by Logan Scisco We return this week to cover my first-ever purchase of a wrestling magazine:  the June 1995 issue of WWF Magazine .  I remember getting it at Kroger when I went with my dad on a grocery trip on a Sunday.  We passed the magazine section and I wanted it, so he bought it for me.  I clearly read this issue a lot as a kid because the cover no longer exists.  For example, this is what the cover looked like:

by Logan Scisco - Vince McMahon and Jim Ross are in the booth and they are live from Hartford, Connecticut.

by Logan Scisco - As more evidence that the Undertaker was playing second fiddle to other superstars during his title reign, the Steve Austin-Shawn Michaels match got top billing heading into this show and it appears on the cover of the video cassette box. - Vince McMahon and Jim Ross are in the booth and they are live from Providence, Rhode Island .

by Logan Scisco - McMahon recaps last week’s tag team championship main event and the events that unfolded after the match.  McMahon also recaps the Undertaker’s interaction with Paul Bearer at the end of last week’s show. - Vince McMahon and Jim Ross are in the booth and they are broadcasting from Huntington, West Virginia.  This is the go home show for the King of the Ring pay-per-view .

by Logan Scisco - Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry “the King” Lawler are in the booth and they are live from Syracuse, New York . - The Undertaker’s plancha on Vader on last week’s Raw is the Playstation Slam of the Week.

by Logan Scisco - We get a new television intro and theme song for Raw, as this is the debut of Raw is War.  We also see the debut of a new entrance set, with the Titantron and entrance ramp . - Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry “the King” Lawler are in the booth and they are live from Worcester, Massachusetts. - Ross interviews WWF Champion Sid, who says that he’s very skeptical of teaming with the Undertaker to face Vader and Mankind tonight and says that he thinks the Undertaker will reunite with Paul Bearer.  The Undertaker comes out and says there is no hidden agenda because if Sid was injured he couldn’t face him for the title at WrestleMania and in a twist, the Undertaker says he doesn’t want Sid as his partner because if he got injured in the tag match then Sid would remain WWF champion.  Paul Bearer, Vader, and Mankind then appear and Bearer calls Sid and the Undertaker cowards.  A brawl breaks out between the two sides and although the faces ...

- A nice video package starts the show, where Vince McMahon discusses the Berlin Wall and ties it to tonight’s showdown between Owen Hart and the British Bulldog, which will decide who the first WWF European champion will be. - McMahon and Jim Ross are in the booth and they are taped from Berlin, Germany.

by Logan Scisco - Jim Ross and Jerry “the King” Lawler are in the booth and they are live from Nashville, Tennessee.  Ross informs us that the Undertaker has been penciled in to face the WWF champion at WrestleMania XIII.  That’s a good booking decision since the Undertaker was the runner-up in the Final Four match and he was the crowd favorite. -WWF Champion Bret Hart and Sid come out for their championship match to start the show, but Steve Austin runs out and goes after Bret.  When WWF officials separate them, Sid starts going after Austin and Austin gives him a chop block before leaving.  Bret wants to start the match, but WWF officials get Sid to leave the ring.  A good opening segment, albeit disjointed since no one had any clue what was happening after Austin was escorted to the back.

by Logan Scisco - This is a Thursday edition of Raw that was dubbed “Thursday Raw Thursday.”  Did I mention that the show was held on Thursday? - Vince McMahon announces that Shawn Michaels will vacate the WWF title tonight and that the winner of this Sunday’s Final Four match will become the new WWF champion. - Vince McMahon, Jerry “the King” Lawler, and Jim Ross are in the booth and they are live from Lowell, Massachusetts.  After SkyDome last week, this small arena is definitely a letdown, but it does provide a grittier picture for the show.

by Logan Scisco - Vince McMahon, Jerry “the King” Lawler, and Jim Ross are in the booth and Ross is sporting the black cowboy hat that will become his trademark for the first time.  Lawler tells McMahon that he’s in the Royal Rumble, but McMahon doesn’t believe him.

by Logan Scisco -Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler are in the booth and they are still from somewhere that is undisclosed. -Footage of the aftermath of last week’s Karate Fighters Holiday Tournament is shown.

- Vince McMahon and Jerry “the King” Lawler are in the booth and they are live from West Palm Beach, Florida .

by Logan Scisco -A video package recaps the Undertaker-Mankind feud. -Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry “the King” Lawler are in the booth and they are wrapping up the taping in New Haven, Connecticut.