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SNME - The History of Saturday Night's Main Event

By Eric Cohen, About.com

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SNME #5 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum; Phoenix, AZ 3/1/86
- Boxing Match: Mr. T beat Bob Orton by count out. After the match, Bob Orton & Roddy Piper whipped Mr. T with a belt.
- King Kong Bundy beat Steve Gatorwolf
- WWF Title: Champ Hulk Hogan beat Don Muraco by DQ. After the match, Hogan was injured by King Kong Bundy & Don Muraco
- Tag Team Title: Champs Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake beat The British Bulldogs
- The video for Real American is premiered
- Junkyard Dog beat Adrian Adonis

SNME #6 – Providence Civic Center; Providence, RI 5/3/86
- Hulk Hogan & Junkyard Dog beat Terry & Dory Funk
- King Kong Bundy beat Uncle Elmer
- Adrian Adonis beat Paul Orndorff by DQ
- Jake Roberts and Ricky Steamboat didn't wrestle because Roberts injured Steamboat before the match
- Tag Team Title: Champion British Bulldogs beat The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff in a best of 3 falls match

SNME #7 – Richfield Coliseum; Richfield, OH 10/4/86
- WWF Title: Champion Hulk Hogan beat Paul Orndorff by DQ
- Ricky Steamboat beat Jake Roberts
- Roddy Piper beat The Iron Sheik
- Tag Team Title: Champions The British Bulldogs beat Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake in a best of 3 falls match
- Kamala beat Lanny Poffo

SNME #8 – Los Angeles Sports Arena; Los Angeles, CA 11/29/86
- I-C Title: Champ Randy Savage fought Jake Roberts to a double-DQ
- WWF Title: Champ Hulk Hogan beat Hercules Hernandez
- Roddy Piper beat Bob Orton
- The Killer Bees beat The Hart Foundation
- Koko B. Ware beat Nikolai Volkoff
- Don Muraco beat Dick Slater

SNME #9 – Hartford Civic Center; Hartford, CT 1/3/87
- Cage Match for WWF Title: Champ Hulk Hogan beat Paul Orndorff. The match was restarted when both men exited the cage at the same time.
- I-C Title: Champ Randy Savage beat George Steele
- Junkyard Dog beat Harley Race by DQ
- Adrian Adonis beat Roddy Piper by count out
- Blackjack Mulligan beat Jimmy Jack Funk

SNME #10 – Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, MI 3/14/87
- I-C Title: Champ Randy Savage beat George Steele
- Battle Royal: Hercules won by last eliminating Billy Jack Haynes
- King Kong Bundy beat Jake Roberts by count out
- Tag Team Title: Champs The Hart Foundation beat Tito Santana & Danny Spivey
- Ricky Steamboat beat The Iron Sheik

SNME #11 – Joyce Center; South Bend, IN 5/2/87
- Kamala beat Jake Roberts
- Lumberjack Match: Randy Savage beat George Steele
- Tag Team Title best of 3 Falls: The British Bulldogs beat Champs the Hart Foundation. Since one of the falls was by DQ, The Hart Foundation keeps the titles
- I-C Title: Champion Ricky Steamboat beat Hercules by DQ
- Rick Martel & Tom Zenk beat The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff

SNME #12 – Hershey Park Arena; Hershey, PA 10/3/87
- I-C Title: Randy Savage beat Champion Honky Tonk Man by DQ. After the match, Elizabeth was shoved to the floor and Hulk Hogan made the save.
- WWF Title: Champ Hulk Hogan beat Sika
- King Kong Bundy beat Paul Orndorff
- Tag Team Title: Champs The Hart Foundation beat Paul Roma & Jim Powers

SNME #13 – Seattle Center Arena; Seattle, WA 11/28/87
- George Steele beat Danny Davis by DQ
- Randy Savage beat Bret Hart
- WWF Title: King Kong Bundy beat Champ Hulk Hogan by count out
- Bam Bam Bigelow beat Hercules

SNME #14 – Landover Arena; Landover, MD 1/2/88
- Tag Team Title: Champs Strike Force beat The Bolsheviks
- Jake Roberts beat Sika
- WWF Title: Champ Hulk Hogan pinned King Kong Bundy
- Greg Valentine beat Koko B. Ware by submission

The Main Event 1 – Market Square Arena; Indianapolis, IN 2/5/88
This show was broadcast live on NBC during Primetime on a Friday Night
- I-C Title: Randy Savage beat champ The Honkytonk Man by DQ
- WWF Title: Andre the Giant pins Hulk Hogan to win the title with the help of a twin referee paid for by Ted DiBiase. Andre gives the title to Ted DiBiase. The title is later declared vacant
- Tag Team Title: Champs Strike Force beat The Hart Foundation (only the beginning of the match was shown due to time constraints)

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