WWF Wrestling Challenge is a professional wrestling television show that was produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE). It was syndicated weekly and aired from 1986 to 1995. The show became simply known as WWF Challenge in 1995. The show featured matches, pre-match interviews, and occasionally, summarized weekly events in WWF programming. Matches primarily saw top-tier and mid-level talent vs. Jobbers . At times, there was a "feature" match between main WWF talent. As with other syndicated WWF programming, the show promoted WWF event dates and house shows in local media markets . It was the 'B' show of WWF syndication, meaning it generally only aired in markets where WWF had two weekly slots, with the other taken up by WWF Superstars of Wrestling . Select episodes of Wrestling Challenge are available for streaming on the WWE Network . As of May 17, 2021, there were 23 episodes of Wrestling Challenge available for streaming on WWE Network, dating from its premiere to February 8, 1987.
58-475: Wrestling Challenge premiered on September 6, 1986, replacing All-Star Wrestling . Following the show's debut, The Snake Pit , hosted by Jake "The Snake" Roberts , debuted as a feature of the show. The Snake Pit was an in-ring interview segment modeled after Roddy Piper 's Piper's Pit , which aired on WWF Superstars of Wrestling . Wrestling Challenge also featured the similarly formatted The Brother Love Show . This segment, which debuted in 1988,
116-520: A special guest host , where he was assaulted by then WWE Champion Randy Orton after refusing to bail Orton out of his tag team match with John Cena , who was due to challenge him in the upcoming SummerSlam . Prinze later returned to the program and got his payback during Orton's match with Cena against Big Show and Chris Jericho , by setting up a lumberjack match involving Mark Henry , Primo , Evan Bourne , Kofi Kingston , MVP , and Jamie Noble . Prinze returned to WWE on October 1, 2010 in
174-689: A webcast on WWE.com and continued airing on international broadcasters. Velocity ended its run in 2006. A.M. Raw was a one-hour, condensed version of WWE's flagship Monday Night Raw program that aired on Saturdays at 9:00am on the USA Network . The show was cancelled in October 2014. ECW is a professional wrestling television program for WWE, based on the Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion that lasted from 1992 to 2001. The show's name also referred to
232-646: A character believed to be Denny Crane 's son in the ABC legal drama-comedy Boston Legal . Prinze starred in his own television sitcom , titled Freddie . The sitcom is said to depict some actual events from his life, and was cancelled after one season in May 2006. He guest starred on George Lopez for a crossover with Freddie . In 2004, Prinze accepted a special award from TV Land on behalf of his late father. He thanked his father's former co-star Della Reese for her continued advice and support. In 2006, he lent his voice to
290-813: A collective archive of sporting events, creating a user-generated historical record while enabling individuals to curate their own attendance history. Prinze dated actress Kimberly McCullough from 1996 until 1999. He married actress Sarah Michelle Gellar on September 1, 2002, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco , Mexico. The couple met several years before, while filming I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), started dating in 2000 and were engaged in April 2001. They co-starred in Scooby-Doo (2002), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Happily N'Ever After (2006), and Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018). Gellar made
348-484: A low 1.5 rating. WWF Shotgun Saturday Night aired between 1997 and 1999 and was a syndicated show that comprised matches with lower card wrestlers. Shotgun Saturday Night was replaced by WWF Jakked in 1999. As a notation, there were various versions of this show that floated around in different markets such as WWF Shotgun and WWF Shotgun Challenge , which were basically the same content just rearranged with different commentary ( Shotgun Challenge being specific to
406-523: A role as a producer and director. On the November 1, 2010 episode of Monday Night Raw , Prinze made an on-screen appearance as Vince McMahon 's doctor, a dream sequence scene that coincided with Linda McMahon 's attempt to win a seat in the Senate for the state of Connecticut. Prinze left WWE for a second time due to a comment made by Stone Cold Steve Austin to a contestant while taping an episode of
