WWE Main Event

WWE Main Event
Created by Vince McMahon
Starring Raw roster
Opening theme "On My Own" by CFO$
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 7
No. of episodes 314 (as of October 3, 2018 (2018-10-03))
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera setup
Running time 55 minutes
Release
Original network
Picture format
Original release October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03) – present
Chronology
Related shows
External links
Website

WWE Main Event is a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that originally aired on Ion Television in the United States, then the WWE Network, and is now broadcast on Hulu Plus every Wednesday. It debuted on October 3, 2012 and ended its domestic broadcasting on April 1, 2014. After the final domestic TV broadcast, the show moved to an Internet broadcast format. The show features mid-to-low card WWE wrestlers. Because of an agreement with British broadcaster Sky Sports's first-run syndication rights,[1] episodes do not air in first run on WWE Network, but are uploaded 18 days after airing overseas. The show is taped before Raw tapings and features wrestlers from the Raw brand.

Production/presentation

The show is produced on Monday evenings, right before the Raw airing, and is broadcast on Wednesday, similar to the system SmackDown used before it went live on July 19, 2016. It originally aired live, with a slight broadcast delay.[2] It uses the same HD set as Raw with all ring ropes being red to represent the Raw brand, except for the month of October, when the middle rope is pink, to promote WWE and Susan G. Komen for the Cure's breast cancer awareness campaign.

WWE commentators Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson and Vic Joseph are the broadcast team, while Mike Rome is the ring announcer. 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. Following the 2016 WWE Draft it was announced that Main Event would feature wrestlers exclusive to the SmackDown brand, making it the official "B" Show of the brand similar to WWE Velocity. After the cancellation of WWE Superstars, Main Event would feature wrestlers exclusive to the Raw and 205 Live brands.

On November 28, 2016, matches for WWE Main Event began taping prior to Monday Night Raw. This was done due to the cancellation of WWE Superstars and to make room for the new cruiserweight special, 205 Live, streaming on the WWE Network immediately following SmackDown every Tuesday night.

Commentators

CommentatorsDates
Brad Maddox and Michael Cole January 16, 2013
Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole February 27, 2013
Michael Cole and The Miz October 3, 2012 – October 10, 2012
October 24, 2012
November 7, 2012 – November 14, 2012
December 5, 2012 – December 26, 2012
January 2, 2013 – January 9, 2013
January 23, 2013 – January 30, 2013
February 20, 2013
March 6, 2013 – March 27, 2013
May 15, 2013 – May 22, 2013
Josh Mathews and Ricardo Rodriguez May 29, 2013 – June 5, 2013
Josh Mathews and Wade Barrett June 12, 2013
Cody Rhodes, Josh Mathews and The Miz June 19, 2013
Cody Rhodes and Josh Mathews July 3, 2013
JBL and Josh Mathews July 31, 2013
Alex Riley and Josh Mathews 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 Matthews and The Miz June 26, 2013
July 10, 2013 – July 24, 2013
August 7, 2013 – August 21, 2013
September 11, 2013
October 16, 2013 – October 30, 2013
November 20, 2013
December 4, 2013 – December 11, 2013
December 25, 2013
The Miz and Tom Phillips January 1, 2014 – January 8, 2014
January 22, 2014
Alex Riley and Tom Phillips January 15, 2014
January 29, 2014 – February 5, 2014
Byron Saxton, JBL and Michael Cole October 28, 2014
Renee Young and Tom Phillips December 9, 2014
Booker T, JBL and Michael Cole December 30, 2014 – January 6, 2015
JBL and Tom Phillips January 13, 2015 – January 20, 2015
February 3, 2015 – March 24, 2015
JBL and Michael Cole 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
JBL and Rich Brennan April 7, 2015
April 21, 2015 – May 26, 2015
JBL, Jimmy Uso and Rich Brennan June 2, 2015 – June 16, 2015
Michael Cole and Rich Brennan July 21, 2015
Jimmy Uso and Tom Phillips August 25, 2015
Byron Saxton, Jimmy Uso and Michael Cole September 29, 2015
Byron Saxton, Jimmy Uso and Tom Phillips September 1, 2015 – September 8, 2015
September 22, 2015
October 6, 2015 – October 27, 2015
Byron Saxton and Michael Cole August 19, 2014 – October 21, 2014
November 11, 2014 – December 2, 2014
December 16, 2014
November 10, 2015
Corey Graves and Kyle Edwards December 8, 2015
Byron Saxton and Rich Brennan December 22, 2015 – December 29, 2015
Jerry Lawler and Rich Brennan June 23, 2015 – July 14, 2015
July 28, 2015 – August 18, 2015
January 5, 2016 – April 26, 2016
Jerry Lawler and Tom Phillips January 29, 2015
May 3, 2016 – May 17, 2016
Dolph Ziggler, Jerry Lawler and Tom Phillips May 24, 2016 – June 7, 2016
David Otunga, Dolph Ziggler and Tom Phillips June 21, 2016
Aiden English, David Otunga and Tom Phillips October 18, 2016
David Otunga and Tom Phillips June 14, 2016
June 28, 2016 – October 11, 2016
October 25, 2016 – November 22, 2016
Austin Aries, Byron Saxton and Tom Phillips December 20, 2016 – February 8, 2017
Byron Saxton, R-Truth and Tom Phillips February 15, 2017 – March 8, 2017
Byron Saxton and Tom Phillips February 12, 2014 – August 12, 2014
March 31, 2015
September 15, 2015
November 3, 2015
November 17, 2015 – December 1, 2015
December 15, 2015
November 29, 2016 – December 6, 2016
March 15, 2017 – April 4, 2017
Corey Graves and Tom Phillips April 12, 2017 – May 17, 2017
Corey Graves and Vic Joseph May 24, 2017 – August 30, 2017
September 27, 2017
January 31, 2018
Nigel McGuinness and Vic Joseph September 6, 2017 – September 20, 2018
October 4, 2017 – January 24, 2018
February 7, 2018 – April 4, 2018
Percy Watson and Vic Joseph April 18, 2018
Percy Watson and Tom Phillips June 20, 2018
Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson and Vic Joseph April 11, 2018
April 25, 2018 – June 13, 2018
June 27, 2018 – present

