RonL21 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2006 This is for the people who've been watching for a while...I mean what happened to all of the wrestling shows that use to come on? Now its just Raw/SmackDown/IMPACT/ECW...I'm 21 now, but I remember being younger and looking foward to this...Discuss Early 90s -Monday- Prime Time Wrestling/Monday Night Raw -Saturday-WWF Superstars/Challenge, WCW Saturday Night, (Late as Fuck) WCW WorldWide -Sunday-WWF All American Wrestling- Mid 90s -Monday-Monday Night Raw/Monday Nitro -Saturday-WWF LiveWire/WWF Superstars/WCW Saturday Night/WCW WorldWide/ECW -Sunday-WWF Superstars(No Longer Syndicated) Late 90s -Monday- Monday Night Raw/WCW Monday Nitro -Thursday- WWF SmackDown/WCW Thunder -Saturday-WWF(Dont Remember..Help?)/WCW Saturday Night/WCW Wordwide/ECW -Sunday-WWF Superstars/WWF Sunday Night Heat Please add and discuss shows Ive forgotten.... Which was your favs... --There was one WWF show that came on WGN I remember before LiveWire but it didnt last long at all so I didnt bother adding it...I cant even remember the name.. --Michael Cole+Tood Grisham=Todd Pentigel(sp?)Had to live with on Saturday Mornings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2006 Being someone who didn't get cable until late 94, Challenge was my favorite show growing up. Sure, there was little to no storyline developments as compared to SuperStars, but an hour of Monsoon/Heenan was all I needed to start my Sunday right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest East.Coast.J Report post Posted November 11, 2006 World Class and then the USWA and then Global at 4PM on weekdays on ESPN was a big one for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2006 WCW Saturday Night was to me, the perfect wrestling show. Sure, after about '96 they didn't have any big matches anymore, but you never really knew who was going to be wrestling. Out of the blue, it might be some jobber who you remembered from the WWF, etc. Plus, it was on at 5PM here (CST), so it was on in the evening, but not too late. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LivingLegendGaryColeman 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2006 There used to be WWF Mania also, with Todd Pentingill in the early 90s, before it got replaced with The Action Zone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RonL21 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2006 WCW Saturday Night was to me, the perfect wrestling show. Sure, after about '96 they didn't have any big matches anymore, but you never really knew who was going to be wrestling. Out of the blue, it might be some jobber who you remembered from the WWF, etc. Plus, it was on at 5PM here (CST), so it was on in the evening, but not too late. 5:05... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2006 A few years ago back when local tv stations were not affialated with UPN/WB fulltime there were blocks of wrestling on the weekend latenight that had USWA, Nashville, NWA, ECW Hardcore tv. There was even some low budget wrestling show with a drunk as the host that had Jim Duggan smack him around at a bar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest East.Coast.J Report post Posted November 11, 2006 There used to be WWF Mania also, with Todd Pentingill in the early 90s, before it got replaced with The Action Zone. People always hated on Mania, but I thought that it was a fun show and that Pettengil was pretty decent on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2006 80's Saturday: 6:05 AM WCW Pro 5:05 PM WCW Saturday Night Sunday: 5:05 Main Event WCW Worldwide was on syndation on local tv Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2006 I think it was WWF Action Zone I believe and it was on in the afternoon right after Super Dave Osbourne. This is around 90-91 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RepoMan 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2006 Late 90s --Saturday-WWF(Dont Remember..Help?) Shootgun Saturday Nights, Jakked, Afterburn? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BruiserKC 0 Report post Posted November 12, 2006 In Kansas City in 1986-87...Channel 62 on Saturday mornings had a 6-hour block of wrestling...from 6 AM to noon. Started with UWF, then NWA, AWA, Central States, WWF, then World Class. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Buzz 0 Report post Posted November 12, 2006 I remember Livewire, the late night wcw show, saturday night, challenge,superstars, ECW, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and a local wrestling show on occasion in the south that would be on tv. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted November 12, 2006 In Kansas City in 1986-87...Channel 62 on Saturday mornings had a 6-hour block of wrestling...from 6 AM to noon. Started with UWF, then NWA, AWA, Central States, WWF, then World Class. Wow, that would be amazing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GODSON 0 Report post Posted November 12, 2006 From 95 through early 98, me and my family used to have cable for a few months, then go back to not having cable for a month or two. So during the non cable months, I used to watch Superstars,Worldwide and Shotgun Saturday Night. All three shows did a good job of pleasing my wrestling fix. When I did have cable, I watch all the shows. WCW Pro Saturday mornings, Buddy Lee Parker,Bobby Eaton,Jannetty and Barry H. was regulars on this show. Then a hour later, I would turn to Livewire. It used to be a great show because it was like a one hour version of Raw minus the crap parts. Then at 6:05, I will turn to TBS. The greatest show ever, the matches they deliver was awesome. On Sunday's, Main Event would get me ready for Monday Nights. On my local cable access, I used to watch this show called wrestling power ( http://home.comcast.net/~wrespowr/main.htm ) It help me discover Puro wrestling,ECW and other indies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJMc 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2006 There used to be WWF Mania also, with Todd Pentingill in the early 90s, before it got replaced with The Action