WWF All American Wrestling
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WWF All American Wrestling | |
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World Wrestling Federation roster | |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | USA Network |
Release | September 4, 1983 October 16, 1994 | –
WWF All American Wrestling is a cable television program produced by the
Overview
All American Wrestling went through three different formats during its run. The first incarnation of WWF All American Wrestling was a show that would focus on one specific wrestler in the WWF. After a few weeks, it turned into a program that featured mainly high-card wrestlers from various promotions across the United States. However, after a few months it featured WWF talent only. Although the USA Cable Network had carried WWF events from New York's Madison Square Garden and the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, this was the first weekly national telecast of the original flagship shows for the
The show mainly re-aired matches and segments from other WWF programs and featured one exclusive match, which early in the run typically came from one of the monthly house show tapings in
Okerlund and
After Okerlund left in 1993 due to a contract dispute, Joe Fowler took Okerlund's place, working alongside Heenan and continuing the trend of hosting at a landmark or on-location. Johnny Polo was added as co-host to replace Bobby Heenan, and then the on-location aspect of the show was dropped, with the show taking place inside a studio. Polo hosted alongside Gorilla Monsoon, though both would be replaced by The final hosts of All American Wrestling, Todd Pettengill and Ted DiBiase.
In 1993, the matches that were re-aired from other programming would feature new commentary from Sean Mooney, Lord Alfred Hayes, Gorilla Monsoon, Jim Ross, and The Wizard, a persona taken on by Bruce Prichard.
"The Bottom Line"
After
Hosts
- Vince McMahon (1983–84; guest appearances after)
- Lord Alfred Hayes (1984–85; various guest appearances after)[1]
- Gene Okerlund (1984–93; guest appearances before)
- Hillbilly Jim (1989–91)
- Randy Savage (1991)
- Mr. Perfect (1992)
- Bobby Heenan (1993; guest appearances before)
- Johnny Polo (1993–94)
- Joe Fowler (1993)
- Gorilla Monsoon (1994; guest appearances before)
- Todd Pettengill (1994)
- Ted Dibiase(1994)
- Roddy Piper (1994; "The Bottom Line" host)
References
External links
- WWF All American Wrestling at IMDb