WWE Confidential

infobox television
show_name = WWE Confidential


caption =
format = Talk show
runtime = 60 min.
creator = Vince McMahon
starring = Gene Okerlund
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country = USA
network = Spike TV
first_aired = May 25, 2002
last_aired = April 24, 2004
num_episodes = 83
imdb_id = 0324932
tv_com_id = 10929

"WWE Confidential" was a World Wrestling Entertainment television show that aired on Spike TV late Saturday nights, following "Velocity", from 2002 to 2004. It was hosted by Gene Okerlund.

Format

"Confidential" was a unique program for the company, in that it was not a standard "live event" or "recap" show. Rather, it offered an exclusive, "behind the scenes" look into WWE and its talent, both in-ring and otherwise. The show also periodically broke kayfabe.

Notable and typical features

Typical "Confidential" features included: An interview with Shawn Michaels in which he admitted he "was" in on the Montreal Screwjob (after years of denying any involvement in it); an analysis of why Stone Cold Steve Austin abruptly left the company in mid-2002; a history of the World Heavyweight Championship, featuring interviews with past titleholders (and in the process making the disputed-by-many claim that this title shares its lineage with the WCW version); segments detailing life on the road for WWE stars, including overseas tours, a story on how wrestlers feel when people say "Wrestling's Fake" (this segment was also notable because the wrestlers being interviewed admitted that wrestling is pre-determined, the first time a wrestler stated that on a wrestling show); and a brief history of the Monday Night Wars.

Cancellation

"Confidential" was cancelled in 2004. Its spiritual successor was "The WWE Experience", although that program was more of a standard recap show.

DVD compilation

A DVD compilation of segments from this show, "The Best of WWE Confidential", was released in early 2003.