Zone. Actually, Action Zone replaced All-American in late '94. Mania was replaced with Livewire in '96. There was also WWF Blastoff on WGN for a while in '96-'97. It was on right before Livewire and basically the same show (recaps mostly). There were also WWF New York and 11:Alive in the late '90s. Actually, 11:Alive only lasted about a month and was hardly shown anywhere. Both shows were just Shotgun with different commentary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2006 WWF Mania was kind of fun for what it was...it was designed to cater to younger fans, and while a good portion of it was Monday Night Raw highlights, they'd sometimes have exclusive matches, and they'd do some unique interview segments, comedy bits, etc. Todd Pettengil hosted, and for a while his co-host was Randy Savage, which was kind of funny. I was going to mention that WWF Action Zone was actually a pretty good show for a while. They had exclusive matches, including that famous Clique tag team match...I think eventually they phased it into being another recap show for RAW, and it kind of went downhill from there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2006 Late 90s - Livewire with Michael Cole was on USA at 10 am, WWF New York was on some local channel at 11, and JR and the Brooklyn Brawler were the announcers for it. Sundays at 10 was Superstars with Kevin Kelly on USA. And before PPVs (When they used to start at 7) Dok Hendrix would do the free-for-all at 6:30. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bigelow34 Report post Posted November 15, 2006 I liked the first few Action Zones as they were done w/ a Sportscenter type presentation. They would do over the shoulder graphics and talk about matches and various stories and then show highlights. I don't think that format lasted very long. Maybe just a few weeks? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hasbeen1 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2006 I remember one town having Pro Wrestling this Week, NWA Worldwide, Deep South (Atlanta independent), Contintental (Birmingham), Memphis, and one of the WWF syndicated shows in a block, starting on Saturday morning. The Deep South show had awful production, dark and taped in a club but seemed a lot more real to many fans at the time than the cartoon WWF shows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2006 Living in Canada was terrific for wrestling fans in the late 80s. In addition to the WWF shows, there was a weekly IWA show (Dino Bravo's promotion run out of Montreal), plus TSN had the AWA and Stampede weekly shows, as well as Pro Wrestling Plus (the Canadian Pro Wrestling This Week, but hosted by the terrific Ed Whalen). I remember that I didn't get Wrestling Challenge on cable for the first couple of years I was a fan -- the Syracuse/Watertown channels only had Superstars -- and I had to rely on being able to pull it in on UHF out of Rochester, which didn't always work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rendclaw 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2006 Wrestling Challenge and Superstars were awesome. Gorilla/Heenan and Vince/Ventura were just awesome... then I remember the pure joy when I saw a WWF Superstars arcade machine for the first time in 1989. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RepoMan 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2006 Living in Canada was terrific for wrestling fans in the late 80s. In addition to the WWF shows, there was a weekly IWA show (Dino Bravo's promotion run out of Montreal), plus TSN had the AWA and Stampede weekly shows, as well as Pro Wrestling Plus (the Canadian Pro Wrestling This Week, but hosted by the terrific Ed Whalen). I remember that I didn't get Wrestling Challenge on cable for the first couple of years I was a fan -- the Syracuse/Watertown channels only had Superstars -- and I had to rely on being able to pull it in on UHF out of Rochester, which didn't always work. This makes me want to go out and get some rabbit ears at Radio Shack and see what I'm able to pull in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Wood Caulfield 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2006 I used to watch any and all wrestling I could. Let's see: 1993 Saturday: WWF Mania - 10 a.m. USA, WWF Superstars 12 p.m. Channel 5 (FOX Affiliate) Sunday: WWF All American Wrestling - 10 a.m. USA, WWF Challenge - 12 p.m. Channel 5 Monday: WWF RAW 8 p.m. (or was it 9? I forget.) USA 1994 Monday - Friday: GWF - 4:00 p.m. ESPN Saturday: WCW Saturday Night - 6:05 p.m. TBS, Lucha Libre - 7:00 p.m., WCW Worldwide - 12:00 a.m. Channel 2 (CBS Affiliate) 1995 Sunday: AWF Wrestling - 1 p.m. MSG Network Tuesday: ECW - 1:00 a.m. MSG Network Saturday: WWF Action Zone - 11 a.m. USA, WWF Superstars - 12 p.m. Channel 5 Sunday: WWF Challenge - 12 p.m. Channel 5, WCW Main Event - 6:05 p.m. TBS 1996-1998 Monday: WCW Monday Nitro - 8:00 p.m. TNT Thursday: WCW Thunder - 8:05 p.m. TBS Saturday: WCW Main Event - 10:05 a.m. TBS, WCW Saturday Night - 6:05 p.m. TBS Sunday: WCW Worldwide - 12:00 p.m. Channel 9 (UPN Affiliate), WCW Pro - 1:00 p.m. Channel 31 (PAX Affiliate), WCW Main Event - 6:05 p.m. TBS 1999-2000 Monday: WCW Monday Nitro - 8:00 p.m. TNT, WWF RAW IS WAR - 9:00 p.m. USA Wednesday: WCW Thunder - 8:05 p.m. TBS Thursday: WWF SmackDown! - 8:00 p.m. UPN Saturday: WWF Livewire - 10:00 a.m. USA, WCW Saturday Night - 6:05 p.m. TBS, ECW - 1:00 a.m. MSG Network (This was in 1999), WOW: Women Of Wrestling - 1:00 a.m. Channel 5 (This was in 2000) Sunday: WWF Superstars - 10:00 a.m. USA, WCW Worldwide - 12:00 p.m. Channel 9, WCW Pro - 1:00 p.m. Channel 31 Now all I watch are RAW, SmackDown!, and TNA iMPACT! I always forget ECW is on. I only watch Lucha Libre sometimes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2006 Ed Wood Caulfield Don't forget ECW on TNN on Fridays from 8:00pm to 9:00pm from 8/27/99 to 10/20/00. That was always funny to me. For 3 weeks, WWF and ECW were on the same channel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2006 Which is funny since they're not even on the same network now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
