The Main Event

The term main event typically refers to the championship fight at a combat-sport event, the most prestigious match on the card.

The Main Event may also refer to:

Film and television

• The Main Event (1979 film), romantic comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal
• Main Event, Australia's only pay-per-view channel
• World Wrestling Entertainment television programming, including
  • Saturday Night's Main Event, series airing on NBC (1985–1992, 2006–2008)
  • WWF The Main Event, a Friday night spin-off (1988–1991)
• WCW Main Event, a professional wrestling series airing on TBS (1988–1998)
• The Main Event (Australian game show), Australian television game show that aired from 1991 to 1992 on the Seven Network, and hosted by Larry Emdur
• The Main Event (1927 film), directed by William K. Howard

Music

• The Main Event – Live, a 1974 Frank Sinatra recording
• The Main Event (album), the 2000 Fingathing debut
• "The Main Event" (song) a song by rapper Chamillionaire from his album Venom
• The Main Event (concert tour), an Australian concert tour, and later album, featuring John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John and Anthony Warlow
• "The Main Event/Fight", the 1979 disco single by Barbra Streisand

Video games

• The Main Event (arcade game), a professional wrestling game released in 1988
• WCW: The Main Event, 1994 game featuring characters from World Championship Wrestling
• Mike Tyson: Main Event, a 2011 iPhone game developed by RockLive featuring boxer, Mike Tyson

Nicknames

• "The Main Event", a nickname of professional wrestler Shawn Michaels
• "Main Event", streetball nickname of basketball player Waliyy Dixon

Other uses

• "The Main Event", World Series of Poker annual championship tournament
• "The Main Event" and "The Main Event 2008," featured Ohio State football players speaking about Christianity

• The Main Event (video), a video, released in 1999, of a tour The Main Event Tour by singers Olivia Newton-John, John Farnham and Anthony Warlow

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