WWF Superstars of Wrestling
| WWF Superstars of Wrestling | |
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| Genre | Professional wrestling |
| Created by | Vince McMahon |
| Starring | World Wrestling Federation alumni |
| Country of origin | United States |
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| Running time | 46 minutes per episode |
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| Original network |
Syndicated (1986–1996) USA Network (1996–2000) TNN (2000–2001) |
| Original release | 1986 – 2001 |
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| Related shows | WWF Wrestling Challenge |
WWF Superstars of Wrestling (later WWF Superstars) is a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, known at the time as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It debuted on September 6, 1986. Superstars, as it would later be known, was the flagship program of the WWF's syndicated programming from its inception until the premiere of Monday Night Raw in 1993.
In September 1986, Superstars replaced WWF Championship Wrestling. Before that, WWF Superstars Of Wrestling was the name of a weekly recap show hosted by Vince McMahon (or Gene Okerlund) and Lord Alfred Hayes that lasted from 1984 through August 1986. The new version of Superstars was where all the angles began and at times ended and where the majority of title changes took place if not at a pay-per-view event (e.g. WrestleMania or SummerSlam). Matches primarily saw top tier and mid-level talent versus jobbers; pre-taped interviews with the WWF's roster of superstars; and promos featuring the wrestlers. At times, there was a "feature" match between main WWF talent. As with all syndicated WWF programming, another major aspect of the show was to promote house shows and TV tapings in each market.
During its syndication run, the program was rebranded and aired in Canada as Maple Leaf Wrestling (essentially replacing a program of the same name filmed in southern Ontario), despite having almost no Canadian content other than interviews promoting matches that were to be held in Canada, along with occasional program-exclusive matches taped at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. However this repackaging was, at the time, sufficient to allow the program to count towards Canadian content requirements for local television stations.
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