Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Sherri Russell
Adam Copeland
Edge
Jim Fullington
The Sandman
Lilián García
Lilian Garcia
Layla El
Layla El
James Reiher
Jimmy Snuka
Vince McMahon Sr.
Thanks
Charles Spencer
Tony Mamaluke
Kevin Dunn
Director
Kerwin Silfies
Director
John Servidio
Editor
Matthew McCarthy
Producer
Victoria Street
Production Supervisor
Lou Del Prete
Supervising Producer
Dick Ebersol
Executive Producer
David Wolff
Associate 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)
James Manley
Fred Ottman
James Yun
Dave Hebner
Gene Okerlund
Ray Heenan
John Smith
Martin Lunde
Robert Thomas Conway Jr.
Tom Billington
John Layfield
Kevin Thorn
Luke Williams
Aurelian Smith Jr.
Rick Rood
Dalip Singh
Adam Birch
John Wisniski Jr.
John Sutton
Mike Hegstrand
Ferrin Barr, Jr.
Karl Amberton
Rick Blood Sr.
Paul Orndorff
Balls Mahoney
Shad Gaspard
Elizabeth Hulette
Terry Brunk
Jim Brunzell
Robert Remus
Frederick Jannetty
Elizabeth Copeland
Sika Anoa'i
Cameron Smith
Jillian Faye Hall
Barry Windham
Tully Blanchard
Lisa Marie Varon
Dionicio Castellanos
Patricia Stratigeas
(archive footage)
Paul Wight
Lance McNaught
Amy Dumas
Ken Doane
Michael Bucci
James Janos
Randy Poffo
Hulk Hogan
(archive footage)
Vince McMahon
Mr. McMahon / Producer / Executive Producer
Bill Eadie
Brian Blair
Jim Ross
Jim Ross
Ray Traylor
Pedro Morales
Joey Marella
Jimmy Hart
Tommy Lister Jr.
Martin Wright
Kristal Marshall
Mike Rotunda
Steve Lombardi
Ric Flair
Rick Vigneault
Dara Daivari
André Roussimoff
Giant (archive footage)
Doug Basham
John Hennigan
Franklin Lashley
Mark Henry
Michael Coulthard
Jerry Lawler
Jerry Lawler
John Cena
John Cena
Virgil Runnels
George Gray
Ted DiBiase Sr.
Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg
Curt Hennig
Candice Michelle
Candice Michelle
Matthew Kaye
Lanny Poffo
Kerry Adkisson
David Cash
Jacques Rougeau
Paul Lévesque
Triple H
Maria Kanellis-Bennett
Harley Race
Hassan Hamin Assad
Roddy Piper
René Goguen
Jim Neidhart
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 11, 1985
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes41
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Saturday Night's Main Event is a series of American professional wrestling television specials produced by WWE (originally the World Wrestling Federation or WWF). It was originally broadcast by NBC from 1985 to 1992, replacing Saturday Night Live in its late night timeslot on an occasional basis throughout the year.
At a time when weekly wrestling programs typically consisted primarily of squash matches featuring established stars dominating enhancement talent, Saturday Night's Main Event consisted almost entirely of star vs. star matches rarely seen on television, including title defenses and specialty matches. It coincided with and contributed to the apogee of the "second golden age" of professional wrestling in the United States; bolstered by regular in-ring appearances by WWF stars such as Hulk Hogan, Saturday Night's Main Event drew large audiences for much of its run, while a spin-off simply titled The Main Event aired annually on a Friday night in February beginning in 1988. Ratings began to fall in the 1990s, leading to NBC dropping the specials in 1991. In 1992, the WWF moved Saturday Night's Main Event to Fox, which aired two editions of the special on the network before being discontinued.
In 2006, Saturday Night's Main Event was briefly revived as a series of prime time specials on NBC, as part of WWE's agreement with NBC Universal to air its weekly program Raw on USA Network. Five episodes aired as part of the revived run before it was discontinued in 2008. In April 2022, WWE repurposed the Saturday Night's Main Event title for house shows held on Saturday nights. In September 2024, as part of an agreement moving WWE SmackDown from Fox to USA, WWE announced that it would revive Saturday Night's Main Event on NBC once again.