Live from Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, WWE’s historic Saturday Night’s Main Event returns to NBC! The very first Saturday Night’s Main Event took place in May of 1985 at the Nassau ...

Nothing like SNME existed before 1985: a national network program ... Saturday Night’s Main Event gave the WWF a major platform to launch them into the stratosphere, but their partnership ...

1985 — months after the first WrestleMania — and aired the following night. The main event featured Hogan, the WWF Champion, defending the title against 'Cowboy' Bob Orton while other matches ...

The late-night wrestling events first debuted in May 1985 for two reasons ... Because as much as the WWF benefitted from the national exposure, Ebersol was able to use the WWF to help keep ...

Fraizer signed with WWF in the mid-80s and started working ... During an episode of Saturday Night's Main Event in October 1985, Uncle Elmer married Joyce Stazko in the ring.

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 ...

But fans who have only known WWE programming during the past 30 years would be shocked to watch pre-1985 WWF shows ... Saturday Night’s Main Event. Up until that point, WWF was still a regional ...