WWF All American Wrestling (show)
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| WWF All American Wrestling | |
|---|---|
| File:The show's logo 2014-05-02 17-31.jpg | |
| Created by | Vince McMahon |
| Starring | World Wrestling Entertainment roster |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | USA Network |
| Original release | September 4, 1983 – October 16, 1994 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
WWF All American Wrestling was a cable television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The show was a predecessor to Tuesday Night Titans and Saturday Night's Main Event, originally filling the 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time slot on Sundays vacated by the cancellation of Southwest Championship Wrestling. The show ran from September 4, 1983 to October 16, 1994 on the USA Network. After it was canceled in 1994, it was replaced by Action Zone. The longest running host of the show was Gene Okerlund, who hosted it for nine years of its run.
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Overview
WWF All American Wrestling was formally 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 World Wrestling Federation.
By the early '90s, the show mainly re-aired matches and segments from other WWF programs and featured one exclusive match. Vince McMahon was the original host of the program. Afterward, Lord Alfred Hayes became host. Subsequently, Gene Okerlund took over hosting duties and stayed there for most of its run. Okerlund and Hillbilly Jim were hosts until 1991 or so. Okerlund would later have various guests hosts in 1992. The show featured a major overhaul in 1993 when Bobby Heenan took over as co-host along with Okerlund, with each episode taking place in a different part of the country, with Okerlund and Heenan visiting various landmarks. One notable episode took place before WrestleMania 9, with Okerlund and Heenan infiltrating WWF headquarters to try to get a word in with Jack Tunney while giving viewers a tour of the building.
In 1993, Johnny Polo was added as co-host to replace Bobby Heenan while Joe Fowler replaced the departing Gene Okerlund. The final hosts for All American Wrestling were Todd Pettengill and Ted DiBiase.
Hosts
- Vince McMahon (1983–84; guest appearances after)
- Lord Alfred Hayes (1984–85; various guest appearances after)
- Gene Okerlund (1984–93; guest appearances before)
- Hillbilly Jim (1990–91)
- Randy Savage (1991)
- Mr. Perfect (1992)
- Bobby Heenan (1993; guest appearances before)
- Johnny Polo (1993–94)
- Joe Fowler (1993)
- Todd Pettengill (1994)
- Ted Dibiase (1994)
