Saturday Night's Main Event
| Saturday Night's Main Event | |
|---|---|
Logo, c. 2006
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| Genre | Professional wrestling |
| Created by |
Vince McMahon Dick Ebersol |
| Starring | World Wrestling Entertainment roster |
| Opening theme |
"Obsession" by Animotion (1985–Jan 1988) "Boom" by P.O.D. (2006–2008) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Titan Sports Inc. (1985–1992) Once a Month Productions, Inc. (1985–1991) WWE (2006–2008) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
NBC, Fox (original run) WWE Network (re-runs) |
| Original release | May 11, 1985 – November 14, 1992 March 18, 2006 – August 2, 2008 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
"Obsession" by Animotion (1985–Jan 1988)
Saturday Night's Main Event was a sports entertainment television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE). Premiering in 1985, the program originally aired on NBC as an occasional replacement for Saturday Night Live on its weekend broadcast schedule. The program aired on an infrequent basis on NBC until 1991, then aired twice on Fox in 1992 before coming to an end.
At the time of the original airing it was a rare example of professional wrestling being broadcast on an over-the-air commercial television network after the 1950s. It coincided with and contributed to the apogee of the "second golden age" of professional wrestling in the United States. In a time when weekly programming consisited primarily of established stars dominating enhancement talent, Saturday Night's Main Event was made up almost entirely of star vs. star bouts, including title matches and specialty matches such as steel cage matches, handicap matches, etc.
When WWE's flagship show, Raw returned to the USA Network in 2005, Saturday Night's Main Event was revived in 2006 as a "special series" to air on occasion on NBC as part of a deal between WWE and NBC Universal. The Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand rosters were featured on the show.
All episodes of Saturday Night's Main Event are available for streaming on the WWE Network. However, the episodes on the WWE Network are not 100% original. May 1985–January 1988 episodes do not have the original opening theme by Animotion instead they are dubbed over by the February 1988–April 1991 opening theme. Sponsored segments that aired as part of the original broadcasts such as the "Mountain Dew Slam of the Night" have been removed as well.
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