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WWE Velocity
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| Velocity | |
|---|---|
 WWE Velocity logo |
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| Genre | Sports entertainment |
| Creator(s) | Vince McMahon |
| Starring | SmackDown! Brand |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 204 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 46 minutes per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Spike TV (2002-2005) Webcast (2005-2006) |
| Original run | May 25, 2002 – June 10, 2006 |
WWE Velocity, also known as simply Velocity, was a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment , that replaced 2 syndicated WWE show , Jakked and Metal. Once a weekly Saturday night show on Spike TV, it became a webcast in 2005. The newest episode would be uploaded to WWE.com on Saturdays and be available for the next week. Older webcast episodes were also archived. It was the counterpart show to SmackDown! and was recorded before the television taping of SmackDown!
The show was primarily used to summarize major occurrences on the latest episode of SmackDown!, which then aired Thursday nights on UPN. The program also featured matches mostly involving wrestlers who were not featured in major matches or storylines on SmackDown!.
When WWE RAW moved from Spike TV back to the USA Network, the USA Network chose not to broadcast this or WWE's other weekly Spike TV program, WWE Heat. WWE streamed Velocity from their website for their US and Canadian audiences. However, Velocity continued to be broadcast on television stations overseas to fulfill international programming commitments.
With the re-introduction of ECW and the decision to tape ECW on Sci-Fi at the SmackDown! tapings, Velocity was cancelled, with the last episode being uploaded to WWE.com on June 10, 2006. The Velocity section of WWE.com was removed on June 30, 2006 (select matches on WWE.com can still be seen with an internet search). ECW took the place of Velocity in European, Australian, Indian subcontinent and Latin American television markets.
| Year(s) | Commentators |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Michael Cole and Tazz |
| 2003 | Ernest Miller and Josh Mathews |
| July 2003 | Tazz and Josh Mathews |
| November 2003 - December 2004 | Josh Mathews and Bill DeMott |
| December 2004 - June 2006 | Josh Mathews and Steve Romero |
- United States
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- TNN Saturday afternoons 2002-2003
- Spike TV Saturday nights 11PM-12AM 2003-2005
- WWE.com Saturday afternoons 2005-2006