WWE Afterburn, or simply Afterburn, is an American syndicated television program which recaps events taking place on WWE's weekly flagship program, SmackDown. Along with Bottom Line, it replaced WWE's previous syndicated highlight show, Jakked. The show ran from May 2002 until September 2005 domestically, broadcasting 172 episodes domestically before being removed from syndication. The show continued to run in some international markets such as South Africa, Italy, Germany, Spain and South Asia until the end of 2024.

International variations

Malaysia, and South Africa In Malaysia, Afterburn debuted on May 6, 2011. It aired every Monday at 10pm on Astro SuperSport 4, but now on Astro Prima every Thursday at 11pm. The show airs on eKasi+ in South Africa on Fridays at 10pm.

Australia In Australia, WWE Afterburn debuted in 2008 on Channel Nine. Afterburn was the only free-to-air WWE show in Australia at the time, with Raw, SmackDown, NXT and Superstars all airing on Fox8. Afterburn had a time slot 1pm every Sunday, before being moved to 12am every Tuesday. WWE Afterburn aired 132 episodes in Australia before being removed from syndication on July 28, 2010. Afterburn was replaced with a similar show titled WWE Experience starting November 4 however in December 2014, Afterburn returned and was broadcast on 7mate.

Hosts Year(s)Hosts2002Marc Lloyd2002–2003Ivory2003Rue DeBona2003–2009Josh Mathews2009–2011Jack Korpela2011–2012Matt Striker2012–2013Tony Dawson2013Scott Stanford2014–2015Renee Young2015–2024Scott Stanford

Fill in guest hosts Year(s)Hosts2002Josh Mathews2005Michael Cole and Tazz2008Jack Korpela2011 Scott Stanford2013, 2015–2017Tom Phillips2014Rich Brennan2015Kyle Edwards2022Kevin Patrick

Broadcast WWE Afterburn was broadcast from May 2002 to September 2005, before it was removed from syndication in the USA. The show still aired in international markets to fulfill programming commitments until 2025, when the WWE international TV rights deals switched over to Netflix.

See also

List of WWE television programming

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