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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Saturday Night's Main Event is set to be an exciting nostalgic trip for any longtime fan of WWE. However, one WWE Legend won't be making an appearance.

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 ...