The Phantom

From WWE.com:

Saturday Night's Main Event returns in March
November 30, 2005

Saturday Night’s Main Event is returning 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.

Here are some of the most memorable moments from the original run of Saturday Night’s Main Event:

On Nov. 2, 1985, Hulk Hogan & Andre the Giant defeated King Kong Bundy & Big John Studd by disqualification in a match remembered for the size and stature of its participants.

On March 1, 1986, Hulk Hogan retained the WWE Championship against "Magnificent" Don Muraco via disqualification. But this match was infamous for King Kong Bundy’s interference and assault. In the end, Muraco and Bundy broke Hogan’s ribs.

On May 3, 1986, the British Bulldogs beat Iron Shiek & Nikolai Volkoff in a best two-of-three falls match for the World Tag Team Championship. This was indicative of the strength of the tag team division, which was often spotlighted on Saturday Night’s Main Event in multiple-fall battles.

On Jan. 3, 1987, Hulk Hogan battled “Mr. Wonderful� Paul Orndorff in a truly memorable Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship. Both men scaled the cage and hit the floor simultaneously, causing immense controversy and the restart of the match.

On Oct. 3, 1987, Honky Tonk Man nearly did the unthinkable: strike Elizabeth with his signature guitar during a match against Randy “Macho Man� Savage. Honky was aiming for the head of Savage, but a loving Elizabeth jumped in the way. Ultimately, Honky shoved Elizabeth to the floor and proceeded to smash Savage. Elizabeth rushed to the back and emerged with none other than Hulk Hogan. It was the beginning of the force known as the MegaPowers.

Bouchie

Holy Sh*t!!!!

This Is Awesome!!!

Bouchie

Wait...this isn't just going to be a fancy version of Heat, is it?

The original SNME was like a weekly PPV. It was great TV.

AudioSavior

It wasn't weekly. It happened like every 2 months .I remember checking like every week in the TV guide for it and was disappointed many times when it wasn't listed.

This is going to be a blast. I hope they use the same graphics and what not.

Mr. Kennedy

With this only going to happen twice a year, you can be sure WWE wouldn't waste it doing another version of Heat. I can't wait for more details to come out, like which brand(maybe both) it will be and whether it will be taped or live(i'm hoping for live of coarse).

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AudioSavior

Where did you hear only twice a year?

Mr. Kennedy

Wasn't part of the deal between WWE and NBC Universal was to have to two Saturday night specials a year? I would assume that this is what they meant, I know several people on this board thought it would be SNME when the deal was announced.

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ICEMAN

SNME was awesome back in the day as it helped set up many of the big angles at that time. I totally forgot about the beginning of the MegaPowers being on SNME until I read it above.

This new version will likely be similar to Tuesday's Smackdown! 1-hour special, if I had to guess. Either way it's just good that the show is coming back, I either stayed up late or taped this show every time it was on.

airr233

I'm going to guess, if it is going to take over SNL's time slot, it will be a hour and a half.

IRALB

As much as the aforementioned weekly nightcap sucks, SNL's time slot will not be usurped.