- 8.0/1037 votes
#1 - January 4, 2010 (Dayton, OH)
Season 18 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2010
Like unicorns, the Loch Ness monster and the lost city of Atlantis, the return of Bret Hart to WWE seemed merely the stuff of legend, a sight among the WWE faithful that would never come to fruition. Then it happened. After a controversial exit and a 12-year absence, The Excellence of Execution agreed to return to WWE as the first special guest host of Raw to kick off the new year. Even Bigfoot himself couldn’t have proven a more exciting host … or more shocking.
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- 7.3/1032 votes
#2 - January 11, 2010 (Minneapolis, MN)
Season 18 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2010
As professional boxing’s former Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World, Mike Tyson enjoyed a reputation for delivering the knockout punch in no time flat. As special guest host of Raw, however, the “Baddest Man on the Planet” held off until the final round to deliver a shocking KO to the WWE Universe – and especially Chris Jericho.
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- 7.7/1033 votes
#3 - January 18, 2010 (Knoxville, TN)
Season 18 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2010
In the new comedy When In Rome, starring Raw’s special guest co-hosts Jon Heder and Don Johnson, a woman finds herself engulfed by an over abundance of affection from her suitors. Unlike the premise of their movie, though, Heder and Johnson found themselves surrounded by anything but love as Raw Superstars turned on one another in the lead up to the Royal Rumble.
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- 7.2/1028 votes
#4 - January 25, 2010 (Columbus, OH)
Season 18 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2010
After his co-star on USA Network’s Psych, James Roday, was rushed to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy, actor Dule Hill was forced to act as Raw’s sole guest host. No worries, though, since Hill more than held his own with a little guidance from John Cena, who just so happens to guest star on Psych’s season premiere this Wednesday at 10/9 CT.
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- 7.8/1028 votes
#5 - February 1, 2010 (Nashville, TN)
Season 18 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2010
In his role as Capt. James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise, William Shatner presided over a crew that sometimes found themselves at each others’ throats. In his role as special guest host of Raw, the iconic actor also presided over a roster full of Superstars – and at least one Chairman – with enough personal vendettas to fill an entire galaxy.
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- 7.4/1031 votes
#6 - February 8, 2010 (Lafayette, LA)
Season 18 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2010
Let the celebration continue! Just one night after the New Orleans Saints captured the NFL’s top prize in the Super Bowl, the people of Louisiana were still in the mood to party when Raw rolled into the Cajundome. Good thing, too, since special guest host and NASCAR driver Carl Edwards gave them plenty to celebrate.
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- 6.3/1033 votes
#7 - February 15, 2010 (Des Moines, IA)
Season 18 Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2010
The rowdy guests on The Jerry Springer Show are known for catching the objects of their scorn off guard and landing a painful blow or two. As evidenced by several WWE Superstars, however, those dirty tactics aren’t confined solely to the stage of Raw’s latest special guest host, Jerry Springer.
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- 7.4/1031 votes
#8 - February 22, 2010 (Indianapolis, IN)
Season 18 Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/2010
One night after WWE Elimination Chamber, special guest co-hosts, singer Jewel and her husband, pro bull rider Ty Murray, were riding high in the saddle as they helped wrangle an ornery herd of Superstars into several WrestleMania matches.
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- 7.4/1034 votes
#9 - March 1, 2010 (Oklahoma City, OK)
Season 18 Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/2010
With Cheech and Chong acting as special guest hosts, the WWE Universe held on for a few loopy twists and trippy turns on The Road to WrestleMania.
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- 7.3/1033 votes
#10 - March 8, 2010 (Portland, OR)
Season 18 Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2010
Master illusionist Criss Angel may have acted as special guest host of Monday Night Raw, but it was Mr. McMahon who employed trickery and a host of hired hands to punish John Cena on The Road to WrestleMania.
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- 7.6/1035 votes
#11 - March 15, 2010 (San Diego, CA)
Season 18 Episode 11 - Aired 3/15/2010
When the most popular Superstar in WWE history returns to guest host Monday Night Raw, certain rules apply. First, that Superstar should behave in a manner befitting WWE’s image. Secondly, that Superstar should speak in respectful tones. And lastly, that Superstar should demonstrate sufficient reverence to their former employer. As “Stone Cold” Steve Austin demonstrated, however, when The Texas Rattlesnake is that Superstar, no rules apply!
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- 7.5/1033 votes
#12 - March 22, 2010 (San Jose, CA)
Season 18 Episode 12 - Aired 3/22/2010
The Road to WrestleMania ends in just six days when the WWE Universe descends upon Phoenix for the biggest event in all of entertainment. Tonight, though, the twists, turns and dangerous curves continued to pop up along the way.
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- 8.2/1040 votes
#13 - March 29, 2010 (Phoenix, AZ)
Season 18 Episode 13 - Aired 3/29/2010
The day after WrestleMania XXVI ushered in a new era. While a crop of new, exhilarating, young Superstars are being cultivated in the hothouse of WWE, it was time for one Superstar, Shawn Michaels, to bid farewell after offering up a 25-year feast of cherished memories and jaw-dropping moments. Thank you, Shawn Michaels.
