The Epic History of Saturday Night's Main Event

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WWE is finally bringing back the much-loved Saturday Night's Main Event. But do you know its history and why it’s just as important as WrestleMania, the Show of Shows? If not, watch this video till the end as we dive deep into the legacy of WWE’s Saturday Night's Main Event!
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[@yusufg.1281]

I used to check TV Guide every week to see if SNME would replace SNL that weekend. My mother would wake me up so I could watch it.

[@LionClaw865]

Yep. Seeing it was almost as good as watching it.

[@Nunyabuisness80]

To grow up on WWF Superstars and Saturday Nights Main Event was why I became a pro wrestling fan in the first place back in Scotland. Those days meant so much to me. It's pure nostalgia but it's good to see it make a come back. Some great matches during that time.

[@jasongrady259]

33 Million viewers watched the rematch of Hulk vs. Andre. It happened on SNME and that viewership record will never be broken.

[@mikehunt4986]

No, it happened on a Friday night in primetime on a show simply called "The Main Event."

[@ferox965]

​@@mikehunt4986 Beat me to it. I watched it that night.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Dick Ebersol should be in WWE Hall Of Fame

[@mhjetsfan83]

Amen to that

[@allandodson9241]

ABSOLUTELY!!!

[@jayc2788]

He looked at how Vince was going to produce the show and said BS to that, this is how you produce made for TV-must see content. He made sure there were more cameras in different angles, he put mics in areas mics had never been, he changed the lighting. He showed Vince how to produce for a TV audience, not just wrestling audience. It was one thing to tune in Saturday or Sunday mornings and see replayed content from 10-20 days prior, that had been edited for time and content. Ebersol taught Vince how to work in the here and now. It allowed Vince to produce much better “live” content for tv. WWE hall of Famer, no doubt, but a television HOF, absolutely.

[@magtastic1757]

The mega powers exploding was my favorite SNME moment

[@yusufg.1281]

And my first! I was rooting for Macho Man at WM5. He was cooler. And my favorite wrestler before og Mankind.

[@mikehunt4986]

Actually they split up on a Friday night "Main Event" show. They became the Megapowers on Saturday Night's Main Event though.

[@yusufg.1281]

@mikehunt4986 I don't know, I remember it the way he does.

[@mikehunt4986]

@@yusufg.1281 Then you're both wrong. Just look up the information. Google is your friend.

[@MCastleberry1980]

My parents NEVER ordered PPVs as me for a kid. SNME and also The Main Event were basically my chance to see big matches back then.

[@matthewmagda4971]

Facts.

[@pcrojas]

Brett Hart vs the Macho Man was always my favourite SNME episode. 1987 I think.

[@DJCloroxx]

As an adult, this is the best match. 100% agree. As a kid nothing tops the mega powers breakup though.

[@mr.perksy]

Yes that match was awesome. I remember too they went at a bit in the 1989 Survivor Series.

[@BillK.1973]

I remember taping Macho Man vs Hitman.

[@mikehunt4986]

November 1987. Savage won on one leg.

[@BillK.1973]

@@mikehunt4986 , & Bret's shoulder tasted the ringpost a half dozen times.

[@Matucks]

I been watching WWF since 1984 and loved Saturday Night Main Event, as a kid I clearly remember people of all ages were talking about WWF, it was huge and nothing on TV was like it. As a GenX kid I'm really looking forward to see this show return. It's going to bring tears to my eyes I know it.

[@craighaley1658]

The first SNME I remember was the one with Hulk Hogan having his ribs broken by King Kong Bundy. I was 7 years old and had never seen a wrestler be stretchered out and loaded into an ambulance; my hero no less. From that show on, SNME was appointment viewing for me.

[@MoeyViews]

Sid turning on Hulk was the last SNME during my childhood. WCW Saturday night was a staple in my home.

[@KenRising1996]

Hope they bring back the Red White and Blue ropes this Saturday

[@Jared40]

I was thinking the same thing the other day hope they do 😅

[@jespantoja]

This was very informative, thank you!

[@ferox965]

I watched SNME when I was a kid in the 80s. It was special-I was allowed to stay up and watch it. Something exciting always happened. Big moment for me was Hogan getting injured by Bundy.

