Saturday Night's Main Event first aired on NBC between 1985 and 1991 before moving to Fox in 1992. It was revived between ... Randy Orton's father -- for the WWF world heavyweight championship.

It’s rare to see a live television program go off without a glitch. WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event had a pretty notable at the start of Saturday night’s show. Joe Tessitore’s opening ...

The original Saturday Night's Main Event series on NBC had a solid seven year run from the spring of 1985 to the fall of 1992. There were ... Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship at the first ...

Ebersol was able to use the WWF to help keep the Saturday late-night programming block away from local affiliates. Why? Because in the mid-80s, it would be safe to say that SNL was still going ...

After the revived success of WarGames, WWE is going to the nostalgia well once more this Saturday and bringing back its 1980s TV special, Saturday Night’s Main Event. The most recent attempt at ...

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After a 16-year hiatus, “WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event” returns to TV, while former-pro wrestler and former-Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura also comes back to the broadcast table to ...

Owens attacked Rhodes after the Saturday Night's Main Event show went off the air and ... multiple shows a year would take place from 1985-1992. After a hiatus, it was brought back in 2006 and ...