Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Vince McMahon
Vince McMahon / Self - Commentator
Gene Okerlund
'Mean' Gene Okerlund / Mean Gene Okerlund - Interviewer / Mean Gene Okerlund- interviewer
Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan / Self
Ray Heenan
Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan / Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan- The Heenan Family / Self - Commentator
Howard Finkel
Howard Finkel
Jesse Ventura
Jesse 'The Body' Ventura / Jesse 'The Body' Ventura- commentator
Jimmy Hart
Jimmy Hart
Randy Savage
Macho Man Randy Savage / Macho King Randy Savage
Joey Marella
Joey Marella
Dave Hebner
Dave Hebner
Adam Copeland
Edge
Jim Fullington
The Sandman
Lilián García
Lilian Garcia
Layla El
Layla El
Vince McMahon Sr.
Thanks
James Reiher
Jimmy Snuka
Kevin Dunn
Director
Kerwin Silfies
Director
John Servidio
Editor
David Wolff
Associate Producer
Matthew McCarthy
Producer
Victoria Street
Production Supervisor
Dick Ebersol
Executive Producer
Lou Del Prete
Supervising Producer
Cyndi Lauper
Music Consultant
Chris Benoit
Chris Benoit
Stephanie McMahon
(archive footage)
Linda McMahon
(archive footage)
Steve Austin
(archive footage)
Eddie Guerrero
Eddie (archive footage)
Patricia Stratigeas
(archive footage)
Robert Conway Jr.
Martin Lunde
Dionicio Castellanos
Jillian Faye Hall
Cameron Smith
Tom Billington
John Layfield
Kevin Thorn
Luke Williams
Hassan Hamin Assad
Harley Race
Maria Kanellis
Paul Michael Lévesque
Triple H
Lance McNaught
Amy Dumas
Ken Doane
Jacques Rougeau
Tully Blanchard
Shad Gaspard
Elizabeth Hulette
Balls Mahoney
Paul Orndorff
Rick Blood Sr.
Sabu
Jim Brunzell
Robert Remus
Karl Amberton
Ferrin Barr, Jr.
Michael James Hegstrand
Frederick Jannetty
John Sutton
John Wisniski Jr.
Adam Birch
Mark Henry
Michael Coulthard
Jerry Lawler
Jerry Lawler
John Cena
John Cena
Dusty Rhodes
Cody Runnels
Don Muraco
Brent Alan Albright
Jim Duggan
George Gray
Ted DiBiase Sr.
Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg
Curt Hennig
Candice Michelle
Candice Michelle
Matthew Kaye
Kurt Angle
Nelson Frazier Jr.
Stephanie Finochio
Sylvain Grenier
Dylan Postl
Terry Funk
Glenn Jacobs
Shane McMahon
Shane McMahon
Michael Hickenbottom
Shawn Michaels
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 11, 1985
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes41
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Saturday Night's Main Event was an American series of professional wrestling television specials that were produced by WWE (known at the time of launch as the World Wrestling Federation). Premiering in 1985, it originally aired on NBC in the United States in place of Saturday Night Live for weeks when that show did not have new episodes until 1991. Two additional episodes aired on Fox in 1992. It was revived in 2006 for five NBC episodes before ending in 2008. In Canada, it also aired on Citytv and Global Television Network in order to meet simultaneous substitution rights.
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 consisted 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.
With the exception of “Big Four” pay-per-view events, ‘’Saturday Night’s Main Event’’ served as the equivalent to today’s monthly pay-per-view events. Because it aired in a late night time slot, ‘’Saturday Night’s Main Event’’ always held its main event match in the first hour of the show.
All episodes of Saturday Night's Main Event are available for streaming on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network elsewhere, with some episodes slightly altered from their original broadcasts. On these platforms, the May 1985 to January 1988 episodes do not have the original opening and closing theme songs. Additionally, sponsored segments that aired as part of the original broadcasts, such as the "Mountain Dew Slam of the Night", have been removed.
In April 2022, WWE revived the Saturday Night's Main Event title for house shows held on Saturday nights.