[@DJCloroxx]

Nothing from SNME tops the opening super quick medley of interviews. I hope they bring that back and the Clipart caliber personalized logos for the wrestlers.

[@gerrygarvey6792]

What’s with the random old Ric Flair clips?

[@Filmation77]

These modern younger fans of WWE have NO idea how WWE got so big

[@michaelkeller5927]

Yes they do, there's hundreds of videos and documentaries about it. Just because they didn't live it doesn't mean they don't know. Using your logic, you'll never understand why WW2 was a big deal

[@PAPITOFLOW6969]

loved this video congratulations can't wait for this saturday night's main event

[@alexgeorge501]

15:51 The night we saw TWO Dave Hebners in the ring screwing up Hogan

[@benrichards6087]

When i saw that first friday night main event pop up on my tv, i couldnt believe it. I was confused and frustrated why the main event was on a friday and i had no warning via the saturday morning programs i watched religiously. Fighting to stay awake i got another shock, hogan losing the belt? To us kids that was never even a possibility, although i was never a hogan fan i remember feeling bad for him. Its amazing how i can remember that night so vividly along with so many other wwf moments, but cant remember what i ate for dinner 3 nights ago...

[@RyanRumbles434]

I'll never forget Mr. Perfect smashing the WWF title on Main Event. Great stuff. RIP Curt Hennig

[@matthewmagda4971]

Saturday Night's Main Event was important because top talent would otherwise only appear on PPV content. Imagine if weekly shows only featured mid-carders vs jobbers.

[@ReinEngel]

I'll never forget watching wrestling for the first time and using action figures (Mahoney from Police Academy, Robocop, the Hunchback from Real Ghostbusters, and Shredder) to recreate the moves. That memory is burned into my mind. It was Hogan vs. Bossman, which is why I used Mahoney. Good fucking times, man.

[@jamesramirez348]

Once a month in the mid,late 80's and early 90's from 11:30 to 1:00 my house was live my brother and my room and all our friends rowdy sleep over and home my taco night. Thanks mom. We ruled. It was awesome

[@liberta033081]

Great video

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for the video

[@konsciousk1986]

Looking forward to being there this Saturday

[@rdoino2210]

Crazy that it’s been longer time frame form SNME v2 to V3 than the original incarnation to v2

[@KentKaliber]

It's hard for today's younger fans to understand how MASSIVE SNME was in the 1980's. It wasn't watched by just wrestling fans, SNME was WATCHED BY EVERYONE! And I mean everyone! Your teachers at school, your Parents, the Lunch Ladies, your Grandpa and Grandma, I mean EVERYONE! SNME was a pop cultural event, a fundamental part of the 80's decade, and there's really nothing like it in today's pro wrestling landscape.

[@travismiller4320]

Back growing up there was no RAW with quality matchups consistently. Usually we only had Saturday and Sunday morning shows with mostly enhancement matches with a main event with Superstar vs Superstar at end of show. So SNME was special and staying up late was a fun Saturday Night, just had to pay attention for WWF promoting it on the morning shows. If memory serves me right it was once a quarter, so about 1 every 3 months. But now with RAW and Smackdown it’s going to be another one of those shows so SNME will lose some of its cache, being a primetime network version of one of those. But should still be nostalgic fun on Saturday.

[@pulsarstargrave256]

Basically, SNME eventually gave birth to RAW and Smackdown! Compared to World Class and World Championship, I used to despise the WWF weekly shows because. they were made up of boring squash matches and interviews! Like the two NWA shows I mentioned, once a month. SNME featured main event matches and compelling angles!

[@Mr2000]

I’m excited in a real way!!!!

[@jamesreid2626]

And Jesse "The Body" Ventura is back on commentary!!

[@mhjetsfan83]

I remember watching SNME in 1992 when Shawn Michaels won the Intercontinental title for the 1st time over the British Bulldog and Bret Hart beat Papa Shongo to retain the WWE title

[@thedecipher346]

It should honestly comeback

[@Kingluke23]

Bro you sound like Jonathan Coachman lol Great channel !!!

[@ameliastencil6058]

Man.. as a kid. This was huge. These nights were epic

[@Laurn-w8i]

There are Still Hype too see and FUN too Watch.🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🎆🎆🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💓💓💓🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🎇🎇🎇 Vince McMahon and HULK HOGAN HULKAMANIA and Jesse the Body the venture

[@hiphopexorcist]

Loved the Big Boss Man Vs. Akeem The African Dream match after they broke up as the Twin Towers. Still one of my top ten favorite matches ever!

