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SNME - The History of Saturday Night's Main Event

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SNME #15 – Municipal Auditorium; Nashville, TN 3/12/88
- Brutus Beefcake beat Greg Valentine
- Hulk Hogan beat Harley Race
- Ted DiBiase beat Randy Savage by count out
- The Islanders beat The Killer Bees

SNME #16 – Civic Center; Springfield, MA 4/30/88
- Jim Duggan beat Hercules by DQ
- Brutus Beefcake beat Danny Davis by submission
- WWF Title: Champ Randy Savage beat One Man Gang
- Tag Team Title: Champs Demolition beat The British Bulldogs by DQ
- Ted DiBiase beat Don Muraco
- Rick Rude beat Koko B. Ware

SNME #17 – Baltimore Arena; Baltimore, MD 10/29/88
- Jake Roberts beat Rick Rude by DQ. After the match Andre the Giant was scared by Jake's snake Damien
- Tag Team Title: Champs Demolition beat The Hart Foundation
- Hulk Hogan beat Haku
- Dino Bravo pinned Ken Patera
- Big Bossman beat Jim Powers

SNME #18 – Arco Arena; Sacramento, CA 11/26/88
- I-C Title: Champion The Ultimate Warrior beat Super Ninja
- Hercules pinned Virgil
- WWF Title: Champion Randy Savage beat Andre the Giant by DQ
- Flag Match: Jim Duggan beat Boris Zuhkov
- The Rougeau Brothers beat Paul Roma & Jim Powers

SNME #19 – The Sundome; Tampa, FL 1/7/89
- Hair vs Hair: Brutus Beefcake beat Ron Bass
- Hulk Hogan beat Akeem by DQ
- I-C Title: Champ The Ultimate Warrior pinned The Honky Tonk Man
- Tito Santana beat The Red Rooster
- Curt Hennig beat Koko B. Ware

The Main Event 2 – Bradley Center; Milwaukee, WI 2/3/89
This show was broadcast live on NBC during Primetime on a Friday Night
- Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan beat The Big Bossman & Akeem. After the match, Randy Savage attacks Hogan in the infirmary where Elizabeth is.
- Ted DiBiase beat Hercules

SNME #20 – Hershey Park Arena; Hershey, PA 3/11/89
- Brutus Beefcake beat Rick Rude by DQ
- Hulk Hogan pinned Bad News Brown
- Ted DiBiase beat The Blue Blazer
- The Rockers & The Brain Busters fought to a double-count out
- The Red Rooster beat The Brooklyn Brawler

SNME #21 – Veterans Auditorium; Des Moines, IA 5/27/89
- I-C Title: Jim Duggan beat Champ Rick Rude by count out
- Randy Savage beat Jim Neidhart
- Steel Cage Match for WWF Title: Champ Hulk Hogan beat The Big Bossman
- Tag Team Title: The Brain Busters beat champs Demolition by DQ
- Jimmy Snuka beat Boris Zuhkov

SNME #22 – The Centrum; Worchester, MA 7/29/89
- WWF Title: Champ Hulk Hogan beat The Honkytonk Man
- Jimmy Snuka beat Greg Valentine
- Brutus Beefcake beat Randy Savage by DQ when Zeus interfered
- Tag Team Title: The Brain Busters beat champs Demolition in a best of 3 falls match to win the titles

SNME #23 – Riverfront Coliseum; Cincinnati, OH 10/14/89
- Randy Savage beat Jimmy Snuka
- WWF Title: Champ Hulk Hogan beat Ted DiBiase
- Roddy Piper beat Haku
- Tito Santana & Rick Martel fought to a double DQ
- The Bushwhackers pinned The Rougeau Brothers

SNME #24 – Kansas Coliseum; Topeka, KS 11/25/89
- I-C Title: Champ The Ultimate Warrior beat Andre the Giant by DQ
- WWF Title: Lanny Poffo beat champ Hulk Hogan by count out
- Dusty Rhodes beat The Big Bossman
- Best of 3 falls: The Rockers beat The Brain Busters

SNME #25 – UTC Arena; Chattanooga, TN 1/27/90
- Randy Savage beat Jim Duggan
- WWF Champ Hulk Hogan & I-C Champ The Ultimate Warrior beat Curt Hennig & Lanny Poffo
- Jake Roberts beat Greg Valentine by DQ
- Dusty Rhodes and Rick Rude fought to a double count out
- Dino Bravo pinned Ronnie Garvin

The Main Event 3 – Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, MI 2/23/90
This show was broadcast live on NBC during Primetime on a Friday Night
- WWF Title: Champ Hulk Hogan beat Randy Savage. Special ref was Buster Douglas. Mike Tyson was originally scheduled to be the ref but lost his title a few days earlier to Buster Douglas.
- I-C Title: Champ The Ultimate Warrior beat Earthquake

SNME #26 (The Tussle in Texas) – Erwin Center; Austin, TX 4/28/90
- Hulk Hogan beat Curt Hennig
- Earthquake pinned Hillbilly Jim
- The Hart Foundation & The Rockers fought to a double-DQ
- WWF Title: Champ The Ultimate Warrior beat Haku
- Big Bossman beat Akeem by DQ

SNME #27 (Wild Kingdom) – Civic Auditorium; Omaha, NE 7/28/90
- WWF Title: Champ The Ultimate Warrior beat Rick Rude by DQ
- Tag Team Title: Champs Demolition beat The Rockers
- I-C Title: Champ Curt Hennig beat Tito Santana
- Kerry Von Erich beat Buddy Rose

SNME #28 (Oktoberfest) – Sports Arena; Toledo, OH 10/13/90
- The Ultimate Warrior & Legion Of Doom beat Demolition
- Randy Savage beat Dusty Rhodes by count out
- Hulk Hogan & Tugboat beat Greg Valentine & The Honkytonk Man by DQ
- Sgt. Slaughter beat Koko B Ware
- I-C Title: Champ Kerry Von Erich beat Haku

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