Report: Saturday Morning Slam Unlikely to Return

It looks like WWE's "B" show Saturday Morning Slam is coming to an end.

Saturday Morning Slam, which started airing on the CW network on August 2012 and finished its run in May of this year, was the company's first truly kid-friendly show.

As Wrestling Inc. mentioned, any moves considered too violent were strictly prohibited—particularly anything related to the neck or head. Mostly, it consisted of lower midcard matches and harmless comedy antics. Retired wrestler Mick Foley even served as general manager of the show for a while.

It was a ratings hit, often garnering over one million viewers in its slot. For some perspective, that's comparable to what prime-time shows like TNA: iMPACT or Total Divas have being doing lately.

Interestingly, Dave Meltzer notes in this week's (subscribers-only) Wrestling Observer Newsletter writes that the show is likely done, mainly due creative differences between WWE and the CW Network:

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For what it’s worth, all references to Saturday Morning Slam have been removed from the WWE web site. Nobody internally has commented on what happened but we’re in October now and the new TV season has already started and the show doesn’t exist. The show was doing well in the ratings for its time slot. There are rumors that CW wanted WWE to change the format of the show to something similar to NBA Inside Stuff, and talks fell apart from there. But as of right now, it’s a subject that nobody is officially talking about.

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Assuming the show really is gone, that's too bad.

OK, so Saturday Morning Slam wasn't a hugely important part of WWE's business forecast—nor did it factor into to any of the main storylines—but it was still a nice little show that gave under-used guys like Zack Ryder and Heath Slater a chance to shine.

It also gave Foley, whom the company have struggled to find things to do with, a regular role on their programming.