''WWF Mania'' is a

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that was produced by the

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(WWF). It aired on Saturday mornings on the

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between 1993 and 1996 and summarized the weekly events in WWF programming. In its earlier years, ''Mania'' usually featured a show exclusive wrestling match. For roughly the first year of its run, ''Mania'' also took viewer calls live and only viewers in the

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and Central time zones could participate in that portion of the show.

History

''Mania'' was originally hosted by Todd Pettengill, who was later joined by "Macho Man" Randy Savage from 1993 to 1994. From December 1994 to July 1995 Pettengill was joined by Stephanie Wiand. For feature matches (matches exclusive to ''Mania''),

Sean Mooney Sean Edmund Mooney (born May 21, 1959) is an American news anchor and former World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) play-by-play announcer. He now works as an anchor for KVOA, the NBC affiliate in Tucson, Arizona and the National Wrestling All ...

and

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were the broadcasters, until Mooney left in the Spring of 1993, which led to Hayes being phased out from the broadcast booth. From then on Mania used various other broadcasters for the weekly exclusive match, including

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and

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. The 1994 Slammy Awards took place on an episode of ''WWF Mania''. In September 1996, ''Mania'' was rebranded as ''WWF Blast-Off'' for the Superstation WGN, while ''Mania'' was then discontinued and later replaced with '' WWF LiveWire''. In the

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, ''Mania'' aired on Friday nights and Saturdays at noon on

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. During this airing, ''Mania'' served as a summary show exclusively for ''

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'' until ''Raw'' premiered in the United Kingdom in 1995 on

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. In the United Kingdom ''WWF Mania'' was released on

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in 1994 and was hosted by Johnny Polo. It featured a Ten-Man Tag Team match with I.R.S.,

Jeff Jarrett Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he both wrestles and serves as Director of Business Development. He is also ...

Rick Martel Richard Vigneault (born March 18, 1956) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, trainer, and television presenter, better known by his ring name, "The Model" Rick Martel. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling As ...

, and

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vs. Tatanka, 1-2-3 Kid, Bob Holly, and

The Smoking Gunns The Smoking Gunns were a professional wrestling tag team of kayfabe brothers Billy Gunn (Monty Sopp) and Bart Gunn (Mike Polchlopek). They portrayed cowboys in the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1993 to 1996, where they held the WWF T ...

References

External links

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