''WWE Experience'' is a syndicated
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that was produced by
WWE
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which mainly recaps events taking place on ''
Raw
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'' and ''
SmackDown
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''. The show ran from May 2004 until September 2005 in the US, broadcasting 64 episodes domestically before its cancellation. The show continues to run in international markets, with it being televised in
Mexico
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as well as in
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n,
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an and in some
Africa
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n countries. The final episode of Experience aired in January 2020 internationally, and the show was cancelled.
History
The show was originally broadcast by
Spike TV and was aired Sunday mornings at 10 A.M. The original hosts were
Todd Grisham
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and
Ivory
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, with the setting of the show being outdoors and usually around
New York City
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. The
PG-rated show was aimed at younger viewers and it summarized the events of ''
Raw
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'' and ''
Smackdown
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''. The program marked the return of WWE programming to Sunday mornings since the cancellation of ''
WWF Superstars of Wrestling
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'' in August 2001.
When WWE programming moved to the
USA Network
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during September 2005, ''WWE Experience'' was cancelled in America to later be replaced with ''
AM Raw'', but the show continued to be produced for overseas audiences. The filming was moved to the WWE studios in
Stamford, Connecticut following reports that Grisham hated to film in the rain. Ivory was released from WWE a few weeks before the cancellation of the show in the United States. In July 2006, Todd Grisham was replaced as host by
Josh Mathews
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, and no clear reason for Grisham's replacement was confirmed despite Mathews reportedly saying, "No reason, Todd's gone,
osh ishere, deal with it". After Josh Mathews became a commentator on ''
ECW'', he was replaced by Jack Korpela. In November 2011, following Korpela's departure from the WWE, he was replaced by
Matt Striker
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. In late 2012, Striker welcomed
Renee Young
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as co-host, and following Striker leaving the WWE in early 2013, Young remained as the sole presenter of the show until she was replaced by
Kyle Edwards. When Edwards was released in April 2016 he was replaced by
Cathy Kelley
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who was temporarily joined by
Corey Graves soon after.
Experience aired its final episode on the first weekend of January 2020. It was confirmed in a tweet by its host Scott Stanford that production would cease on the show, and no further episodes would air.
Hosts
Fill in guest hosts
International versions
Canada
There was also a different version of the show that aired on the
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sports network
Sportsnet 360 (previously known as The Score). It mainly recapped ''
Raw
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* Raw materials, basic materials from which products are manufactured or made
* Raw food, uncooked food
Raw or RAW may also refer to:
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* .RAW, a proprietary mass spectrometry dat ...
'' and ''
SmackDown
''WWE SmackDown'', also known as ''Friday Night SmackDown'' or simply ''SmackDown'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that as of currently airs live every Friday at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. Fox Deportes sim ...
''. Previously hosted by network personalities rather than WWE employees, the Canadian version was most recently hosted by
Scott Stanford
Scott Stanford (born 30 August, 1966) is a seven time Emmy Winning American Entertainment Host, News/Sports Anchor and commentator. Stanford is currently a Studio Host for WWE (since 2009) and can also be seen Co Hosting The Suki & Scott Show o ...
and Alyse Zwick, while past hosts have included Ryan Paton, Glenn Schiiler, Derek Snider,
Greg Sansone
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, and
Arda Ocal
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(who later hosted the American version of the show under the name
Kyle Edwards). The program first aired on Sunday, October 8, 2006, and in January 2020 was replaced by
This Week in WWE.
Puerto Rico
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hosts their own version of the show that airs Sundays at 1pm on free-to-air
WAPA-TV
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, with the show being hosted by WWE's Spanish broadcaster Marcelo Rodriguez. The show is part of the WWE Weekend programing of the network that features the Spanish broadcast of ''
SmackDown
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'' on Saturdays at 1pm and ''Experience'' on Sundays.
Malaysia
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had their own version of the show hosted by Zawen. It aired on
Astro Ria
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, which is hosted by Malaysia's satellite provider,
Astro Malaysia
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. The show began airing around the middle of December 2009, before being cancelled after 10 months on the air.
See also
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List of current WWE programming
References
External links
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Experience
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2004 American television series debuts
2010s American television series
USA Network original programming
WWE Raw
WWE SmackDown
Spike (TV network) original programming
2020s American television series