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SNME - The History of Saturday Night's Main Event

By Eric Cohen, About.com

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The Main Event 4 – Allen County Coliseum; Ft. Wayne, IN 11/23/90
This show was broadcast on tape delay on NBC during Primetime on a Friday Night
- WWF Title: Champ The Ultimate Warrior beat Ted DiBiase by DQ
- Nikolai Volkoff beat Sgt. Slaughter by DQ
- Curt Hennig beat The Big Bossman by count out
- Rick Martel beat Tito Santana

The Main Event 5 – The Coliseum; Macon, GA 2/1/91
This show was broadcast on tape delay on NBC during Primetime on a Friday Night
- Hulk Hogan & Tugboat beat Earthquake & Dino Bravo
- WWF Title: Jim Duggan beat Champ Sgt. Slaughter by DQ
- The Legion of Doom beat The Orient Express

SNME #29 – Civic Auditorium; Omaha, NE 4/27/91
- The Ultimate Warrior beat Sgt. Slaughter by DQ
- Tag Team Title: Champs The Nasty Boys beat The Bushwhackers
- Ted DiBiase & Bret Hart fought to a double count out
- The Mountie beat Tito Santana
- Battle Royal: Curt Hennig won by last eliminating Greg Valentine

SNME #30 – Municipal Coliseum; Lubbock, TX 2/8/92
This show was broadcast on FOX
- I-C Title: Champ Roddy Piper beat The Mountie
- Hulk Hogan & Sid Justice beat Ric Flair & The Undertaker by DQ. Sid turned on Hulk during this match.
- Sgt. Slaughter & Jim Duggan beat The Beverly Brothers
- Randy Savage beat Jake Roberts. After the match, The Undertaker stopped Jake from hitting Elizabeth with a chair.

SNME #31 – Hullman Center; Terra Haute, IN 11/14/92
This show was broadcast on FOX
- Tag Title: Randy Savage & The Ultimate Warrior beat champs Money Inc. by count out
- I-C Title: Shawn Michaels beat The British Bulldog to win the title
- World Title: Champ Bret Hart beat Papa Shango

SNME #32 – Cobo Arena; Detroit, MI 3/18/06
This show was broadcast live on NBC during primetime
- John Cena & Triple H beat Rey Mysterio, Kurt Angle, & Randy Orton
- Trish Stratus & Mickie James beat Candice Michelle & Victoria
- Streetfight: Shane McMahon beat Shawn Michaels

SNME #33 – American Airlines Arena; Dallas, TX 7/15/06
This show was broadcast live on NBC during primetime
- Batista, Rey Mysterio & Lashley beat Mark Henry, Booker T, & Finlay
- Trish Stratus & Carlito beat Johnny Nitro & Melina
- Elimination Match: D-Generation X beat The Spirit Squad
- Sabu beat Stevie Richards
- Diva Bull Riding Contest: Michelle McCool won the 10 woman tournament
- WWE Title: John Cena beat champion Edge by DQ

SNME #34 – Air Canada Center; Toronto 6/2/07
- Non-title Match: The Great Khali beat WWE Champion John Cena
- Arm Wrestling Match: Lashley beat Mark Henry by DQ
- Chris Benoit & Batista beat Edge & MVP
- Finlay & Hornswoggle beat The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman
- Kane, Eugene, & Doink beat Viscera, Umaga, & Kevin Thorn

SNME #35 – Madison Square Garden; New York, NY 8/18/07
- Batista & Kane beat Finlay & The Great Khali
- Non-title Match: WWE Champion John Cena beat Carlito
- Boxing Match: Evander Holyfield & Matt Hardy fought to a no-contest when Evander knocked out MVP
- CM Punk & The Boogeyman beat John Morrison & Big Daddy V

SNME #36 – Verizon Center; Washington, DC 8/02/08
- JBL, Kane, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase beat John Cena, Batista, & Cryme Tyme
- Edge beat Jeff Hardy
- Great Khali beat Jimmy Wang Yang

Tribute to the Troops 2008 – Camp Victory; Baghdad, Iraq 12/20/08
- Jeff Hardy, CM Punk, & R-Truth beat JBL, The Miz, & John Morrison
- John Cena, Batista, & Rey Mysterio beat Big Show, Chris Jericho, & Randy Orton

(Sources: WWE.com, PWI Almanac, thehistoryofWWE.com, & Onlineworldofwrestling.com.com)

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