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WWE Speed is an American professional wrestling web series produced by WWE. Premiering on April 3, 2024, the series features wrestlers from WWE's Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands competing in matches with a three-minute time limit.
The show premiered as part of a two-year deal with X Corp., with new matches posted exclusively to WWE's X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesdays. The WWE Speed Championship and WWE Women's Speed Championship are contested in matches that air during special editions of the series, which air on Wednesdays or Fridays and have an extended five-minute time limit. Matches for Speed are generally taped prior to live broadcasts of Raw and SmackDown.
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Prior to the December 15, 2023 broadcast of WWE SmackDown, the American professional wrestling promotion WWE piloted matches with five-minute time limits as dark matches.[1] On February 6, 2024, it was reported that WWE had filed trademark applications for the title "WWE Speed";[1] on February 8 during the WrestleMania XL Kickoff press conference, WWE officially announced a partnership with X to introduce WWE Speed, which would stream weekly on the social media platform.[2] The deal was confirmed for two years. It was also revealed that the matches would be filmed specifically for the program and not be repurposed from WWE's other programs, and that it would feature wrestlers from all three of WWE's brands: Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.[3]
On March 27, WWE commentator Corey Graves announced that Speed would premiere on Wednesday, April 3, but matches would instead be three minutes in length. Also announced was a tournament to crown the inaugural men's WWE Speed Champion.[4] The debut episode, which was uploaded at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), saw Ricochet defeat Dragon Lee. Roughly 30 minutes later, WWE uploaded a second episode in which Bronson Reed defeated Cedric Alexander. Graves served as the sole commentator for the episodes.[5] On May 1, 2024, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque confirmed that the program would also eventually feature women's matches;[6] this led to the announcement of a tournament for the WWE Women's Speed Championship, which began on September 4.[7]
While the program typically airs on Wednesdays, a special Friday airing occurred on May 3, 2024. This episode, which was the seventh episode overall, saw Ricochet defeat Johnny Gargano to become the inaugural Speed Champion. This episode also confirmed that championship matches would air on Fridays and would have a five-minute time limit instead of the regular three.[8][9] During the Speed tapings on October 4, 2024 (aired October 9), Candice LeRae defeated Iyo Sky to become the inaugural Women's Speed Champion.[10][11]
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