IWE Superstars
From Iwe
| IWE Superstars | ||
 IWE Superstars logo | ||
| Format | Sports entertainment Professional wrestling | |
| Created by | David Ackeret | |
| Starring | IWE roster | |
| Opening theme | "Invincible" by Adelitas Way | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| No. of seasons | 4 | |
| No. of episodes | 192 (as of December 14, 2012) | |
| Production | ||
| Running time | 60 minutes | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Original channel | WGN America (April 16, 2009–April 7, 2011) Webcast (April 14, 2011–September 15, 2011, October 6, 2011–present) Internationally Syndicated (April 16, 2009–present) | |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) | |
| Original run | April 16, 2009 – present | |
| Chronology | ||
| Related shows | IWE Raw IWE Smackdown IWE NXT IWE Main Event IWE Saturday Morning Slam | |
| External links | ||
IWE Superstars is a professional wrestling television program produced by IWE that originally aired on WGN America in the United States. It debuted on April 16, 2009 and ended its domestic broadcasting on April 7, 2011. After the final domestic TV broadcast the show moved to an internet broadcast format while maintaining a traditional television broadcast in international markets. The show features WWE talent (mainly mid-carders and divas, big names such as Dustin Simpson and Kevin McAlmond rarely appear on the show) from both brands: Raw and SmackDown. The show also previously featured talent from the now-defunct XCW brand.
Contents |
Show history
Production
Commentators
| Commentators | Dates |
|---|---|
| Raw brand | |
| Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler | April 16, 2009 — October 26, 2010 |
| Scott Stanford and Jerry Lawler | October 7, 2010, October 28, 2010 — November 11, 2010 November 25, 2010, December 23, 2010 |
| Michael Cole and Josh Mathews | November 11, 2010 |
| Scott Stanford and CM Punk | November 18, 2010, December 2, 2010 — December 16, 2010 |
| Scott Stanford and Josh Mathews | December 30, 2010 — present |
| Josh Mathews and Matt Striker | November 10, 2011 |
| Scott Stanford and Matt Striker | March 29, 2012 April 26, 2012 — May 3, 2012 |
| SmackDown brand | |
| Todd Grisham and Jim Ross | April 16, 2009 — October 29, 2009 |
| Todd Grisham and Matt Striker | November 5, 2009 — December 2, 2010 |
| Jack Korpela and Matt Striker | December 9, 2010 — May 26, 2011, June 9, 2011 — November 3, 2011 |
| Jack Korpela and Booker T | June 2, 2011 |
| Josh Mathews and Matt Striker | November 10, 2011 — present |
| Michael Cole and Matt Striker** | April 26, 2012 |
| XCW brand | |
| Josh Mathews and Matt Striker | April 16, 2009 — October 22, 2009 |
| Josh Mathews and Byron Saxton | October 27, 2009 — February 11, 2010 |
| Spanish Broadcasters | |
| Carlos Cabrera, Hugo Savinovich and Marcelo Rodríguez | April 16, 2009 — October 6, 2011 |
| Carlos Cabrera, Marcelo Rodríguez and Jerry Soto | October 13, 2011 — present |
| Dual Branded | |
| Josh Mathews and Matt Striker (substitute)* | April 16, 2009 — present |
| Scott Stanford and Matt Striker | August 23, 2012 |
(*) If any Superstars commentators are unable to call the action for their respective brands, The alternate team of Josh Mathews and Matt Striker will serve as a dual-branded announce team. Mathews, who works color commentary opposite Stanford for the Raw portion will serve as play-by-play commentator and Striker will serve his usual duties on color commentary as he would normally do when working opposite Korpela (whose regular place on SmackDown has been taken by Mathews since his release). The Mathews/Striker tandem are the only announce team to call Superstars for all brands Raw, Smackdown and the former ECW brand since the show's inception in April 2009.
(**) Josh Matthews was absent on Superstars due to the attack by Brock Lesnar on the April 23rd, 2012 Episode of Raw
Ring announcers
| Ring announcer | Dates |
|---|---|
| Raw brand | |
| Lilian Garcia | April 16, 2009 — September 24, 2009 |
| Justin Roberts | October 1, 2009 — May 5, 2011 July 14 - 21, 2011 November 10, 2011 December 29, 2011 — present |
| SmackDown brand | |
| Justin Roberts | April 16, 2009 — September 24, 2009 |
| Tony Chimel | October 1, 2009 — May 5, 2011 July 21, 2011 December 29, 2011 — present |
| Savannah | May 6, 2010 — June 17, 2010 |
| Jamie Keyes | August 12, 2010 — August 31, 2010 |
| Eden Stiles | July 14, 2011, November 10, 2011 |
| ECW brand | |
| Tony Chimel | April 30, 2009 — September 24, 2009 |
| Lauren Mayhew | October 8, 2009 — November 19, 2009 |
| Savannah | December 17, 2009 — February 11, 2010 |
| Dual-branded | |
| Ashley Valence | November 25, 2010 — December 9, 2010 |
| Justin Roberts | March 10, 2011 |
| Eden Stiles | May 12, 2011 — December 22, 2011 |