464-846: A self-inflicted gunshot wound, after which Prinze Jr. relocated with his mother to Albuquerque, New Mexico . Prinze was raised Catholic. His paternal grandmother was from Puerto Rico and he is fluent in Spanish. Prinze had "enjoyed acting in school productions" as a child and participated in Albuquerque Children's Theatre, though he originally planned to become a civil engineer before getting roles on Family Matters and The Watcher . Soon after that he saw Neil Patrick Harris at his high school getting kids excited about getting into acting, and he decided to do that. After graduating from La Cueva High School in 1994, Prinze moved to Los Angeles to audition for television roles. Prinze
522-499: A time when weekly programming consisted primarily of established stars dominating enhancement talent , Saturday Night's Main Event was made up entirely of star vs. star matches. After leaving NBC in 1991, it aired twice on Fox in 1992 before disappearing. Saturday Night's Main Event was revived in 2006 as a "special series" to air on occasion on NBC as part of a deal between WWE and NBCUniversal . WWF Prime Time Wrestling aired on
580-484: Is a daily studio show produced by WWE for the Indian market. Dhamaal League is a daily studio show produced by WWE for the Indian market. Biography: WWE Legends is a television series produced by WWE and A&E . WWE's Most Wanted Treasures is a television series produced by WWE and A&E. Hosted by Freddie Prinze Jr. , WWE Rivals is a round table discussion featuring WWE Legends and Superstars examining
638-486: Is a professional wrestling program that debuted on September 6, 1986 in syndication aired until 2001, by that time having moved to cable. Superstars , as it would later be known, was the flagship of the WWF's programming from its inception until being eclipsed by Monday Night Raw in 1993. WWF The Main Event is a spin-off of the show WWF Saturday Night's Main Event and occasionally aired on NBC on Friday nights. Only
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#1732802398857696-660: Is a weekly studio television show produced by WWE. Afterburn is a weekly studio television show produced by WWE. This Week in WWE is a weekly studio show produced by WWE. Wal3ooha is a weekly studio show produced by WWE for the Middle East and North Africa market. Sunday Dhamaal is a weekly studio show produced by WWE for the Indian market. WWE’s The Bump is a weekly talk show produced by WWE. It streams live on WWE Network, as well as WWE’s official YouTube channel, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook pages. Blockbusters
754-520: The ECW brand , in which WWE employees were assigned to work and perform, complementary to WWE's other brands, Raw and SmackDown . It debuted on June 13, 2006 on Sci Fi Channel in the United States and ran for close to four years until it aired its final episode on February 16, 2010 on the rebranded Syfy . FCW is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment and
812-541: The USA Network from 1984 to 1986 and was promoted as a variety show . Freddie Prinze Jr. Freddie James Prinze Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is an American actor. He has starred in films such as I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its sequel (1998), She's All That (1999), Down to You , Boys and Girls (both 2000), Summer Catch (2001), Scooby-Doo (2002), and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004). Alongside recurring roles on Boston Legal (2004) and 24 (2010), Prinze starred on
870-652: The USA Network from 1985 to 1993. A precursor to Monday Night Raw , Prime Time Wrestling was a two-hour-long, weekly program that included stars of the World Wrestling Federation. The program comprised wrestling matches (most of which were compiled from the WWF's syndicated programs of the era, combined with "house show" matches from venues such as Madison Square Garden ), interviews, promos by wrestlers, updates of current feuds and announcements of upcoming local and pay-per-view events. WWF Wrestling Challenge aired from 1986 to August 1995 and
928-538: The WWF World Tag Team Championship , with interference from The Headshrinkers . This title change was also aired on the October 31, 1992 Superstars of Wrestling with Wrestling Challenge commentators Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan calling the action. The WWF treated the match as a simulcast on both programs. The hosts for the first three episodes were Gorilla Monsoon , Ernie Ladd , and Luscious Johnny V . After that, Ladd
