WWF LiveWire

WWF LiveWire
WWF LiveWire logo
Created by	Vince McMahon
Starring	World Wrestling Federation alumni
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	46 minutes per episode
Release
Original network	USA Network (1996-2000) TNN (2000-2001)
Original release	1996 – 2001

WWF LiveWire was a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It aired from 1996 to 2001^[1] on the USA Network and later TNN.

History

Premiering on September 21, 1996, in its initial format, LiveWire was broadcast live and allowed viewers to phone-in and participate in the show.^[1] This was the first WWF program to feature such an "interactive" element. The show was used to summarize the weekly events in WWF programming and featured interviews with WWF personalities and allowed the fans to phone-in and ask questions to in-studio guests.

One of the more notable calls occurred during a brief cross-promotional angle involving Extreme Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. On the October 5, 1996 episode of LiveWire, Paul Heyman, using the alias "Bruce from Connecticut," called in to LiveWire to express his discontent with boring WWF programming and the state of the promotion. Faarooq also debuted the concept of the Nation of Domination on LiveWire.

LiveWire later became exclusively a weekly summary show^[1] in similar style to that of WWF Mania. The show was hosted by Todd Pettengill and Sunny.^[1] Michael Cole later took over as host^[1] until July 2000 when he was succeeded by Jonathan Coachman. Both commentators would occasionally host the show together until the discontinuation of WWF LiveWire on August 18, 2001. A former co-host of this show was Marissa Mazzola, who is the wife of Shane McMahon.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.

External links

WWF LiveWire at the Internet Movie Database
WWF LiveWire at TV.com

Former WWE programming

Action Zone (1994–1996)
All American Wrestling (1983–1994)
All-Star Wrestling (1972–1986)
Championship Wrestling (1972–1986)
Confidential (2002–2004)
ECW (2006–2010)
Excess (2001–2002)
FCW (2008-2012)
Friday Night's Main Event (1997)
Jakked/Metal (1999–2002)
LiveWire (1996–2001)
MSG Classics (2006–2009)
Mania (1993–1996)
Prime Time Wrestling (1985–1993)
Saturday Morning Slam (2012-2013)
Saturday Night's Main Event (1985–2008)
Shotgun Saturday Night (1997–1999)
Heat (1998–2008)
Sunday Night Slam (1994–1995)
Super Astros (1998–1999)
Superstars of Wrestling (1986–2001)
The Main Event (1988–1991)
Tuesday Night Titans (1984–1986)
Velocity (2002–2006)
Wrestling Challenge (1986–1995)
Wrestling Spotlight (1984–1995)

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