Though Saturday Night's Main Event returned to NBC in 2006 for a second run, it's never come close to approaching its popularity during the late 1980s. By 1991, the NBC program had been relegated to the fledgling FOX network and ended with a whimper during the next year. In short, it raised the stakes for wrestling on network TV and the ratings certainly proved it.for a few years. Unlike the majority of WWE programming before 1985 (and even since then), SNME was made up almost entirely of high-profile matches. Hosted by "Mean" Gene Okerlund and peppered with appearances by Hulk Hogan, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Andre the Giant and more, this condensed overview of Saturday Night's Main Event will have WWE history buffs smiling all the way through.but even if you're seeing this material for the first time, it's still a highly enjoyable experience.
For those equally unfamiliar, this release highlights some of the most memorable moments from WWE's successful Saturday night series, circa 1985 and beyond-and from top to bottom, it's a terrific primer for the era. Though I've followed the WWE during the last several years (since 1993, in fact), I'd never seen an entire episode of Saturday Night's Main Event before popping in this three-disc collection. Confession time: I'm probably not the ideal candidate for reviewing this title, at least from a historical standpoint.
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