jerry Springer | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore, Maryland | September 8, 2014 | |
Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb | Barclays Center | Brooklyn, New York | October 6, 2014 | |
Grumpy Cat | Roanoke Civic Center | Roanoke, Virginia | November 17, 2014 | [104] |
Larry the Cable Guy and Santino Marella | Bankers Life Fieldhouse | Indianapolis, Indiana | November 24, 2014 | [105] |
Jon Stewart | Prudential Center | Newark, New Jersey | March 2, 2015 | |
Wiz Khalifa | Consol Energy Center | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | March 9, 2015 | |
Snoop Dogg and Bill Simmons | Staples Center | Los Angeles, California | March 23, 2015 | |
Stephen Amell | KeyArena | Seattle, Washington | August 10, 2015 | |
Wayne Rooney | Manchester Arena | Manchester, England | November 9, 2015 | |
Dr. Phil | Staples Center | Los Angeles, California | April 11, 2016 | |
Sean Combs | Honda Center | Anaheim, California | August 8, 2016 | |
Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson | Staples Center | Los Angeles, California | October 3, 2016 | |
Josh Duhamel | Staples Center | Los Angeles, California | June 26, 2017 | |
LaVar Ball | Staples Center | Los Angeles, California | June 26, 2017 | [106] |
Michael Che and Colin Jost | Wells Fargo Center | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania | March 4, 2019 |
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