WWE used to put a lot of time and effort into making web shows as another method of getting content out to audiences. The main shows were still on television, but the online portion added another layer of entertainment for the diehard viewers who wanted as much coverage as possible. Most of the shows were forgotten as the first wave of content struggled.

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The rise of YouTube allowed WWE to use the other platforms to experiment with different concepts. WWE Network forming in 2014 added another place that could host all new original WWE ideas. The shows for the website itself were phased out with a combination of the ideas fizzling out or moving on. Find out which of the web shows from WWE’s official website have become forgotten in the aftermath.

7 Word Up With Cryme Tyme

The tag team run of Cryme Tyme in WWE provided some underrated work in the tag division. JTG and Shad clearly had strong chemistry during their segments on television that organically saw them changing from debuting heels to beloved faces.

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One of the positives to come from this was WWE’s site starting the Word Up with Cryme Tyme weekly web series. JTG and Shad basically defined various slang terms that they used in their promos. The humorous scenarios gave them another outlet to showcase their character skills to any viewers on the web site.

6 Lunchtime Suicide

Referee Tim White retired from the job, after a shoulder injury resurfaced in a painful way. WWE still wanted to have White involved in some comedic appearances that would be a bit more polarizing when fans look back on them today.

WWE had White trying to sell the Hell in a Cell match by claiming it ruined his life, since the injury occured in a cell match between Chris Jericho and Triple H. White tried to shoot himself on PPV before it was revealed that he shot his foot. The Lunchtime Suicide series was a WWE.com show with White trying to take his life before failing in comedic fashion every single time.

5 5 Questions With The Champ

WWE’s use of the internet started to grow during John Cena’s rise as the face of the company. Cena received his own weekly web series on the website answering questions from the audience. The show featured a healthy mix of Cena giving real answers to serious questions and funny answers to silly questions.

5 Questions with The Champ was the name of the show that likely received the most views on the website. Cena was the hottest star in WWE during this time and most other major names stayed away from ideas like this, but he wanted to create fun content.

4 The Dirt Sheet

WWE found great success with The Miz and John Morrison becoming a full-time tag team on the ECW brand. Both wrestlers had been struggling to find their role until teaming up as a compelling young heel duo.

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Morrison and Miz received overwhelmingly positive reactions to their web series The Dirt Sheet. The shows were so entertaining that WWE eventually made it a television segment. Morrison and Miz still use The Dirt Sheet today over a decade from its start on WWE’s site.

3 Santino's Casa

WWE started to trust Santino Marella more during his rise as a comedic character. The hilarious antics of Santino made it easier for WWE to find new ideas for him and one of them turned into a weekly show on the website called Santino's Casa.

Each episode would feature Santino talking to the viewers with various guests, from his love interest Beth Phoenix to random personalities like Joey Styles. Santino delivered jokes about other people in wrestling or pop culture. The jokes mocking Steve Austin’s movie The Condemned started out on Santino's Casa before making their way to television.

2 What's Crackin' With Scotty Goldman

The signing of Colt Cabana gave WWE another former Ring of Honor star for the developmental system. Colt was called up with the name of Scotty Goldman to play the role of an undercard star on Smackdown. Goldman's only noteworthy moments would come on WWE’s website and not on television.

What's Crackin’ With Scotty Goldman was a comedy skit with Colt shooting from the hip, making jokes about himself and others. There were many funny inside jokes and commentary on his own booking that no one in the company cared too much about since it only aired on the website.

1 Byte This!

WWE ran a weekly talk show that blurred the lines between fiction and reality titled, Byte This! Broadcaster Todd Grisham hosted the show that featured both wrestlers appearing as guests to answer questions and fans calling in to give their comments as well.

Various major storylines had moments on the web series like Lita, Edge and Matt Hardy discussing their real-life issues in depth ahead of their first big match. Even Vince McMahon appeared on Byte This! on a few occasions to give state of WWE addresses. The show was compelling and unique, but it didn’t have the audience to last in the long run.

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