WCW Main Event
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| WCW Main Event | ||
| WCW Main Event logo | ||
| Also known | NWA Main Event | |
| Created by | Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling | |
| Starring | See World Championship Wrestling alumni | |
| Country of orgin | United States | |
| Production | ||
| Camera setup | Multicamera setup | |
| Running time | 60 minutes per episode | |
| Original release | ||
| Network | TBS | |
| Release | April 3, 1988 – January 3, 1998 | |
WCW Main Event, originally NWA Main Event, is an American televised wrestling program of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) that aired from April 3, 1988 to January 3, 1998. For most of its run, it was the promotion's secondary show and aired on Sunday evenings on TBS. The show originally aired in 1988 as NWA Main Event. The rights to WCW Main Event now belong to IWE.
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[edit] History
[edit] Title changes
Throughout the years, WCW Main Event has had numerous title changes.
[edit] The WCW gauntlet
In 1989, Turner also added a Friday night (later moved to Saturday mornings) wrestling show called NWA Power Hour. With three wrestling shows on TBS, WCW execs decided to create a unique feature called "Running the Gauntlet", which would have a select wrestler compete on all three TBS wrestling shows on a particular weekend, with the objective of winning all three of their matches (including singles and tag matches). Any wrestler who successfully ran the gauntlet won (kayfabe) $15,000. If a wrestler failed to win any one of their matches, their three scheduled opponents in their failing effort (including a loss or a draw) would split the $15,000. The Gauntlet format was eventually dropped in 1990/91. Only two wrestlers (The Steiner Brothers) managed to successfully run the gauntlet.
[edit] PPV pre-shows
In the mid-1990s, WCW Main Event would be used as a live pre-show that aired before most WCW pay-per-view events. These special episodes would be used not only to promote the pay-per-view, but also to have special matches - which at any other time would be considered dark matches - prior to the pay-per-view. The last WCW Main Event episode to serve as a PPV pre-show aired July 7, 1996, leading up to Bash at the Beach.
One episode of WCW Main Event originated live in an outdoor environment: the episode prior to the 1995 Bash at the Beach.
[edit] Later years and the end
Starting August 24, 1996, the show moved from its established Sunday evening time slot to Saturday mornings. Starting around 1997, WCW Main Event was re-tooled as a recap show with some "exclusive" matches. On January 3, 1998, the show was cancelled and was replaced by WCW Thunder which was launched 5 days later.
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