WWF Mania

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WWF Mania was a World Wrestling Federation Saturday morning television program that aired on the USA Network between 1993 and 1997. It recapped events that happened during the week in the WWF at the time. Todd Pettengill was the host of Mania. Pettengill was joined by "Macho Man" Randy Savage from 1993 to 1994 and by Stephanie Wiand for a brief period in 1995. In 1996, WWF Diva Sunny was the special host on Mania and the title was changed to "The Sunny Show" for that one episode. In early 1997, Mania was cloned in the form of WWF Blast-Off which aired on Superstation WGN at 9 AM Eastern (one hour before Mania). They were essentially the same show, hosted by Todd Pettengill and showing the same matches from Monday Night RAW and WWF Superstars of Wrestling, only WWF Blast-Off was hosted in a production studio while Mania had an actual set. Mania was cancelled in 1997 and it was succeeded by another recap show, WWF LiveWire. Pettengill also hosted LiveWire until he left in late 1997.

The first episode of Mania featured an 'exclusive' interview with Owen Hart in a locker room. The interview ended abruptly when Hart was attacked by Razor Ramon who was at the time (January 1993) feuding with Owen's brother Bret 'Hitman' Hart. The first Mania also featured Mr. Perfect pinning The Berzerker on Superstars and also included Jim Duggan pinning Repo Man in the first Mania exclusive match.

In the UK, the show was shown on friday nights at 8pm on sky one and also on Saturdays also at 12 noon on Sky One. Due to the time difference with the USA the UK, WWF fans got to see Mania first. Mania in the UK was more than a recap show - it was the only way to see what happened on RAW until it started to be aired in the UK in 1995 on Sky Sports.

There was also a WWF Mania VHS released in the UK in 1994.

Former World Wrestling Entertainment programming
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Action Zone | All American Wrestling | All-Star Wrestling | Championship Wrestling | Confidential | Excess | Friday Night's Main Event | Jakked/Metal | LiveWire | Mania | Prime Time Wrestling | Shotgun Saturday Night | Sunday Night Slam | Super Astros | Superstars of Wrestling | The Main Event | Tuesday Night Titans | Velocity | Wrestling Challenge


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