986-617: The 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time slot on Sundays vacated by the cancellation of Southwest Championship Wrestling . The show ran from September 4, 1983 to October 16, 1994 on the USA Network . After it was canceled in 1994, it was replaced by Action Zone . Wrestling at the Chase is a television program produced by WWF at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel that aired on KPLR-TV, Channel 11 in St. Louis, Missouri . An early strike in
1044-459: The March 2008 WrestleMania XXIV pay-per-view and its preceding Hall of Fame ceremony. He also made a cameo on an episode of The Dirt Sheet , an online program hosted by wrestlers John Morrison and The Miz . He had created an official profile on WWE's "Universe" blog community where he would regularly write his thoughts about the current goings-on in the world of the WWE. His relationship with
1102-495: The New York market). There were also three other shows with basically the same content, although camera angles, commentary, and local promos were different. Those being Canadian Superstars (hosted By Tom Prichard, Ray Rougeau and - briefly - Gorilla Monsoon), WWF New York (hosted by Vince Russo among others), and WWF 11:Alive . WWF Super Astros (English: WWF Superstars ) is a Spanish-language television program produced by
1160-620: The UK until 1997, when it was repackaged as WWF Shotgun Challenge . List of former WWE programming#All-Star Wrestling .281972.E2.80.931986.29 The following is a list of all WWE television programs . It also includes programming produced under the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and World Wrestling Entertainment banners. WWE airs multiple television and web television programs all over
1218-522: The USA Network between 1991 and 1993. The show aired one week prior to the year's respective SummerSlam . March to WrestleMania is a WWF series of special television programs that aired on the USA Network between 1992 and 1994. The show aired one week prior to the year's respective WrestleMania . WWF Mania is a WWF Saturday morning television program that aired on the USA Network between 1993 and 1996. The show recapped events that happened during
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#17328023988571276-461: The WWE Network. It debuted on April 16, 2009 and ended its domestic broadcasting after 398 episodes on November 25, 2016. WWE Saturday Morning Slam is a professional wrestling television program by WWE that was catered to the children's demographic. Saturday Morning Slam aired on The CW Vortexx programming block on Saturday mornings, and was rated TV-G . As a result, moves that targeted
1334-528: The WWF from 1998 to 1999. The show featured lower-card WWF superstars as well as competitors from Mexico and Japan . Heat (formerly known as Sunday Night Heat ) aired on USA Network , MTV and Spike TV in the United States, Channel 4 and Sky1 in the United Kingdom and CTV Sportsnet in Canada. It was most recently streamed on WWE.com on Friday afternoons for North American viewers. However,
1392-454: The WWF's national expansion , WWF had usurped the St. Louis Wrestling Club 's traditional TV timeslot; the St. Louis Wrestling Club had produced Wrestling at the Chase since 1959. The program was replaced by WWF Championship Wrestling in 1985. World Championship Wrestling is a television program that was produced by WWF that aired on Superstation WTBS from 1984 to 1985. The show took over
1450-535: The WWF's takeover of the then-NWA-affiliated Maple Leaf Wrestling promotion. The show was discontinued in 1986 and the Maple Leaf Wrestling name was used by the WWF for Canadian airings of WWF Superstars of Wrestling , with modifications made to conform with Canadian content requirements. Saturday Night's Main Event aired occasionally from 1985 to 1992, under the World Wrestling Federation banner on NBC in place of Saturday Night Live . The show
1508-508: The WWF. The time slot and program name was eventually sold to Jim Crockett Promotions , who continued to use the World Championship Wrestling for the show name until 1988, when TBS itself bought the assets of JCP and used the name for the promotion World Championship Wrestling . Maple Leaf Wrestling is a television program that was produced by WWF that aired exclusively in Canada. The show came into creation after
1566-578: The actual pay-per-view event starts. The original format of Free For All also featured exclusive matches Following No Way Out 2009 , the Free For All name was discontinued in the United States . WWF Friday Night's Main Event aired on the USA Network when Raw was preempted on the weeks of August 29 and September 5 in 1997, due to USA's coverage of the US Open . This program averaged