[@Superb_0wl]

my Fav match from SNME is the Strangest match. thats right m talking abt Kane, Doink, & Eugene vs Umaga, Viscera, & Kevin Thorn from 2007

[@michaelkeller5927]

I was waiting for this guy to say "INCONCEIVABLE!"

[@danielvrodriguez81]

I loved watching Hulk Hogan vs The Genius. It was hilarious watching as a young kid

[@Laurn-w8i]

I just WISH Vince McMahon 💓 and Terry Hulkamania 💖 and 🩷Jesse the Body venture WILL Just Return🗽🗽🗽🗽🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@shadhinov]

Aw man, this video made my inner child so happy

[@azazaeldevile2506]

DX vs Spirit Squat was my first exposure to SNM. It wasnt that good

[@mr.perksy]

That was the crap years. 85-90 for SNME

[@tonyherrera-dn3is]

I remember once flipping the channels in either 91 or 92 in and I was amused by watching pro wrestling for the first time and then and tried to tune back in the next weekend it wasn’t on so I didn’t watch again until early 1996 when I had cable and happen to be flipping the channel at the right moment so I think I caught the tail end of Saturday night main event could have been a fan at a much earlier age had caught the entire show and knew when to watch

[@cosmodigi1]

Not to nitpick cuz I appreciate this video but it started at 11:30 pm n ended at 1:00 am. Eastern time of course. Jus sayin… but he’s right, due to the timing we got sick main events or angles within the first couple matches n the last was always a GREAT midcard match that often times fans wouldn’t get to see the wrestlers do their thing. So if u stayed up or recorded it, like I did, its like a bonus

[@dthrowaway9201]

My favorite show as a child. It only came on like 5 times a year, so it was an event when it was on. Every Tuesday we'd check the tv guide, is it this weekend? But, sadly this won't be the same, wrestling is too different now can't stand the modern day stuff. Haven't watched since like 2012.

[@xq8152]

MIn Event will be the recap of Raw & Smackdown with follow-ups added in.

[@Ray-fy1wm]

Plan on going to the in San Antonio

[@ShinGoukiSan]

Hate the revisionist use of WWE when it was WWF pre-2002

[@shadhinov]

I just realized what young Vince did with snme, triple h is doing it with WWE.

[@shadhinov]

Raw about to get 100 million viewers first day on netflix

[@RazorFoxDV]

While Ebersol added some extra polish to the product, it wasn't hard to look better than the abysmal production quality of WWE shows done at Madison Square Garden and Boston Garden at that time. Between their dim lighting, cheap cameras, spotty audio, and poor camera angles, those shows always looked and sounded awful and that includes WrestleMania in 1985. Once WWE started using their own crews for shows in those venues, everything looked and sounded so much better!

[@Laurn-w8i]

HULK HOGAN HULKAMANIA Saturday Night Main Event Better 🎶🎶💕💕🩷💗

[@SigmaChicken09]

Markeeda Wrestling

[@szi5443]

I watched every weekend morning of jobber whipdowns but never superstar vs superstar….except the occasional Saturday Night Main Event, very rare to a real match. And Hogan would never do jobber show up but cam to the SNME

[@rckslts]

Where would wwe be without snme?

[@Jeff-r2p]

The main event hulk hogan lost the title Feb 5 1988

[@lonzodreyella]

i dont even know why they bothering to bring it back you never see titles changing...boring.

[@centrist1008]

Way too long without saying ANYTHING. I’ll never get this time back.

[@hartiwanger9176]

What you people call pro wrestling is really pankration style.

[@jesspayant1667]

"The Duke of Dorchester" wrestled a main event on a televised show? What kind of multiversal nonsense is this?

[@RyanSlocum]

He’s on the very first show

[@DjBoggLEMaN]

And why is Cyndi Lauper not in WWE HOF? I would love for her to make an appearance on SNME. Then get inducted into the WWE HOF

[@Laurn-w8i]

There Sill Awesome REAL 🩷💞🤘🏻🤟🏻👁️.👁️🎗️🎗️🎗️🎗️🎆🎆🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