Back in the pre-Monday Night Wars era of professional wrestling on television, fans were treated to a host of syndicated weekend programs like WWF Superstars of Wrestling and Wrestling Challenge that served to introduce audiences to new talents arriving in the promotion and help them familiarize themselves with the heels and faces that made up the roster.
There would be a main event matchup featuring established names — The Honky Tonk Man defending the Intercontinental title against Jake “The Snake” Roberts or The Hart Foundation facing off with The British Bulldogs — but you didn’t often see the top names in the company, other than perhaps in a vignette discussing their latest feud or if they dropped in to do an interview with “Mean Gene” or Brother Love.