- Network: NBC
- Series Premiere Date: May 1, 1985
Summary:
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event has returned to NBC this March after a 13-year hiatus. In the mid-1980s through early 1990s, WWE fans would scour the television listings each month - making sure they didn't miss the highly anticipated special that replaced network staple Saturday Night Live on occasion. When Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller and Dana Carvey weren't performing comedy sketches, WWE Superstars were squaring off in matches that often took on a pay-per-view feel. The show's original theme song was "Obsession" by the band Animotion, but by the time the first run of the series ended in 1992, the music was changed to a generic theme.
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| Network: | NBC |
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| Genre(s): | Drama, Sports |
| Seasons: | 3, 2, 1 |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Bret Hart | Bret Hart |
| Randall Poffo | Randy Savage |
| Terry Funk | Terry Funk |
| Ray Traylor | Big Boss Man |
| Roderick Toombs | Roddy Piper |
| Ric Flair | Ric Flair |
| Curt Hennig | Mr. Perfect |
| Hulk Hogan | Hulk Hogan |
| Bobby Heenan | Bobby Heenan |
| Gene Okerlund | Gene Okerlund |
| Virgil Runnels | Dusty Rhodes |
| Michael Rotundo | IRS |
| Jim Duggan | Jim Duggan |
| Richard Rood | Rick Rude |
| Martin Lunde | Arn Anderson |
| Joe Laurinaitis | Road Warrior Animal |
| Sherri Martel | Sherri Martel |
| Warrior | Ultimate Warrior |
| Richard Vigneault | Rick Martel |
| Tonga Fifita | Haku |
| Sione Vailahi | The Barbarian |
| Mr. T | Mr. T |
| David Smith | The British Bulldog |
| Vince McMahon | Host |
| Mark Calaway | The Undertaker |
| Michael Hickenbottom | Shawn Michaels |
| Andre the Giant | Andre The Giant |
| Michael Hegstrand | Road Warrior Hawk |
| Bill Eadie | Demolition Ax |
| Charles Wright | Papa Shango |
| Steve Lombardi | The Brooklyn Brawler |
| Tony Atlas | Tony Atlas |
| Barry Darsow | Smash |
| Ted DiBiase | Ted DiBiase |
| Fred Ottman | Tugboat |
| Bruce Reed | Butch Reed |
| Sid Eudy | Sid Justice |
| Paul Orndorff | Paul Orndorff |
| Brian Adams | Crush |
| John Tenta | Earthquake |
| Jesse Ventura | Jesse Ventura |
| Paul Centopani | Paul Roma |
| Dick Slater | Dick Slater |
| Richard Blood | Ricky Steamboat |
| Barry Windham | Windham |
| Harley Race | Harley Race |
| Tom Zenk | Tom Zenk |
| Terry Taylor (II) | Red Rooster |
| Marty Jannetty | Marty Jannetty |
| Jacques Rougeau | The Mountie |
| Scott Bigelow | Bam Bam Bigelow |
| Aurelian Jake Smith | Jake Roberts |
| Brian Wickens | Cousin Luke |
| Hossein Khosrow Vaziri | Iron Shiek |
| Terry Szopinski | Warlord |
| Tully Blanchard | Tully Blanchard |
| Sylvester Ritter | Junkyard Dog |
| Bob Orton Jr. | Bob Orton |
| Dan Spivey | Danny Spivey |
| Jimmy Hart | Jimmy Hart |
| Edward Leslie | Brutus Beefcake |
| James Neidhart | Jim Neidhart |
| Robert Remus | Sgt. Slaughter |
| Don Muraco | Don Muraco |
| Keith Franke | Adrian Adonis |
| Merced Solis | Tito Santana |
| Thomas Billington | Dynamite Kid |
| Nikolai Volkoff | Nikolai Volkoff |
| James Brunzell | Jim Brunzell |
| John Minton | John Studd |
| Chris Pallies | King Kong Bundy |
| Brian Blair | Brian Blair |
| Stan Frazier | Uncle Elmer |
| William Myers | George Steele |
| Jim Morris | Hillbilly Jim |
| Dory Funk | Dory Funk |
| John Wisniski | Greg Valentine |
| Lillian Ellison | Fabulous Moolah |
| Raymond Rougeau | Raymond Rougeau |
| Adolfo Bresciano | Dino Bravo |
| James Manley | Jim Powers |
| Dan Marsh | Danny Davis |
| Ken Patera | Ken Patera |
| James Ware | Koko B. Ware |
| Ronald Herd | Ron Bass |
| William Haynes | Billy Jack Haynes |
| Lanny Poffo | Lanny Poffo |
| Harry Fujiwara | Mr. Fuji |
| Raymond Fernandez | Hercules Hernandez |
| George Gray (VI) | One Man Gang |
| Allen Coage | Bad News Brown |
| Sika Anoai | Sika |
| Ronnie Garvin | Ronnie Garvin |
| James Reiher | Jimmy Snuka |
| Kerry Von Erich | Kerry Von Erich |
| Adnan Al-Kaissie | General Adnan |
| Pat Tanaka | Pat Tanaka |
| James Harris (I) | Kamala |
| Paul Perschmann | Buddy Rose |
| Wendi Richter | Wendi Richter |
| Tony Garea | Tony Garea |
