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WWE Heat
WWE Heat is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and aired from August 2, 1998 to May 30, 2008. It began under the name Sunday Night Heat on USA Network as a secondary television show to the company's Monday Night Raw program, with storylines to the previous week's Raw being advanced. From 2002, due to the WWE brand extension, Heat served as a supplementary show to the Raw brand, focusing more exclusively on its mid-card performers and matches, and was recorded before the week's television taping of Raw. In 2005, the show was repackaged as Heat and was streamed as a webcast in North America, with new episodes every Friday, while continuing on television in other regions.
The show was originally introduced on the USA Network on August 2, 1998 in the United States. The one-hour show would be broadcast on Sunday nights, being taped earlier in the week after Raw. It was the second primary program of the WWF's weekly television show line-up, serving as a supplement to the Monday Night Raw program. Heat would feature a format similar to that of Monday Night Raw, in that continuing feuds from the previous week would progress during the show, and the following day's Monday Night Raw would be heavily promoted. On nights when the WWF was holding a pay-per-view event, a special edition of Heat was generally broadcast from the event's venue as a pre-show, featuring previews and preliminary matches.
In August 1999, after the premiere of SmackDown!, Heat briefly became a complete weekly summary show, featuring occasional interviews and music videos. After only a few weeks following the format change, Heat began airing exclusive matches again. The debut of SmackDown! also led to Heat being taped before SmackDown!, with matches for WWF syndication programs like Jakked/Metal being taped before Raw broadcasts.
Occasionally, special editions of Heat were heavily promoted; during the halftime period of Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999, Heat aired a special half-hour edition dubbed Halftime Heat. These specials ended following the show's move to MTV in 2000. When Heat started airing on MTV in late 2000, it was broadcast live from WWF New York. WWF personalities and performers would appear at the restaurant as special guests while Michael Cole and Tazz provided commentary to matches.
In April 2002, the show returned to its original filming schedule, again before Raw. Eventually, the live from WWF New York format was retired. When the brand extension was implemented, Heat largely became a B-show for the Raw brand, focused on mid-card talent (sister channel TNN picked up Velocity to serve a similar purpose for SmackDown). In May 2002, the show was renamed WWE Sunday Night Heat due to the rebranding of the WWF.
Heat and Velocity were not picked up by the USA Network when WWE moved its programming back there in October 2005, leaving Americans no way to watch WWE weekend shows on television. To solve this problem, WWE decided to stream the shows on their website exclusively for the U.S. audience, with new editions posted every Friday afternoon. Additionally, prior to every PPV event, WWE would continue to air a live bonus 30-minute Heat pre-show on the PPV channel. Backlash 2006 would be the final PPV event to feature a live Heat pre-show before that particular version of Heat was discontinued. Sunday Night Heat was soon renamed to WWE Heat, as it no longer aired on Sundays.
Heat was still shown internationally to fulfill international programming commitments. When WWE went high definition in January 2008, Heat began using the same HD set as Raw, SmackDown, and ECW. After 10 years of programming and 513 episodes, the final episode of WWE Heat was uploaded to WWE.com on May 30, 2008. It was the most watched episode of Heat since it debuted on WWE.com. The show was replaced internationally with a new show featuring classic matches, called WWE Vintage Collection. At the 2019 Royal Rumble it was announced that WWE would be bringing back Halftime Heat featuring superstars from NXT during the Super Bowl LIII halftime show.
It aired on USA Network (1998–2000), MTV (2000–2003), and TNN/Spike TV (2003–2005) in the United States and on CTV Sportsnet in Canada, before Heat was streamed on WWE.com on Friday afternoons for North American viewers from 2005 to 2008.
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WWE Heat
WWE Heat is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and aired from August 2, 1998 to May 30, 2008. It began under the name Sunday Night Heat on USA Network as a secondary television show to the company's Monday Night Raw program, with storylines to the previous week's Raw being advanced. From 2002, due to the WWE brand extension, Heat served as a supplementary show to the Raw brand, focusing more exclusively on its mid-card performers and matches, and was recorded before the week's television taping of Raw. In 2005, the show was repackaged as Heat and was streamed as a webcast in North America, with new episodes every Friday, while continuing on television in other regions.
The show was originally introduced on the USA Network on August 2, 1998 in the United States. The one-hour show would be broadcast on Sunday nights, being taped earlier in the week after Raw. It was the second primary program of the WWF's weekly television show line-up, serving as a supplement to the Monday Night Raw program. Heat would feature a format similar to that of Monday Night Raw, in that continuing feuds from the previous week would progress during the show, and the following day's Monday Night Raw would be heavily promoted. On nights when the WWF was holding a pay-per-view event, a special edition of Heat was generally broadcast from the event's venue as a pre-show, featuring previews and preliminary matches.
In August 1999, after the premiere of SmackDown!, Heat briefly became a complete weekly summary show, featuring occasional interviews and music videos. After only a few weeks following the format change, Heat began airing exclusive matches again. The debut of SmackDown! also led to Heat being taped before SmackDown!, with matches for WWF syndication programs like Jakked/Metal being taped before Raw broadcasts.
Occasionally, special editions of Heat were heavily promoted; during the halftime period of Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999, Heat aired a special half-hour edition dubbed Halftime Heat. These specials ended following the show's move to MTV in 2000. When Heat started airing on MTV in late 2000, it was broadcast live from WWF New York. WWF personalities and performers would appear at the restaurant as special guests while Michael Cole and Tazz provided commentary to matches.
In April 2002, the show returned to its original filming schedule, again before Raw. Eventually, the live from WWF New York format was retired. When the brand extension was implemented, Heat largely became a B-show for the Raw brand, focused on mid-card talent (sister channel TNN picked up Velocity to serve a similar purpose for SmackDown). In May 2002, the show was renamed WWE Sunday Night Heat due to the rebranding of the WWF.
Heat and Velocity were not picked up by the USA Network when WWE moved its programming back there in October 2005, leaving Americans no way to watch WWE weekend shows on television. To solve this problem, WWE decided to stream the shows on their website exclusively for the U.S. audience, with new editions posted every Friday afternoon. Additionally, prior to every PPV event, WWE would continue to air a live bonus 30-minute Heat pre-show on the PPV channel. Backlash 2006 would be the final PPV event to feature a live Heat pre-show before that particular version of Heat was discontinued. Sunday Night Heat was soon renamed to WWE Heat, as it no longer aired on Sundays.
Heat was still shown internationally to fulfill international programming commitments. When WWE went high definition in January 2008, Heat began using the same HD set as Raw, SmackDown, and ECW. After 10 years of programming and 513 episodes, the final episode of WWE Heat was uploaded to WWE.com on May 30, 2008. It was the most watched episode of Heat since it debuted on WWE.com. The show was replaced internationally with a new show featuring classic matches, called WWE Vintage Collection. At the 2019 Royal Rumble it was announced that WWE would be bringing back Halftime Heat featuring superstars from NXT during the Super Bowl LIII halftime show.
It aired on USA Network (1998–2000), MTV (2000–2003), and TNN/Spike TV (2003–2005) in the United States and on CTV Sportsnet in Canada, before Heat was streamed on WWE.com on Friday afternoons for North American viewers from 2005 to 2008.