High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Raging Bender" is the eighth episode in the second production season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on February 27, 2000 as the twelfth episode of the second broadcast season. The episode was written by Lewis Morton and directed by Ron Hughart. The story focuses on Bender becoming a professional wrestler and his initial success, followed by his downfall as his popularity wanes.