1624-607: The animated movie Delgo . In 2010, Prinze guest starred on Psych as Dennis, a grade school friend of Shawn Spencer and Burton Guster . In March 2019, Prinze was cast as Nancy Drew 's father, Carson Drew, in The CW mystery pilot Nancy Drew , but was later replaced by Scott Wolf . He also voiced the future version of Tim and Jim Possible in the Kim Possible movie Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time . In March 2009, it
1682-541: The character of Pi in the animated film Shark Bait . Also in 2007, he lent his voice to the character of Rick in Happily N'Ever After along with his wife Gellar, Wallace Shawn , Andy Dick , George Carlin , and Sigourney Weaver . In 2008, he auditioned for Jigsaw in Punisher: War Zone , but was not given the part at the decision of Lionsgate Studios . He later was the voice of the titular character in
1740-510: The company was furthered when he was hired as a member of the creative staff to contribute to weekly television and pay-per-view programming for the SmackDown brand. It was reported on February 22, 2009 that Prinze and WWE had parted ways, but in January 2021, Prinze explained that he had actually chosen to leave the company at that time. On August 17, 2009, Prinze appeared on Raw as
1798-528: The fifth season of WWE Tough Enough . In November 2021, Prinze started his own podcast Wrestling With Freddie with cohost Jeff Dye . In April 2023, Freddie Prinze Jr. joined the ownership team of Premier Streaming Network, a streaming platform focused on wrestling, sports, and entertainment content. In June 2024, Freddie Prinze Jr. was announced as part of the ownership team behind MyFandom, an iOS app co-founded by brothers Fred and Josh Shernoff. MyFandom allows sports fans to contribute personal media to
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1856-420: The first three The Main Event episodes were shown live on NBC. The final two were taped and then shown on NBC at a later date. Survivor Series Showdown is a WWF series of special television programs that aired on the USA Network between 1989 and 1993. The show aired one week prior to the year's respective Survivor Series . SummerSlam Spectacular is a WWF series of special television programs that aired on
1914-496: The flagship show of WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling . The program debuted on October 5, 2008 on the Bright House Sports Network and ran for nearly four years before airing it final episode on July 15, 2012. WWE Superstars is a professional wrestling television program that was produced by WWE, that originally aired on WGN America in the United States and later broadcast on
1972-535: The head or neck were banned. It was cancelled in 2013, airing its final episode on May 11, 2013. 205 Live is a weekly show that aired on the WWE Network in the U.S. and on television internationally featuring WWE's cruiserweight division . Mixed Match Challenge is a seasonal show that features mixed tag team matches . NXT UK is a weekly show that aired on the WWE Network in the U.S. and on television internationally featuring WWE's United Kingdom-based brand . Tuesday Night Titans (abbreviated TNT ) aired on
2030-466: The most iconic rivalries in WWE. Love & WWE: Bianca & Montez is a seasonal reality show broadcast on Hulu . WWE: Next Gen is a professional wrestling documentary series produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions and WWE. The series premiered on The Roku Channel on April 1, 2024. The very first programming produced by the Capitol Wrestling Corporation , the WWWF's immediate predecessor,
2088-399: The new program Wrestling Challenge . Challenge was the "B" show of the WWF's syndicated programming, behind Superstars . Typically, the show comprised matches with play-by-play from Vince McMahon , with occasional assistance from Lord Alfred Hayes and Pat Patterson ; it was later hosted by Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura . From 1982 until 1984, the theme of All-Star Wrestling
2146-456: The popular cartoon Scooby-Doo , and reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed , both alongside his wife Sarah Michelle Gellar and along with Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini . He guest starred on the popular NBC show Friends as a sensitive male nanny named Sandy on the series' 200th episode. He took the role of Sandy after Tom Hanks could not do it due to scheduling. He also appeared as Donny Crane ,
