WWE Velocity replaced two
syndicated WWE shows,
Jakked and Metal.
WWE Velocity was primarily used to summarize major occurrences on the latest episode of
SmackDown!, which aired Thursday and later Friday nights on
UPN. Due to the
WWE Brand Extension,
Velocity aired matches and content from the
SmackDown brand. The format was set to mirror that of
WWE Heat and its relation to the
Raw brand. The show also broadcast internationally. In the United Kingdom it aired on
Sky Sports 2 on Sunday mornings. Following
Raw's move from Spike TV back to the
USA Network in 2005,
Velocity and its Raw brand counterpart,
Heat, were discontinued from television broadcast in the
United States and
Canada and became
webcasts streamed on WWE.com. The newest episode would be uploaded to WWE.com on Saturdays and be available for the next week. Older webcast episodes were also archived. Internationally,
Velocity and
Heat continued to be broadcast on their respective television networks due to WWE's international programming commitments. With the relaunch of
ECW,
Velocity was cancelled. The last episode of
Velocity aired internationally on June 11, 2006. It was also the last episode to be streamed on WWE.com. == Home media ==