IWE Heat
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| IWE Heat | ||
| Created by | Vince Matteson | |
| Starring | Raw Brand | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| No. of episodes | 513 | |
| Production | ||
| Running time | 45 minutes (television), 35 minutes (webcast) | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Original network | USA Network (August 2, 1998 - September 24, 2000) MTV (October 1, 2000 - March 30, 2003) TNN/Spike TV (April 6, 2003 - September 25, 2005) Webcast on IWE.com (September 30, 2005 - May 30, 2008) | |
| Original release | August 2, 1998 – May 30, 2008 | |
IWE Heat (formerly known as Sunday Night Heat also known as Heat) was a professional wrestling television program produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). Originally produced under the International Wrestling Federation banner (IWF), it aired on USA Network, MTV, and Spike TV in the United States, Channel 4, Sky1, & Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, and CTV Sportsnet in Canada.
Heat was most recently streamed on IWE.com on Friday afternoons for North American viewers. However, the show was still televised internationally and showed in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 and then later on Sky Sports 3, Australia on Fox8, India on TEN Sports, Germany on Premiere Sport Portal, France on Action, Spain on Sportmania and C+ Deportes -both channels from Digital+, the Middle East on ShowSports4, the Philippines on Jack TV, and Japan on J Sports. The final episode was uploaded to IWE.com. The show was replaced internationally with IWE Vintage Collection, a program featuring classic matches.
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History
Early format
1999-2002
United Kingdom (2000 - 2001)
2002-2005
2005-2008
Notable championship matches
Commentators and hosts
There have been many commentators in the history of Heat. Industry veterans and Raw broadcasters Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler have done commentary on the show. The show was also the launchpad for Shane McMahon's on-camera career in WWE, originally placed in the role of a commentator for the program. In October 2000, the show was hosted by Rebecca Budig and MTV VJ/Rapper DJ Skribble when it moved from USA Network to MTV.
Often wrestlers would take the role of color commentators on the show with Al Snow, Tommy Dreamer, Raven, and D'Lo Brown all holding this position mostly as a replacement for an announcer who was unavailable. During the show's run on MTV, Diva Lita also served as a commentator following her major neck injury.
Before the WWE-produced Extreme Championship Wrestling reunion pay-per-view One Night Stand 2005 took place, a special Extreme Heat episode was broadcast and hosted by Jonathan Coachman and Michael Cole.
During one episode when Jonathan Coachman was unavailable, former ECW announcer (and then-lead Raw announcer) Joey Styles took part in the show. Styles then quit in storyline, however, on the following Monday's' Raw, meaning Grisham ran the show alone.
Shortly before being canceled, in March 2008 Todd Grisham and Josh Mathews were doing commentary during a match on Heat between Snitsky and Val Venis when Matthews mentioned that a "former" WWE wrestler by the name of Issac Yankem DDS would match up well against Snitsky. Grisham then made a comment that Yankem resembles Kane and suggesting that they might be brothers, thus breaking kayfabe by outing Glenn Jacobs as the man who portrayed Yankem before his more famous gimmick as the younger brother to The Undertaker. Although the commentary was edited out before being uploaded to WWE.com for the United States market, WWE still sent the original, unedited version overseas before it was noticed by company executives. Grisham was reprimanded for the incident.
Commentators
| Commentator | Year(s) active |
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Television and internet schedules
- United States
- USA Network - Sunday Nights (1998–2000)
- MTV - Sunday Nights (2000–2003)
- TNN/Spike TV - Sunday Nights (2003–2005)
- IWE.com - Fridays (2005–2008)
- United Kingdom
- Channel 4 - Sunday Afternoons (2000)
- Channel 4 - Sunday Nights (2000–2001)
- Sky One - Sunday Mornings & Sky Sports 3 - Sunday Nights (2003–2004)
- Sky Sports 3 - Sunday Mornings/Sunday Nights (2005)
- Sky Sports 3 - Sunday Mornings (2005–2008)
