WWE Main Event
| WWE Main Event | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Vince McMahon |
| Starring | Raw roster |
| Opening theme | "On My Own" by CFO$ |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 254 (as of August 11, 2017) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multicamera setup |
| Running time | 55 minutes (including commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
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| Picture format | |
| Original release | October 3, 2012 – present |
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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. It debuted on October 3, 2012 and ended its domestic broadcasting on April 2, 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 is currently a sub-show of the Raw brand.
Production/presentation
The show is produced on Monday evenings, right before the Raw airing, and is broadcast on Thursday nights, similar to the system SmackDown's 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 commentator Vic Joseph and Corey Graves are the broadcast team, and 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
| Commentators | Dates |
|---|---|
| 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 27, 2013 May 15, 2013 – May 22, 2013 |
| Michael Cole and John "Bradshaw" Layfield | October 17, 2012 October 31, 2012 November 21–28, 2012 February 6, 2013 – February 23, 2013 April 3, 2013 – May 8, 2014 November 4, 2014 December 23, 2014 April 14, 2015 |
| Michael Cole and Brad Maddox | January 16, 2013 |
| Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler | February 27, 2013 |
| Josh Mathews and Wade Barrett | June 12, 2013 |
| Josh Mathews, The Miz, and Cody Rhodes | June 19, 2013 |
| Josh Matthews and The Miz | June 26, 2013 August 7, 2013 – August 21, 2013 September 11, 2013 October 16, 2013 – October 29, 2013 November 20, 2013 December 4, 2013 – December 11, 2013 December 25, 2013 |
| Josh Mathews and Cody Rhodes | July 3, 2013 |
| Josh Mathews and John "Bradshaw" Layfield | July 31, 2013 |
| Josh Mathews and Alex Riley | August 28, 2013 – September 4, 2013 September 18, 2013 – October 9, 2013 November 6, 2013 – November 13, 2013 November 27, 2013 December 18, 2013 |
| Tom Phillips and The Miz | January 1, 2014 – January 8, 2014 January 22, 2014 |
| Tom Phillips and Alex Riley | January 15, 2014 January 29, 2014 – February 5, 2014 |
| Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton | 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 14, 2017 – April 4, 2017 |
| Michael Cole and Byron Saxton | August 19, 2014 – October 21, 2014 November 11, 2014 – December 2, 2014 December 16, 2014 November 10, 2015 |
| Michael Cole, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, and Byron Saxton | October 28, 2014 |
| Tom Phillips and Renee Young | December 9, 2014 |
| Michael Cole, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, and Booker T | December 30, 2014 – January 6, 2015 |
| Tom Phillips and John "Bradshaw" Layfield | January 13, 2015 – March 24, 2015[3] |
| Tom Phillips and Jerry Lawler | January 27, 2015 May 3, 2016 – May 31, 2016 |
| Rich Brennan and John "Bradshaw" Layfield | April 7, 2015 April 21, 2015 – May 26, 2015 |
| Rich Brennan, John "Bradshaw" Layfield, and Jimmy Uso | June 2, 2015 – June 16, 2015 |
| Rich Brennan and Jerry Lawler | June 23, 2015 – July 14, 2015 July 28, 2015 – August 18, 2015 January 5, 2016 – April 26, 2016 |
| Rich Brennan and Michael Cole | July 21, 2015 |
| Tom Phillips and Jimmy Uso | August 25, 2015 |
| Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, and Jimmy Uso | September 1, 2015 – September 8, 2015 September 22, 2015 October 6, 2015 – October 27, 2015 |
| Michael Cole, Byron Saxton, and Jimmy Uso | September 29, 2015 |
| Kyle Edwards and Corey Graves | December 8, 2015 |
| Rich Brennan and Byron Saxton | December 22, 2015 – December 29, 2015 |
| Tom Phillips, Jerry Lawler, and Dolph Ziggler | May 24, 2016 – June 7, 2016 |
| Tom Phillips and David Otunga | June 14, 2016 – October 11, 2016 October 25, 2016 – November 22, 2016 |
| Tom Phillips, David Otunga, and Aiden English | October 18, 2016 |
| Cathy Kelley | November 22, 2016 December 13, 2016 |
| Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, and Austin Aries | December 20, 2016 – February 7, 2017 |
| Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, and R-Truth | February 14, 2017 – March 7, 2017 |
| Tom Phillips and Corey Graves | April 11, 2017 – May 19, 2017 |
| Vic Joseph and Corey Graves | May 26, 2017 – present |
Ring announcers
| Ring announcers | Dates |
|---|---|
| Lilian Garcia | October 3, 2012 – October 24, 2012 December 5, 2012 – 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 |
| Tony Chimel | October 31, 2012 – November 28, 2012 December 26, 2012 February 13, 2013 – June 24, 2014 |
| Eden Stiles | July 1, 2014 – February 23, 2016 April 19, 2016 |
| JoJo | April 7, 2015 – May 26, 2015 June 30, 2015 – July 7, 2015 October 13, 2015 July 19, 2016 November 29, 2016 – January 17, 2017 March 28, 2017 – April 4, 2017 |
| Greg Hamilton | March 1, 2016 – November 22, 2016 |
| Mike Rome | January 24, 2017 – March 21, 2017 April 11, 2017 – present |
International broadcasters
| Country | Network | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Hulu Plus | |
| Australia | WWE Network | |
| Canada | Sportsnet 360 | [4] |
| France | AB1 | [5] |
| Germany | Maxdome | [6] |
| Nepal, India, Pakistan | Sony TEN[7] | |
| Italy | Sky Sport | |
| Indonesia | MNC Sports 2 | [8][9] |
| Israel | Trace Sport Channel | [10] |
| Latin America | Fox Sports Latinoamérica | [11] |
| Malaysia | Astro SuperSport | [12] |
| New Zealand | the BOX | [13] |
| Arab World | MBC Action & Abu Dhabi Sports Channel | |
| Poland | Extreme Sports Channel | |
| Philippines | Fox Channel Asia | [13] |
| United Kingdom and Ireland | Sky Sports 3 & Sky Sports 3 HD | [14] |
| South Africa | e.tv |
See also
References
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