2204-687: The program to count as Canadian content . In the United Kingdom, the show aired on Sky 1 and a repackaged version was aired occasionally from 1987 until 1988 on ITV as a part of the final two years of ITV 's Saturday lunchtime Wrestling coverage. Certain ITV areas also screened a batch of 10 months' worth of episodes (covering the period August 1987-June 1988) in an early morning graveyard timeslot , erroneously announced in TV listings as Superstars Of Wrestling . The late night ITV slot would be replaced in 1990 by tapes of WCW . The Sky transmission continued to air in
2262-471: The romantic comedy She's All That (1999), grossed $ 63 million in the United States. Subsequently, he had leading roles in Wing Commander (1999), Down to You (2000), Boys and Girls (2000), Head over Heels (2001), and Summer Catch (2001), most of which were disliked by critics and had moderate box office success. He played Fred Jones in the 2002 live-action film version of
2320-586: The self-titled ABC sitcom Freddie (2005–2006)—which he co-created and executive produced—and voiced Kanan Jarrus in the Disney XD series Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018). He is the only child of actor and comedian Freddie Prinze . Freddie James Prinze Jr. was born in Los Angeles on March 8, 1976, the only child of Katherine Elaine Prinze ( née Cochran) and actor and stand-up comedian Freddie Prinze . On January 29, 1977, Freddie Prinze died of
2378-527: The show used " Thriller " by Michael Jackson as its opening theme. The host and announcer was Vince McMahon , often joined by a co-host. WWF on MSG Network is a monthly television special that aired live from Madison Square Garden on the MSG Network from August 7, 1976 to March 16, 1997. WWF All American Wrestling is a cable television program that was a predecessor to Tuesday Night Titans and Saturday Night's Main Event , originally filling
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2436-476: The show was still televised internationally and showed in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports 3, Australia on Fox8 , India on TEN Sports , Germany on Premiere Sport Portal, France on Action, Spain on Sportmania and C+ Deportes -both channels from Digital + , the Middle East on ShowSports4, the Philippines on Jack TV , and Japan on J SPORTS. The final episode was uploaded to WWE.com on May 30, 2008. The show
2494-473: The time slot of Georgia Championship Wrestling's World Championship Wrestling program that had been broadcasting on WTBS for 12 years; the WWF had purchased a majority interest in GCW. Poor fan response to the use of match footage already broadcast elsewhere instead of new matches and the style of WWF programming led Turner to give other time slots to competing promotions, leading to strained relations between TBS and
2552-669: The title character's ex-husband. He voiced a pilot in a Vatta's War: Trading in Danger graphic audio book. Prinze voiced different characters in BioWare video games: Lieutenant James Vega in Mass Effect 3 and The Iron Bull in Dragon Age: Inquisition . He returned to the role of James Vega again for the animated feature film Mass Effect: Paragon Lost , dubbed by FUNimation . From 2014 until 2018, he
2610-485: The week in the WWF at the time and, in its earlier years, usually included an exclusive match. WWF Action Zone is a program that aired on the USA Network from October 23, 1994 to September 15, 1996 and was hosted by Todd Pettengill and Dok Hendrix . Originally the show comprised matches with top WWF talent but by the end of 1995, Action Zone became a Sunday morning highlights show highlighting both Monday Night Raw and Superstars of Wrestling . In 1996, Action Zone
2668-425: The world in a wide-range of mediums, including on pay-per-view , on video on demand services , and on streaming services . WWE's three flagship programs are Raw , SmackDown , and NXT . From 2022, the WWE began using the term "premium live event" for its pay-per-views airing on traditional PPV and its WWE Network over-the-top streaming service. The Premium Live Events WWE hold currently are: Bottom Line
2726-618: Was Heavyweight Wrestling . The show involved wrestlers of low card to main event status. Following an episode's final match, the ring announcers informed viewers about next week's matches. Most of the events were held in Washington D.C. 's National Arena. Ray Morgan did the commentary for the show and "Friendly" Bob Freed and "Smiling" Sam Mason served as ring announcers. Usually the main events involved WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino retaining his title. The show ended in September 1971 and
2784-417: Was syndicated weekly. The show premiered as WWF Wrestling Challenge and became simply known as WWF Challenge in 1995. The show comprised matches, pre-match interviews, enhancement talent matches, and occasionally, summarized weekly events in WWF programming. As with other syndicated WWF programming, the show promoted WWF event dates and house shows in local media markets . WWF Superstars of Wrestling
