When did WWE start doing this?

[fg]

I saw some clips on YouTube of house show plugs on the syndicated shows. as late as Jan. '87, someone like Gene would plug a local house show in front of a blue background and than a superstar or team would walk by and do a promo about the wrestler(s) they would face at said house show. By the time I became a fan living in the NYC area in LATE '87, they changed it to Sean Mooney plugging a house show and show a video or two of wrestler(s) doing a promo about the people they would face at said house show.

When did the change take place?

[James Fabiano]

I think the Control Center came about around the time after Mania IV. (this is the wrestlers in front of logo spots we speak of, yes?)

[fg]

I think so. But, when I was watching in late '87, I don't remember wrestlers cutting promos for house shows with Gene. Than again, it's been almost 30 years.