When a referee raises his crossed arms in an 'X' formation, that is the signal to the backstage production crew that a legitimate injury has occurred.
Lilián García was hired as the ring announcer just an hour before her first episode. Garcia had auditioned to be a backstage interviewer and was under the impression that she was hired for that job. But just before show time, she was told that she would be announcing. Garcia met with veteran announcers Howard Finkel and Tony Chimel and had to quickly learn the basics.
In an attempt to steal ratings from RAW onto Nitro, Eric Bischoff would reveal the results of the previously recorded RAW episodes. However, this backfired when the episode of Raw in which Mick Foley won the Heavyweight Title for the first time aired. Unlike previous times Eric did this, it caused a lot of people to tune to RAW instead of people staying and watching Nitro.
The "Austin/McMahon" saga that entered the WWF into its new era began on the December 08, 1997 episode of "Raw", when Stone Cold knocked WWF owner Vince McMahon from the ring apron.
While on the road, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin decided to call Christian (Jay Reso). He left a message on Reso's voice mail that was completely unclear. When Reso and Austin were talking to each other on the phone, Austin kept saying "What?" With this, Austin decided to use it as his catchphrase, and it as well has became a popular catchphrase to fans.