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World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has a wide range of shows all over the world, including television, films, online, video on demand and pay-per-views.

Television and webcasts

WWE currently runs with three major shows on television, each featuring a different brand. They are: Raw, Friday Night SmackDown!, & ECW, as well as a secondary show called Heat. WWE also airs recap shows; A.M. Raw, The WWE Experience, Bottom Line, Afterburn and Free For All. A supercard show called Saturday Night's Main Event, is also occasionally shown.

Since WWE's departure from Spike TV in the United States, WWE has restationed Heat on their website as a webcast, while overseas it is still shown as a regular television program. The latest episode of Heat is put up on WWE.com every Friday afternoon. WWE also webcasts Byte This!, a call in/interview show, though that show is currently on hiatus for retooling.

World Wrestling Entertainment has had a large Web presence for years. In 1996 it was nominated for a "Streaming Media Award" and in 1999 for its online content.

International broadcasting

Australia

FOX8 is currently the only network to air all televised shows in Australia. Times for programmes are as follows and are in EST:

  • Raw - Wednesdays at 3:30pm, replayed Wednesday at 5:30pm, Saturdays 12:00pm
  • SmackDown! - Fridays at 3:30pm, replayed Fridays at 5:30pm, Sundays at 12:00pm
  • ECW - Thursdays at 3:30pm, replayed Thursday at 4:30pm and Saturdays at 2:00pm
  • Heat - Sundays at 2:00pm
  • The WWE Experience - Saturdays at 3:00pm
  • Saturday Night's Main Event, (when available), airs the Monday after taping at 3:30pm
    • Note: all programs are aired 2 hours later on FOX8+2.
  • Pay Per View Events - LIVE on Main Event, replayed at 6:30pm
  • Free For All - PPV Pre-Show on Main Event, aired 30 minutes before every PPV showing.

Canada

  • WWE Raw - Mondays on The Score at 9:15pm starting with a countdown show a 9:00pm, replayed Tuesdays at 12:00am and 4:00pm
  • WWE SmackDown! - Fridays on The Score at 8:00pm ET, replayed at 12:00am
  • WWE ECW - Fridays on Global at 12:00am, replayed Saturdays at 1:00pm and 9:00pm and Sundays at 1:00am on X-Treme Sports
  • Saturday Night's Main Event (when available) - Saturdays on Global at 11:30pm
  • The WWE Experience (separate show from The WWE Experience) - Sundays on The Score at 7:00pm

Costa Rica

WWE Programming shows on FX Latin America are not scheduled here, Raw and SmackDown! airs trough national aircasting station Repretel Canal 11 (Repretel channel 11)

  • WWE Raw - Saturdays at 6:00pm
  • WWE SmackDown! - Sundays at 6:00pm
  • WWE PPV's - PPV's are aired Saturday or Sunday's night at 6:00PM, according to the relative position of the particular PPV to the other two shows aired. The respective Raw or SmackDown! chapter is aired right after the PPV.

Germany

  • WWE Raw - Tuesdays at 4:00pm on Premiere Sport Portal, replayed at the same day at 11:00pm
  • WWE ECW - Wednesdays at 4:00pm on Premiere Sport Portal, replayed at the same day at 11:00pm
  • WWE Bottom Line - Thursdays at 4:00pm on Premiere Sport Portal, replayed at the same day at 12:00am
  • WWE Afterbun - Fridays at 4:00pm on Premiere Sport Portal, replayed at the same day at 11:00pm
  • WWE Heat - Saturdays at 10am on Premiere Sport Portal, replayed at the same day at 12:00pm
  • WWE SmackDown! - Saturdays at 10:00pm on DSF
  • WWE PPV's - PPV's are aired live Sundays at 2:00am on Premiere Sport Portal

France

  • WWE Raw - Thursdays at 10:30pm on RTL9, replayed Saturdays at 8:45pm on NT1
  • WWE SmackDown! - Fridays at 10:25pm on NT1

New Zealand

Sky1 is currently the only network to air all television shows in New Zealand.

  • WWE Raw - Fridays at 9:30pm, replayed Saturdays at 11:00pm and Sundays at 5:00pm on Sky 1.
  • WWE ECW - Saturdays at 10:30pm, replayed Sundays at 12:50am and 4:00pm on Sky 1.
  • WWE SmackDown! - Sundays at 6:45pm, replayed Mondays at 12:30am and 6:00am on Sky 1.
  • WWE Pay Per View Events - LIVE on Sky Box Office.
  • WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (when available) - Sundays at 8:30pm on Sky 1.
  • WWE Free For All - Airs half an hour before pay per views on Sky Box Office.

Peru

WWE Programming shows on FX Latin America and ATV Andina de Radio Difusión in Peru.

