WWE teams up with WGN for "WWE Superstars"

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Last night, it was reported on the Slam! Sports wrestling news section that that World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE] and WGN had released information on the new weekly WWE show coming to cable network WGN America this spring.

In the announcement, no official date was mentioned but it was noted the new show, which is a first-run, original program called "WWE Superstars," will begin airing after Wrestlemania 25 in April 2009 on Thursday nights at 8 and 11 p.m with an additional airing on the weekend.

The action-packed "WWE Superstars" will be produced by WWE and will feature Superstars and Divas from the entire WWE roster in a one-hour show that will give WWE six hours of first run shows to fill each week.

While this news sounds exciting, I am a bit on the hesitant side to think that this will be a one-hour show like RAW, Smackdown and ECW where there is wrestling action. The cynic in me thinks that this one-hour show will simply be a recap show, similar to WWE shows like Afterburn, that will just show highlights from the week in WWE with an occasional feature on a Superstar or Diva.

On the other hand, I could be totally wrong and this could in fact be a new one-hour wrestling show that will give some more talents on the roster a chance to showcase their talents that they may not get the chance to on the regular three shows, similar to what WWE Velocity and Heat were used for during their runs.

I guess we will just have to wait until April 2009 for our answer when the debut show airs.