Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE television programs
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event returned to NBC in March 2006 after a 13-year hiatus. In the mid-1980s through early 1990s, WWE fans would scour the television listings each month - making sure they didn't miss the highly anticipated special that replaced network staple Saturday Night Live on occasion. When Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller and Dana Carvey weren't performing comedy sketches, WWE Superstars were squaring off in matches that often took on a pay-per-view feel. The show's original theme song was "Obsession" by the band Animotion, but by the time the first run of the series ended in 1992, the music was changed to a generic theme. WWE‘s iconic series "Saturday Night's Main Event" has set its return premiere date at NBC.
Cast ages at the series premiere (May 11, 1985)
- Hulk Hogan, as Hulk Hogan: 31
- Bobby Heenan, as Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan: 40
- Vince McMahon, as Vince McMahon: 39
- Gene Okerlund, as 'Mean' Gene Okerlund: 42
- Jimmy Hart, as Jimmy 'Mouth of the South' Hart: 41
- Randy Savage, as Randy 'Macho Man' Savage: 32
- Jesse Ventura, as Jesse 'The Body' Ventura: 33
- André the Giant, as André the Giant: 38
- Paul Levesque, as EVP/Talent Relations: 15