  • WWE Raw - Saturdays on ATV at 6:00pm
  • WWE SmackDown! - Saturdays on ATV at 7:00pm, and at 9:00pm when Saturday Night's Main Event is held.
  • WWE ECW - Sundays on FX Latin America 7:00pm, replays Wednesdays at 7:00pm.
  • Pay-Per-View Events - Sundays on ATV at 8:00pm.
  • Saturdays Night's Main Event - When it is available, it airs at Saturdays on ATV at 7:00pm.
  • WWE Experience (not The WWE Experience) - Sundays on FX Latin America 8:00pm, replays Thursdays at 7:00pm.

Brazil

WWE programming on Brazil is shown on FX Latin America.

Puerto Rico

Philippines

In the Philippines, WWE programming is shown on Jack TV, Radio Philippines Network (RPN) and Solar Sports. All times are in PHT

Southern Africa

  • Raw - Sundays, etv at 5pm SAST
  • SmackDown! - Wednesdays, etv at 8.30pm SAST
  • ECW - Saturdays, etv at 5pm SAST
  • Bottom Line - Saturdays, 12pm on Supersport 2 SAST
  • Afterburn - Wednesdays, 9.30pm on Supersport 2 SAST
  • Pay Per View Events - Sundays at 5pm or 6.30pm on Supersport, and replayed Monday morning at 5am on M-Net SAST

South Asia

TEN Sports airs WWE programs in South Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Bhutan, etc.

  • Raw - Monday at 5pm IST, replayed on Mondays at 10:30pm and Tuesdays at 8:00am.
  • SmackDown! - Tuesdays at 5pm IST, and replayed on Tuesdays at 10:30pm and Wednesdays at 8:00am.
  • ECW - Fridays at 10:30pm IST, and replayed on Saturdays at 10:00pm.
  • Heat - Sundays at 5pm IST, and replayed on Sundays at 10:30pm and Mondays at 8:00am.
  • Afterburn - Wednesdays at 5pm IST, and replayed on Wednesdays at 10:30pm and on Thursdays at 8:00am.
  • Bottom Line - Thursdays at 5pm IST, and is replayed on Thursdays at 10:30pm and on Fridays at 8:00am.
  • The WWE Experience - Saturdays at 5pm IST, and replayed on Saturdays at 11:00pm and on Sundays 8:00am.
  • Pay-Per-View Events - Sundays at scheduled time, replayed Mondays at scheduled time.

Spain

United Kingdom

Most of WWE's programmes are shown on Sky Sports 3 apart from WWE Experience, Saturday Night's Main Event and pay-per-views.

  • Raw - Tuesdays at 2am BST, replayed Thursdays at 9pm and Fridays at 5pm.
  • SmackDown! - Fridays at 10pm, replayed on Saturdays at 10am, 5pm, 11pm and Tuesdays at 5pm.
  • ECW - Thursdays at 11pm replay on Sunday 10pm.
  • Heat - Sundays at 10am and 11pm.
  • Afterburn - Sundays at 8am and 9pm: the UK sees two versions with differing content; a daytime version and a "late night" version.
  • Bottom Line - Saturday at 12am and 12pm: like Afterburn, the UK sees two versions with differing content; a daytime version and a "late night" version.
  • The WWE Experience - Sundays at 11am, Sky One and a Sunday afternoon repeat.
  • Saturday Night's Main Event - Sky Sports 1.
  • Pay-Per-View Events - Sky Sports 1 and Sky Box Office

United States

Former programming

Television
Webcasts

WWE Films

Main article: WWE Films

Since 2003, WWE has produced its own film productions. Instead of focusing on wrestling movies, WWE produces movies that are non-wrestling related. WWE and Vince McMahon were credited for production of the films The Scorpion King, The Rundown and Walking Tall all starring The Rock (Dwayne Johnson).

WWE Films has since ventured in on their own, releasing, See No Evil, a horror movie, starring Kane and also The Marine, an action movie starring John Cena. WWE has also noted that Steve Austin has agreed to star in three movie deals, the first being The Condemned.

WWE 24/7

Main article: WWE 24/7

In 2004, WWE announced a new video on demand service for digital cable users, allowing subscribers to the service access to matches in the promotion's extensive video library. The programming is broken into six sections and features classic shows, matches, and features highlighting legends of wrestling.

  • The Big Ones
    • Classic pay-per-views and supershows.
  • Hall of Fame
    • Documentaries on Hall of Fame wrestlers.
    • Matches featuring the wrestler of the month.
  • Shorties
    • Matches and memorable moments centered around the months theme.
  • Specials
    • Documentaries and retrospectives.

Pay-per-view

Main article: List of WWE pay-per-view events

WWE is currently one of the leaders in pay-per-view content for cable and satellite television. Pay-per-views account for approximately 25% of WWE revenues. There are 14 live shows for North America, 4 for United Kingdom, 4 for Australia and 2 for Japan. The pay-per-view events WWE hold currently are:

See also

References

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