Saturday Night's Main Event 1985 premiere was headlined by Hogan vs. "Cowboy" Bob Orton -- Randy Orton's father -- for the WWF world heavyweight championship. Hogan headlined the first 10 Saturday ...

The Main Event was a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It was a spin-off of the show WWF Saturday Night's Main Event and occasionally aired on ...

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 ...

Fittingly enough, it was Randy's father 'Cowboy' Bob Orton who challenged Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship at the first Saturday Night's Main Event. With The Viper not medically cleared to ...

One of the premiere wrestling programs of the 80s, Saturday Night's Main Event showcased some of the best superstars WWE (then WWF) had to offer, including Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant ...

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 ...

The very first Saturday Night’s Main Event took place in May of 1985 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The main event featured Hulk Hogan (with Mr. T) retaining his WWF Championship ...