WWE Saturday Evening’s Foremost Occasion is coming again to primetime tv. The skilled wrestling collection, which has aired intermittently since 1985, returns to broadcast for the primary time since 2008 on Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. ET.
WWE introduced Saturday Evening’s Foremost Occasion’s revival on Tuesday. It is the primary quarterly primetime particular airing on NBC and Peacock. The professional wrestling promotion will air 4 primetime specials yearly as a part of WWE’s new five-year home media rights partnership with NBCUniversal, which started final Friday when SmackDown aired on USA Community.
The Dec. 14 card takes place at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Lengthy Island, New York, the positioning of the inaugural Saturday Evening’s Foremost Occasion.
Saturday Evening’s Foremost Occasion first aired on NBC between 1985 and 1991 earlier than shifting to Fox in 1992. It was revived between 2006 and 2008 on NBC, and was most not too long ago used for non-televised home reveals on Saturdays.
The March 14, 1987 episode of Saturday Evening’s Foremost Occasion on NBC stays the best score any present has accomplished in that point slot. A battle royal that includes Hulk Hogan and Andre the Big, previous their legendary encounter at WrestleMania III, drew an 11.6 score. Saturday Evening’s Foremost Occasion 1985 premiere was headlined by Hogan vs. “Cowboy” Bob Orton — Randy Orton’s father — for the WWF world heavyweight championship. Hogan headlined the primary 10 Saturday Evening’s Foremost Occasions playing cards.Â
The 2006 to 2008 run had highs and lows. The primary two playing cards of the primary revival have been headlined by Shane McMahon vs. Shawn Michaels in a avenue combat and Edge vs. John Cena for the WWE title, respectively. The 2007 playing cards bizarrely featured Doink the Clown in a six-man tag workforce match and a 44-second boxing match between Evander Holyfield and Matt Hardy.