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- 6.8/1030 votes
#14 - April 5, 2010 (Moline, IL)
Season 18 Episode 14 - Aired 4/5/2010
When David “A-List” Otunga won an Eight-Man Battle Royal to earn the honor of special guest host, the NXT Rookie didn’t forget to bring his “A” games to Monday Night Raw.
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- 7.5/1030 votes
#15 - April 12, 2010 (London, England)
Season 18 Episode 15 - Aired 4/12/2010
As an international star beloved by fans around the world, who better than David Hasselhoff to take the reins of Raw across the pond in London? To say he did a phenomenal job, would be like saying that KITT from Knight Rider was a “decent ride.” Let’s face it, The Hoff went off!
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- 7.9/1031 votes
#16 - April 19, 2010 (East Rutherford, NJ)
Season 18 Episode 16 - Aired 4/19/2010
With a giant ash cloud hovering over Europe, thanks to an erupting volcano in Iceland, air travel has been severely restricted, causing most of the Raw roster to find themselves grounded overseas after their European tour. With Extreme Rules less than a week away, however, WWE found plenty of angry SmackDown Superstars just itching to blow their tops.
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- 8.3/1031 votes
#17 - April 26, 2010 (Richmond, VA)
Season 18 Episode 17 - Aired 4/26/2010
While the outcome of Extreme Rules rattled the WWE Universe just 24 hours prior, the following night’s 2010 WWE Draft on a special three-hour Monday Night Raw shook many of the Superstars themselves to their very core. The quake resulted when both the Raw and SmackDown rosters competed in inter-promotional matches to determine which brand would earn a Draft pick.
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- 6.4/1024 votes
#18 - May 3, 2010 (Jacksonville, FL)
Season 18 Episode 18 - Aired 5/3/2010
With an entirely new constellation of Superstar draftees moving into its orbit, the Raw roster promised to be an altered universe. As if to punctuate that point, former SmackDown Superstar Chris Jericho devestated the Unified Tag Team Champions with the help of an unlikely ally and Edge nearly laid waste to a former friend before feeling the pain of angry fangs.
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- 6.4/1025 votes
#19 - May 10, 2010 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Season 18 Episode 19 - Aired 5/10/2010
“The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.” – Baltasar Gracian. It’s a pretty solid bet that Vickie Guerrero has never heard that quote. And while her reign as Raw’s General Manager proved mercifully brief, the ripples she caused are certain to reverberate for weeks to come.
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- 8.2/1028 votes
#20 - May 17, 2010 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Season 18 Episode 20 - Aired 5/17/2010
With just six days before Over the Limit, special guest host Buzz Aldrin, one of the famed astronauts aboard the first manned mission to the moon, blasted the WWE Universe into orbit on a commercial-free Raw.
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- 6.8/1023 votes
#21 - May 24, 2010 (Toledo, OH)
Season 18 Episode 21 - Aired 5/24/2010
While special guest host Jon Lovitz enjoys success as a comedian, a movie star and a former member of Saturday Night Live, the brutal qualifying matches and one shocking departure that went down inside Toledo's Huntington Center were no laughing matter.
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- 6.7/1022 votes
#22 - May 31, 2010 (Austin, TX)
Season 18 Episode 22 - Aired 5/31/2010
While the WWE Universe saluted the men and women of the armed forces on Memorial Day, it was special guest host Ashton Kutcher who ordered the Raw Superstars into combat with one another in front of a capacity crowd. Atten-shun!
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- 8.1/1038 votes
#23 - June 7, 2010 (Miami, FL)
Season 18 Episode 23 - Aired 6/7/2010
The WWE Universe took the reins of Monday Night Raw for the first-ever Viewer’s Choice Night, choosing the matches and stipulations by voting on WWE.com. Hosted by the cast of The A-Team, this three-hour, co-branded event was created by and for the WWE Universe, loaded with surprise match-ups that reignited old rivalries between both Raw and SmackDown Superstars while creating entirely new ones in the process.
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- 6.6/1022 votes
#24 - June 14, 2010 (Charlotte, NC)
Season 18 Episode 24 - Aired 6/14/2010
While it’s Raw guest host Mark Feuerstein who stars in USA Network’s Royal Pains, it was Raw’s General Manager, Bret Hart, who experienced serious and mounting pains of his own thanks to the group of ruthless and desperate season one NXT Rookies.
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- 7.1/1020 votes
#25 - June 21, 2010 (Bridgeport, CT)
Season 18 Episode 25 - Aired 6/21/2010
One night after the seven season one NXT Rookies decimated the WWE landscape at Fatal 4-Way, the pugnacious pack once again tore into the Raw roster to make their presence felt – even going so far as to attack The Chairman himself, Mr. McMahon!
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Season 18 Ratings Summary
"January 4, 2010 (Dayton, OH)" is the best rated episode of "WWE Raw" season 18. It scored 8/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/4/2010. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "January 11, 2010 (Minneapolis, MN)".