''WWE 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

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and

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until the end of 2024.

International variations

Malaysia, and South Africa

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, ''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

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

Fill in guest hosts

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.

References

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