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WWF Jakked and WWF Metal were World Wrestling Federation syndicated shows which aired on the weekend from September 4, 1999 to May 18, 2002, replacing WWF Shotgun Saturday Night and WWF Shotgun respectively.

For a short time the shows were changed to WWE Jakked and WWE Metal to keep with the companies name change to World Wrestling Entertainment. They were replaced by WWE Bottom Line and WWE Afterburn in syndication, with the live matches moving to WWE Velocity. In late 1999/early 2000, WWF Metal was advertised with the tagline "forged by attitude."

Jakked aired on Saturday nights and was edgier while Metal aired in the afternoon and was more kid-friendly. Just like the shows they replaced, both shows had the same matches in a different order with different commentary teams. The shows were mainly for lower card wrestlers.

From April 2002 until May 2002, when VELOCITY replaced JAKKED/METAL both shows were SmackDown! exclusive.

Jakked was commentated by Michael Hayes and Jonathan Coachman while Metal was commentated by Tom Prichard and Kevin Kelly. In 2001 - 2002, JAKKED was commentated by, Michael Cole and Michael Hayes and Metal was commenatated by Jonathan Coachman and Kevin Kelly. However, in March 2002, Jakked was then commenatated by Marc Lloyd and Al Snow, while METAL was commenatated by Marc Lloyd and Michael Hayes.

The tapings often contained their own unique moments of history. Dean Malenko's lengthy Light Heavyweight Championship reign was almost exclusively featured on these tapings. The series also featured the surreal sight of WWF competitors wrestling up and coming future indie and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling stars.

In 2001, professional wrestler Mike Bell was legitimately assaulted by Perry Saturn after a botched move, with Saturn dropping Bell on his head outside the ring.

In 2001, on an episode of Jakked, Essa Rios was pitted against a slimmer, blond Samoa Joe in which Rios came on top. He also faced Low Ki at one point.

Also in late 2001, Crash Holly, faced Low Ki on an episode of Jakked. [1]

In 2002, Gregory Helms, as The Hurricane, fought a pre-TNA A.J Styles in a match that has since become the most circulated of the Metal tapings on the Internet's numerous video hosting services.

In 2002, Crash Holly, faced Low Ki on an episode of Jakked. [2]

Also in April of 2002, Christian fought Low Ki with Christian coming out on top in what is a rather big match in the eyes of the Internet Wrestling Community. [3]. Christian himself would later become one of TNA's major main eventers

Rikishi debuted on the November 13, 1999 edition of "Jakked," with his last name spelled Fatu. This was the night before WWF Survivor Series at which Rikishi "ran over" Steve Austin. The main reason why it was revealed that Rikishi was the driver was because Scotty Too Hotty slipped that he had been with Rikishi at the time of the incident. Mick Foley said that he caught on that this was a lie because Rikishi had not debuted yet when, in fact, he had albeit not on a major WWF televisied show.

Metal was also broadcasted Saturday afternoons on Telemundo during the years 2000 and 2001, and was commentated by Hugo Savinovich and Carlos Cabrera.

In the UK, only the Metal version of the program was aired on Sky One and Sky Sports.

• Jakked/Metal results by year