On May 3, 1986 WWF Saturday Night's Main Event VI aired on NBC from in Providence, Rhode Island at the Providence Civic Center. In a classic WWF moment, Jake “The Snake” Roberts attacked Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat from behind and took him out with his finisher, the DDT, on the arena's concrete floor prior to the match starting, helping set up a feud that continued through the summer and early fall of 1986. The match drew a 9.3 rating on NBC. It is said Steamboat was legitimately knocked uncons

On February 8, 1992 WWF Saturday Night's Main Event XXX aired from Lubbock, Texas, at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. The event was the first Saturday Night's Main Event to air on Fox and drew an 8.2 rating and 14.3 million viewers. Sid Justice left his tag-team partner Hulk Hogan alone to face Ric Flair and The Undertaker, further fueling their tensions since the Royal Rumble. Sid Justice and Hogan would go on to face off at Wrestlemania VIII. | Davenport Sports Network

What a mega main event of Saturday Night's Main Event! I love Vince McMahon's intro: “For the first time in WWF history: the Ultimate Warrior, the reigning Intercontinental Champion, joins forces with Hulk Hogan, the reigning WWF Champion “The Hulkster & the Warrior, together as a team, right here on Saturday Night’s Main Event!” This scored a huge 11.1 rating on NBC - in effect, 18 million viewers or so watched this! (The WWE can only imagine this kind of TV rating nowadays!) #onthisdayinwwe |

On March 14, 1987 WWF’s Saturday Night's Main Event X aired on NBC from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The event drew an 11.6 rating. Take a look back to the Battle Royal as things begin to heat up between Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan before WrestleMania III. | Davenport Sports Network

373K views · 4.5K reactions | On March 14, 1987 WWF’s Saturday Night's Main Event X aired on NBC from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The event drew an 11.6 rating. Take a look back to the Battle Royal as things begin to heat up between Andre the Giant and WWF Champion Hulk Hogan before their match at WrestleMania III on March 29th. Hercules won by last eliminating Billy Jack Haynes. The event was filmed on February 21, 1987. | Davenport Sports Network | Facebook

11K views · 190 reactions | On November 1, 1987 WWF Wrestling from Maple Leaf Gardens took place from Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In the main event, “Ravishing” Rick Rude and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff squared off inside of a steel cage. The match was called by Gorilla Monsoon and Nick Bockwinkel. | Davenport Sports Network | Facebook

1.5M views · 33K reactions | On this date in 1987, Hulk Hogan body slammed Andre the Giant in one of the most incredible matches in #WrestleMania history 勞 ( @WWE) | CBS Sports | Facebook

30 years ago today, Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant squared off in what was the biggest match in wrestling history. | CBS Sports