WWE Afterburn

WWE Afterburn
Created by	Vince McMahon
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	750 (as of December 10, 2016)
Production
Production location(s)	Stamford, Connecticut
Camera setup	Multicamera setup
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network	Spike; Syndicated overseas
Picture format	480i ; 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	May 25, 2002 –; present
Chronology
Related shows	Bottom Line; Experience; This Week; Vintage; Free For All

WWE Afterburn was a syndicated television program which recaps events taking place on WWE's weekly flagship program, SmackDown. Along with Bottom Line, it replaced WWE's previous syndicated highlight show, Jakked. The show ran from May 2002 until September 2005 domestically, broadcasting 172 episodes domestically before being removed from syndication. The show continues to run in some international markets, with it being televised in South Africa, Italy, Germany, Spain and South Asia.

International variations

Middle East, Malaysia, and South Africa

WWE Afterburn still airs on MBC Action on Tuesday (previously Sunday) evenings in the Middle East. It airs at 8pm in Saudi Arabia, and airs in the United Arab Emirates at 9pm. In Malaysia, Afterburn debuted on May 6, 2011. It aired every Monday at 10pm on Astro SuperSport 4, but now on Astro Prima every Thursday at 11pm. The show airs on eKasi+ in South Africa on Fridays at 10pm.

Australia

In Australia, WWE Afterburn debuted in 2008 on Channel Nine. Afterburn was the only free-to-air WWE show in Australia at the time, with Raw, SmackDown, NXT and Superstars all airing on Fox8. Afterburn had a time slot 1pm every Sunday, before being moved to 12am every Tuesday. WWE Afterburn aired 132 episodes in Australia before being removed from syndication on July 28, 2010. Afterburn was replaced with a similar show titled WWE Experience starting November 4 however in December 2014, Afterburn returned and was broadcast on 7mate.[1][2]

Hosts

Year(s)	Hosts
2002	Marc Lloyd
2002–2003	Ivory
2003	Rue DeBona
2003–2009	Josh Mathews
2009–2011	Jack Korpela
2011–2012	Matt Striker
2012–2013	Tony Dawson
2013	Scott Stanford
2014–2015	Renee Young
2015–2016	Scott Stanford
2016–present	Cathy Kelley and Scott Stanford

Fill in guest hosts

Year(s)	Hosts
2002	Josh Mathews
2005	Michael Cole and Tazz
2008	Jack Korpela
2011	Scott Stanford
2013, 2015–2017	Tom Phillips
2014	Rich Brennan
2015	Kyle Edwards

Broadcast

WWE Afterburn was broadcast from May 2002 to September 2005, before it was removed from syndication in the US. The show still airs in international markets to fulfil programming commitments.

Country	Network	Time
Arab world	MBC Action	Tuesdays, 9pm
Australia	Foxtel	On Demand
Bangladesh	TEN Sports	Mondays, 5:30pm, 11pm. Tuesdays, 8am
Bhutan	TEN Sports	Wednesdays, 5:30pm
Cyprus	LTV1	Thursdays, 7pm. Mondays, 6pm
France	Canal+ and Canal+ Sport (France)	Fridays, 6am. Wednesdays, 7:10am. Sundays, 7:10am
Germany	DAZN	Mondays, On Demand
Ireland	Sky Sports	Sundays, 9am, 10pm
Japan	J Sports 4	Saturdays, 10am
Malaysia	Astro	Mondays, 10pm
Pakistan	TEN Sports	Tuesdays, 11:30am, 9:30pm
Portugal	Sport TV	Wednesdays, 6pm
Spain	Gol	Sundays, 3pm

References

"WWE Afterburn". Tvcatchupaustralia.com. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
"WWE Afterburn Australia". Yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-25.

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[1] "WWE Afterburn". Tvcatchupaustralia.com. Retrieved 2015-01-25.

[2] "WWE Afterburn Australia". Yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-25.