As of May 18, 2020, the first 61 episodes of WWE Confidential were made available to stream on the
WWE Network and
NBCUniversal's
Peacock streaming service in the United States.[2][3][4]
Format
Confidential was a unique program for the company, in that it was not a standard "live event" or "recap" show. Rather, it offered an exclusive, "behind the scenes" look into WWE and its talent, both in-ring and otherwise.[1] The show was also WWE's first to periodically break
kayfabe and consistently use
professional wrestling slang. Confidential was discontinued in 2004 and was replaced with The WWE Experience, a more traditional weekly summary show.
A similar show to Confidential eventually returned under the name WWE Outside the Ring, but in a shortened version.[5] The online show debuted February 2012 on WWE's YouTube channel, with new episodes uploaded on Thursdays.[6]
Notable and typical features
An interview with
Shawn Michaels about his life and career. This interview, an early highlight of Confidential, featured Michaels's first public admission that he was in on the
Montreal Screwjob, after years of denying any involvement in it.
A history of the
World Heavyweight Championship, featuring interviews with past titleholders (and in the process making the disputed-by-many claim that this title shares its lineage with the
WCW version).
Segments detailing life on the road for WWE stars, including overseas tours.[7]
A story on how wrestlers feel when people say "Wrestling's fake." This segment was also notable because the wrestlers being interviewed admitted that wrestling is a "worked" form of entertainment rather than a legitimate athletic competition, the first time this was explicitly stated on a show produced by the WWE.[8]