MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced that its show Raw will air its 700th episode in the US tonight 23 October.

In India viewers can catch WWE on Ten Sports.

The first episode of Raw aired on 11 January, 1993, from the Manhattan Center in New York City and since has been broadcast from arenas around the world, including Madison Square Garden, Staples Center in Los Angeles, as well as London, England and Tokyo, Japan.

On 1 August, 2005, Raw surpassed previous record holder,Gunsmoke as producer of the most original episodes of any weekly fictional entertainment programme ever on American television.

Raw airs in the US on USA Network. Since its return to USA Network last October, it has averaged a household rating of 4.03 and delivered an average of 5.1 total viewers including 2.6 million in the 18-49 age group.