WWE Main Event is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that currently airs exclusively on the International broadcast syndication. It debuted on October 3, 2012. Episodes are uploaded to the WWE Network 18 days after airing. The show is currently is a sub-show of both the SmackDown and Raw brands.
The show shares some similarities with WWE Superstars as being a tertiary program.
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Show history
On June 25, 2012, WWE and ION Television announced an agreement to create a new weekly, one-hour prime time series entitled WWE Main Event that debuted in October 2012.
Production/presentation
The show is presented from all broadcast syndication, prior to the Raw taping, after the cancellation of Superstars on November 28, 2016. WWE commentators Tom Phillips, Austin Aries and Byron Saxton are the broadcast team, and JoJo is the ring announcer. It uses the same HD set and the all-white ring ropes as all other WWE programming (though for the month of October 2012 and October 2013, the middle rope was pink, to promote WWE and Susan G. Komen for the Cure's breast cancer awareness campaign). From October 3, 2012 to January 22, 2014, "Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)" by Shinedown served as the official theme for Main Event. Since January 29, 2014, "On My Own" by CFO$ now serves as the theme song.
Commentators
Commentators | Dates |
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Michael Cole and John "Bradshaw" Layfield | October 17, 2012 October 31, 2012 November 21, 2012 - November 28, 2012 February 6, 2013 - February 13, 2013 April 3, 2013 - May 8, 2013 November 4, 2014 December 23, 2014 April 14, 2015 |
Michael Cole and Brad Maddox | January 16, 2013 |
Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler | February 27, 2013 |
Michael Cole and The Miz | October 3, 2012 - March 27, 2013 May 15, 2013 - May 22, 2013 |
Josh Mathews, The Miz and Ricardo Rodriguez | May 29, 2013 - June 5, 2013 |
Josh Mathews and Wade Barrett | June 12, 2013 |
Josh Mathews, The Miz and Cody Rhodes | June 19, 2013 |
Josh Mathews and Cody Rhodes | July 3, 2013 |
Josh Mathews and John "Bradshaw" Layfield | July 31, 2013 |
Josh Mathews and Alex Riley | August 28, 2013 - September 4, 2013 September 18, 2013 - October 9, 2013 November 6, 2013 - November 13, 2013 November 27, 2013 December 18, 2013 |
Josh Mathews and The Miz | June 26, 2013 - September 11, 2013 October 16, 2013 - December 25, 2013 |
Tom Phillips and Alex Riley | January 15, 2014 January 29, 2014 - February 5, 2014 |
Tom Phillips and The Miz | January 1, 2014 - January 22, 2014 |
Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton | February 12, 2014 - August 19, 2014 March 31, 2015 September 15, 2015 November 3, 2015 - December 15, 2015 November 29, 2016 - December 6, 2016 |
Michael Cole and Byron Saxton | August 19, 2014 - December 23, 2014 November 10, 2015 |
Michael Cole, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Byron Saxton | October 28, 2014 |
Tom Phillips and Renee Young | December 9, 2014 |
Michael Cole, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Booker T | December 30, 2014 - January 6, 2015 |
Tom Phillips and John "Bradshaw" Layfield | January 13, 2015 - March 24, 2015 |
Tom Phillips and Jerry Lawler | January 27, 2015 May 3, 2016 - May 31, 2016 |
Rich Brennan and John "Bradshaw" Layfield | April 7, 2015 April 21, 2015 - May 26, 2015 |
Rich Brennan, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Jimmy Uso | June 2, 2015 - June 16, 2015 |
Rich Brennan and Michael Cole | July 21, 2015 |
Rich Brennan and Jerry Lawler | June 23, 2015 - August 18, 2015 January 5, 2016 - April 26, 2016 |
Tom Phillips and Jimmy Uso | August 25, 2015 |
Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton and Jimmy Uso | September 1, 2015 - September 8, 2015 September 22, 2015 - October 27, 2015 |
Michael Cole, Byron Saxton and Jimmy Uso | September 29, 2015 |
Corey Graves and Kyle Edwards | December 8, 2015 |
Rich Brennan and Byron Saxton | December 22, 2015 - December 29, 2015 |
Tom Phillips, Jerry Lawler and Dolph Ziggler | June 7, 2016 |
Tom Phillips and David Otunga | June 14, 2016 – November 22, 2016 |
Tom Phillips, Aiden English and David Otunga | October 18, 2016 |
Cathy Kelley | November 22, 2016 December 13, 2016 |
Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton and Austin Aries | December 20, 2016 – present |
Ring announcers
Ring announcer | Dates |
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Lilian Garcia | October 3, 2012 – October 24, 2012 December 5, 2012 – February 6, 2013 May 29, 2013 October 9, 2013 November 27, 2013 January 1, 2014 March 18, 2014 April 15, 2014 May 27, 2014 March 24, 2015 November 3, 2015 |
Tony Chimel | October 31, 2012 – November 28, 2012 December 26, 2012 February 13, 2013 - June 24, 2014 |
Eden Stiles | July 1, 2014 - February 23, 2016 April 19, 2016 |
JoJo | April 7, 2015 - May 26, 2015 June 30, 2015 - July 7, 2015 October 13, 2015 July 19, 2016 November 29, 2016 – present |
Greg Hamilton | March 1, 2016 – November 22, 2016 |
External links
Previous Logo
Current World Wrestling Entertainment programming |
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Primary television |
Raw • SmackDown • NXT • NXT Level Up |
Secondary television |
The Bump • Main Event |
Classic programming |
MSG Classics • The Vintage • Classics On Demand |
Television specials |
Hall of Fame • Tribute to the Troops |
Pay-per-view |
List of pay-per-view events • Free for All • WWE Kickoff Show |
Former programming |
WWWF Championship Wrestling • WWF All-Star Wrestling • WWF Superstars of Wrestling • WWF Wrestling Challenge • Tuesday Night Titans • WWF Super Astros • WWF Action Zone • WWE Heat • WWE Velocity • WWF Shotgun • WWF Shotgun Saturday Night • WWE Confidential • Total Divas • Total Bellas • WWE Saturday Morning Slam • 205 Live |
Television channels |
USA Network • Fox |