taken place two days earlier in WWE's home state of Connecticut. On May 30, 2016, the Memorial Day edition of Raw opened with a ten-bell salute in honor of fallen military members. On January 15, 2018, Raw opened with a ten-bell salute in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. On December 3, 2018, Raw opened with a ten bell salute in honor of former president George H. W. Bush, who had died a few days prior. On August 5, 2019, Raw opened with a ten bell salute in honor of the victims of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton that happened a few days prior. Ten-bell salutes within WWF/WWE storylines While ten-bell salutes have typically been reserved for real-life deaths, it has been used in kayfabe at least thrice in WWE history (see worked shoot). The most recent instance was in June 2007 for Mr. McMahon (WWE chairman Vince McMahon's on-screen persona), as part of an angle in which he was inside a limousine that exploded, and was presumed dead. In 1988, Harley Race was "honored" with ten bells as part of a promo by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, wherein Heenan accused Hulk Hogan of causing serious injuries to Race. This angle grew out of a match during which Race was legitimately injured during a match against Hogan, due to a mistimed move, and was forced to take a hiatus. On a Raw Is War broadcast shortly after the Royal Rumble in January 1998, Paul Bearer and Kane rang the bell ten times in ring to mock The Undertaker, with whom they were feuding at the time. Their actions grew from an incident at the Royal Rumble where, in the storyline, Kane and Bearer had locked The Undertaker in a casket and set it ablaze, presumably killing Undertaker. However, that failed when Undertaker returned and accepted Kane's challenge for a fight, setting the stage for WrestleMania XIV. In 1999, a ten-bell salute was given to Big Show's father, who was said to have died of cancer as part of a storyline. In reality, he had died of stomach cancer in 1992. In 2020, The Undertaker officially retired after 30 years of performing for the promotion. During his retirement ceremony at Survivor Series on November 22, the ten-bell salute was given for The Undertaker character. Impact Wrestling Arguably the best-known ten-bell salute in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, now known as