WWE’s Classic Main Event Series Sets Return on Peacock & NBC

WWE followers have rather a lot to have fun lately. Monday Night time Uncooked is transferring to Netflix in January, Smackdown simply premiered on the USA Community, and Saturday Night time’s Essential Occasion is returning in December as a part of the corporate’s general take care of NBCUniversal. Per Variety, the primary particular can be simulcast on each NBC and Peacock on December 18 starting at 8e/5p, with the occasion broadcast from the place all of it started almost 40 years in the past, the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Lengthy Island, N.Y.

That is solely the start, too. The deal between WWE and NBCUniversal will convey a complete of 4 quarterly Saturday Night time’s Essential Occasion specials to the community. Presale tickets for the primary occasion go on sale beginning Thursday, September 19, and followers can register now on WWE’s website to get a particular presale bonus provide. Tickets will formally go on sale starting Friday, September 20, with common seating and precedence passes accessible that can convey followers even nearer to the motion with hospitality occasions, picture ops with the superstars, and extra.

Because the world of WWE is ever evolving, the cardboard has but to be finalized for December’s Saturday Night time’s Essential Occasion. We nonetheless have three premium dwell occasions to get by way of earlier than then, together with Dangerous Blood, Crown Jewel, and Survivor Collection, all of which might change the present panorama and see new champions topped. As such, to announce matches for a December occasion now can be leaping the gun, so we’ll have to attend and see how every part performs out on TV earlier than we all know which combatants will face off with each other in three months on NBC and Peacock.

Saturday Night time’s Essential Occasion Was Host To Many Memorable Moments

Premiering in 1985 on NBC, Saturday Night time’s Essential Occasion broke new floor for the wrestling enterprise, which up till that time had not often aired in prime time on community tv. By the point it concluded in 1992, a complete of 31 specials had aired, and the final followers noticed the collection was in 2006, when it was briefly revived for 5 episodes stretched out over two years.

Memorable moments from the varied specials embody Hulk Hogan and Paul Orndorff escaping a metal cage on the similar time in 1986, the formation of The Mega Powers (Hogan and Randy Savage) in 1987, Jake “The Snake” Roberts DDT’ing Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat on the concrete ground in 1986, and Sid Justice strolling out on Hogan throughout their match with The Undertaker and Ric Aptitude in 1992.

Whereas the primary Saturday Night time’s Essential Occasion that aired 40 years in the past featured Vince McMahon and Jesse “The Physique” Ventura on commentary, it’s attainable the WWE is perhaps seeking to recapture a few of that very same magic in 2024. Although Vince McMahon is formally gone from the corporate following quite a few allegations of sexual assault and human trafficking (that are at the moment beneath federal investigation), Ventura mentioned in an interview lately that he’s on the verge of signing a Legend’s Take care of the corporate, which might put the duo again in each other’s good graces after years of estrangement. May this result in The Physique being featured on commentary as soon as extra? We’ll have to attend till December to seek out out.