Ring announcers

Ring announcersDates
Tony Chimel October 31, 2012 – November 28, 2012
December 26, 2012
February 13, 2013 – May 22, 2013
June 5, 2013 – October 2, 2013
October 16, 2013 – November 20, 2013
December 4, 2013 – December 25, 2013
January 8, 2014 – March 11, 2014
March 25, 2014 – April 8, 2014
April 22, 2014 – May 20, 2014
June 3, 2014 – June 24, 2014
Lilian Garcia October 3, 2012 – October 24, 2012
December 5, 2012 – December 19, 2012
January 2, 2013 – 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
Eden July 1, 2014 – March 17, 2015
March 31, 2015
June 2, 2015 – June 23, 2015
July 14, 2015 – October 6, 2015
October 20, 2015 – October 27, 2015
November 10, 2015 – February 23, 2016
April 19, 2016
Greg Hamilton March 1, 2016 – April 12, 2016
April 26, 2016 – July 12, 2016
July 26, 2016 – November 22, 2016
JoJo April 7, 2015 – May 26, 2015
June 30, 2015 – July 7, 2015
October 13, 2015
July 19, 2016
November 29, 2016 – December 6, 2016
December 20, 2016 – January 18, 2017
March 22, 2017 – April 4, 2017
September 13, 2017
March 21, 2018
Mike Rome January 25, 2017 – March 15, 2017
April 12, 2017 – September 6, 2017
September 20, 2017 – March 14, 2018
March 28, 2018 – present

International broadcasters

CountryNetworkRef
United States Hulu Plus
Canada Sportsnet 360 [3]
France AB1 [4]
Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh Sony TEN[5]
Italy Sky Sport
Indonesia MNC Sports 2 [6][7]
Israel Trace Sport Channel [8]
Latin America
List
 Fox Sports [9]
Malaysia Astro SuperSport [10]
New Zealand Sky 5 [11]
Arab World MBC Action & Abu Dhabi Sports Channel
Poland Extreme Sports Channel
Philippines Fox Channel Asia [11]
United Kingdom and Ireland Sky Sports Arena & Sky Sports Arena HD [12]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Davis, Brad (2014-03-05). "UPDATE ON NXT & MAIN EVENT ON THE WWE NETWORK, SUMMERSLAM TRAVEL PACKAGES". SEScoops.com. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
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  5. ↑ "Sony Pictures Sports Network rebrands TEN Sports channels". The Economic Times. 18 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bulgarian TV Guide" (in Bulgarian). TV Guide. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
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  8. ↑ "תכנית הדגל של ה-WWE מגיעה לערוץ TRACE ספורט". Walla!. Retrieved 2 June 2013. {{{1}}}‬
  9. ↑ "WWE and Fox Sports Latin America Announce Partnership". WWE. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  10. ↑ "Main Event on SuperSport". Astro SuperSport. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  11. 1 2 "WWE Main Event coming to the BOX". NZPWI. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  12. ↑ Lee, Ben (January 30, 2014). "WWE signs new five-year deal with Sky". Digital Spy. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
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