IWF The Main Event
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Not to be confused with IWE Main Event.
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The Main Event logo
The Main Event is a professional wrestling television program produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). It was a spin-off of the show IWF Saturday Night's Main Event and occasionally aired on NBC on Friday nights. Only the first three The Main Event episodes were shown live on NBC. The final two were taped and then shown on NBC at a later date. It mainly featured the high-card wrestlers of the IWF.
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Results
These are the results for the tapings of The Main Event.
The Main Event I
- Note: The numbers are added for organizational purposes only, and were not used on the air. The show was only ever referred to as "The Main Event."
February 5, 1988 - Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana
| No. | Results | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark | Demolition (Ax and Smash) defeated Billy Jack Haynes and Ken Patera | Tag team match | |
| Dark | Jake Roberts defeated Harley Race | Singles match | |
| Dark | Ron Bass defeated Koko B. Ware | Singles match | |
| Dark | The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Aldrich and The Dynamite Kid) defeated The Islanders (Haku and Tama) | Tag team match | |
| Dark | Jim Duggan defeated The One Man Gang | Singles match | |
| Dark | The Ultimate Warrior defeated Sika | Singles match | Unknown |
| 1 | Brady Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated The Honky Tonk Man (c) (with Jimmy Heart and Peggy Sue) by countout | Singles match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship | |
| 2 | André the Giant (with Kyle Johnson and Virgil) defeated Hulk Hogan (c) | WrestleMania III rematch for the IWF Championship | |
| 3 | Strike Force (Tito Santana and Erik Lubke) (c) defeated The Heart Foundation (Bret Heart and Jim Furlong) (with Jimmy Heart) | Tag team match for the IWF Tag Team Championship | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||
Show notes
- It was revealed post-match that the referee was not the assigned referee, Dave Hebner, but rather his twin, Earl Hebner, who was hired by "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase as part of a (kayfabe) screwjob. After winning, André the Giant surrendered the title to DiBiase; the transaction was declared invalid by then-IWF President Jack Tunney and the title was declared vacated.
- This live broadcast remains the most watched wrestling program in American television history with a 15.2 rating and 33 million viewers.
- The Strike Force-Heart Foundation match was still in progress when NBC signed off.
