WWE Saturday Night's Main Event: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event returned to NBC in March 2006 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.

WWE‘s iconic series "Saturday Night's Main Event" has set its return premiere date at NBC.

Series details

• Title: WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
• Format: Sports
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1985-05-11
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Peacock
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 97 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5757
• TVDB ID: 71114

Cast and credited roles

• Michael Coulthard — Commentator
• Wade Barrett — Commentator
• Lilián García — Ring Announcer
• Cathy Kelley — Backstage Interviewer
• Joe Tessitore — Play-by-Play Broadcaster
• Stephanie McMahon — Commentator
• Nicholas Aldis — General Manager
• Hulk Hogan — Hulk Hogan
• Bobby Heenan — Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan
• Vince McMahon — Vince McMahon
• Gene Okerlund — 'Mean' Gene Okerlund
• Jimmy Hart — Jimmy 'Mouth of the South' Hart

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1985: premiered 1985-05-11; final listed air date 1985-11-02.
• Season 1986: premiered 1986-01-04; final listed air date 1986-11-29.
• Season 1987: premiered 1987-01-03; final listed air date 1987-11-28.
• Season 1988: premiered 1988-01-02; final listed air date 1988-11-26.
• Season 1989: premiered 1989-01-07; final listed air date 1989-11-25.
• Season 1990: premiered 1990-01-27; final listed air date 1990-10-13.
• Season 1991: premiered 1991-04-27; final listed air date 1991-04-27.
• Season 1992: premiered 1992-02-08; final listed air date 1992-11-14.
• Season 2006: premiered 2006-03-18; final listed air date 2006-07-15.
• Season 2007: premiered 2007-06-02; final listed air date 2007-08-18.
• Season 2008: premiered 2008-08-02; final listed air date 2008-08-02.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-12-14; final listed air date 2024-12-14; episode order: 1.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-01-25; final listed air date 2025-12-13; episode order: 5.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-01-24; final listed air date 2026-09-06.

Source and licence

Adapted from WWE Saturday Night's Main Event on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.