2842-430: Was " Gemini Dream " by The Moody Blues . From 1984 to 1986, the theme was David Bowie 's " Modern Love ". Championship Wrestling is one of the original TV shows of the World Wrestling Federation. It included all the stars of the WWF, interviews and championship matches. The show lasted from 1971 until August 1986 and was the flagship of the WWF's programming until it was replaced by Superstars of Wrestling . In 1984,
2900-468: Was announced that Prinze had signed on to star as Bradley, aka Ultimatum, in the ABC show No Heroics , a U.S. remake of the British show of the same name . The show was not picked up, but Prinze was cast as a series regular for the eighth season of the television show 24 ; he played Cole Ortiz , a new CTU operative. In 2021, Prinze joined the reboot of Punky Brewster on Peacock , playing
2958-410: Was canceled and replaced by Superstars, which had moved to USA Network from syndication. WWF Sunday Night Slam is a program by the WWF that aired Sunday nights on the USA Network. Free For All is a monthly studio television show produced by WWE. It served as a thirty-minute preview show to the promotion's monthly events on pay-per-view and as such aired freely on PPV channels a half-hour before
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#17328023988573016-558: Was cast in a guest role on the ABC TV series Family Matters in 1995. He then appeared in a few programs and made-for-TV movies, before making his motion picture debut in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday in 1996. In subsequent years, Prinze appeared in youth-oriented movies I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), made him known to teenage audiences. His first leading role,
3074-554: Was later moved to Superstars of Wrestling . After this, the main feature was a podium interview featuring Gene Okerlund and a random WWF superstar until 1991. Starting in 1991, The Barber Shop debuted with host Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake , while The King's Court , hosted by Jerry Lawler debuted in 1993. While WWF Superstars of Wrestling held most title changes on national television, Wrestling Challenge only had one title change on November 1, 1992 (taped October 13, 1992), as Money Inc. defeated The Natural Disasters to win
3132-419: Was relaunched in 2006 and continued to air until 2008. During its second run, it was also broadcast on ESPN Radio . At the time of the original airing it was a rare example of professional wrestling being broadcast on an over-the-air commercial Free television network after the 1950s. It coincided with and contributed to the apogee of the " second golden age " of professional wrestling in the United States . In
3190-536: Was replaced by All-Star Wrestling . All-Star Wrestling was a WWF promotional show that featured enhancement matches and interviews that were designed to further featured talent. The show was taped at the Hamburg Fieldhouse in Hamburg, Pennsylvania . The show replaced Heavyweight Wrestling from Washington DC. All-Star Wrestling ran from October 2, 1971 through August 30, 1986, when it was replaced by
3248-402: Was replaced by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan while Johnny V continued to do commentary solely for matches where Heenan was managing, until Valiant would leave the WWF in late 1987. Other hosts included: In some parts of Canada, Wrestling Challenge was repackaged as WWF Cavalcade , with the only difference apart from the title being Canadian-produced interview segments. This repackaging allowed
3306-524: Was replaced internationally with WWE Vintage Collection , a program showing classic WWE matches. WWF Jakked and WWF Metal are television programs that were produced by the WWF. Both shows aired syndicated weekly from 1999 until 2002 and replaced Shotgun Saturday Night . Premiering in 2002, Velocity became to the SmackDown brand what Heat was to the Raw brand. Velocity aired Saturday nights on Spike TV until 2005 and continued (like Heat ) as
3364-456: Was the voice of Kanan Jarrus, one of the last surviving Jedi Knights , on the Disney XD series Star Wars Rebels . He reprised the role for the opening scene of the pilot episode of the Disney+ series The Bad Batch in May 2021. In March, 2023, he launched a new podcast, That Was Pretty Scary , with cohost Jon Lee Brody. Prinze is a WWE fan and was seen on television in attendance at
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