WWE Main Event

WWE Main Event is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that currently airs exclusively on the International broadcast syndication, and Hulu Plus every Wednesday nights. It debuted on October 3, 2012. Episodes are uploaded to the WWE Network 18 days after airing. The show is currently a sub-show of the Raw brand, and focuses on the highlights from that weeks episode of Raw.
The show shares some similarities with WWE Superstars as being a tertiary program.
==History==
The series first aired in the United States on Ion Television, originally premiering October 3, 2012 and airing on Wednesday nights. WWE considered the show to be a spiritual replacement for WWE Superstars (which previously aired on WGN America until 2011, and transitioned to WWE's digital platforms in the U.S. afterward). Hulu acquired rights to the series as well, as part of a larger pact that included video on-demand rights for WWE's main weekly programs.
Ion Television dropped the series in April 2014; following the cancellation, WWE streamed a live episode of Main Event from Detroit on its then-new subscription service WWE Network. It was reported to be a stress test for live events on the service in preparation for WrestleMania XXX.
Main Event was initially positioned as a non-branded show, featuring performers from both the Raw and SmackDown rosters. Following the 2016 WWE Draft, the program became exclusive to SmackDown. After the cancellation of WWE Superstars, Main Event became exclusive to Raw. This was also done to allow 205 Live to be taped after SmackDown went off the air.
WWE commentators Kevin Patrick and Byron Saxton are the broadcast team, while Mike Rome is the ring announcer. From October 3, 2012, to January 22, 2014, "Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)" by Shinedown served as the official theme for Main Event. Since January 29, 2014, "On My Own" by CFO$ now serves as the theme song.
===Commentators===
Commentators 	Date started 	Date finished
Michael Cole and The Miz 	October 3, 2012 	October 10, 2012
Michael Cole and The Miz 	October 24, 2012 	October 24, 2012
Michael Cole and The Miz 	November 7, 2012 	November 14, 2012
Michael Cole and The Miz 	December 5, 2012 	January 9, 2013
Michael Cole and The Miz 	January 23, 2013 	January 30, 2013
Michael Cole and The Miz 	February 20, 2013 	February 20, 2013
Michael Cole and The Miz 	March 6, 2013 	March 27, 2013
Michael Cole and The Miz 	May 15, 2013 	May 22, 2013
Michael Cole and JBL 	October 17, 2012 	October 17, 2012
Michael Cole and JBL 	October 31, 2012 	October 31, 2012
Michael Cole and JBL 	November 21, 2012 	November 28, 2012
Michael Cole and JBL 	February 6, 2013 	February 13, 2013
Michael Cole and JBL 	April 3, 2013 	May 8, 2013
Michael Cole and JBL 	November 4, 2014 	November 4, 2014
Michael Cole and JBL 	December 23, 2014 	December 23, 2014
Michael Cole and JBL 	April 14, 2015 	April 14, 2015
Michael Cole and Brad Maddox 	January 16, 2013 	January 16, 2013
Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler 	February 27, 2013 	February 27, 2013
Josh Mathews and Ricardo Rodriguez 	May 29, 2013 	June 5, 2013
Josh Mathews and Wade Barrett 	June 12, 2013 	June 12, 2013
Josh Mathews, The Miz and Cody Rhodes 	June 19, 2013 	June 19, 2013
Josh Mathews and The Miz 	June 26, 2013 	June 26, 2013
Josh Mathews and The Miz 	July 10, 2013 	July 24, 2013
Josh Mathews and The Miz 	August 7, 2013 	August 21, 2013
Josh Mathews and The Miz 	September 11, 2013	September 11, 2013
Josh Mathews and The Miz 	October 16, 2013 	October 30, 2013
Josh Mathews and The Miz 	November 20, 2013 	November 20, 2013
Josh Mathews and The Miz 	December 4, 2013 	December 11, 2013
Josh Mathews and The Miz 	December 25, 2013 	December 25, 2013
Josh Mathews and Cody Rhodes 	July 3, 2013 	July 3, 2013
Josh Mathews and JBL 	July 31, 2013 	July 31, 2013
Josh Mathews and Alex Riley 	August 28, 2013 	September 4, 2013
Josh Mathews and Alex Riley 	September 18, 2013	October 9, 2013
Josh Mathews and Alex Riley 	November 6, 2013 	November 13, 2013
Josh Mathews and Alex Riley 	November 27, 2013 	November 27, 2013
Josh Mathews and Alex Riley 	December 18, 2013 	December 18, 2013
Tom Phillips and The Miz 	January 1, 2014 	January 8, 2014
Tom Phillips and The Miz 	January 22, 2014 	January 22, 2014
Tom Phillips and Alex Riley 	January 15, 2014 	January 15, 2014
Tom Phillips and Alex Riley 	January 29, 2014 	February 5, 2014
Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton 	February 12, 2014 	August 12, 2014
Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton 	March 31, 2015 	March 31, 2015
Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton 	September 15, 2015	September 15, 2015
Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton 	November 3, 2015 	November 3, 2015
Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton 	November 17, 2015 	December 1, 2015
Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton 	December 15, 2015 	December 15, 2015
Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton 	November 29, 2016 	December 6, 2016
Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton 	March 15, 2017 	April 4, 2017
Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton 	April 9, 2020 	April 16, 2020
Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton 	August 7, 2020 	November 4, 2020
Michael Cole and Byron Saxton 	August 19, 2014 	October 21, 2014
Michael Cole and Byron Saxton 	November 11, 2014 	December 2, 2014
Michael Cole and Byron Saxton 	December 16, 2014 	December 16, 2014
Michael Cole and Byron Saxton 	November 10, 2015 	November 10, 2015
Michael Cole and Byron Saxton 	September 16, 2020	September 16, 2020
Michael Cole, JBL and Byron Saxton 	October 28, 2014 	October 28, 2014
Tom Phillips and Renee Young 	December 9, 2014 	December 9, 2014
Tom Phillips and Renee Young 	July 25, 2019 	August 1, 2019
Michael Cole, JBL and Booker T 	December 30, 2014 	January 6, 2015
Tom Phillips and JBL 	January 13, 2015 	January 20, 2015
Tom Phillips and JBL 	February 3, 2015 	March 24, 2015
Rich Brennan and JBL 	April 7, 2015 	April 7, 2015
Rich Brennan and JBL 	April 21, 2015 	May 26, 2015
Rich Brennan, JBL and Jimmy Uso 	June 2, 2015 	June 16, 2015
Rich Brennan and Jerry Lawler 	June 23, 2015 	July 14, 2015
Rich Brennan and Jerry Lawler 	July 28, 2015 	August 18, 2015
Rich Brennan and Jerry Lawler 	January 5, 2016 	April 26, 2016
Michael Cole and Rich Brennan 	July 21, 2015 	July 21, 2015
Tom Phillips and Jimmy Uso 	August 25, 2015 	August 25, 2015
Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, and Jimmy Uso 	September 1, 2015 	September 8, 2015
Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, and Jimmy Uso 	September 22, 2015	September 22, 2015
Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, and Jimmy Uso 	October 6, 2015 	October 27, 2015
Michael Cole, Byron Saxton and Jimmy Uso 	September 29, 2015	September 29, 2015
Kyle Edwards and Corey Graves 	December 8, 2015 	December 8, 2015
Rich Brennan and Byron Saxton 	December 22, 2015 	December 29, 2015
Tom Phillips and Jerry Lawler 	January 29, 2015 	January 29, 2015
Tom Phillips and Jerry Lawler 	May 3, 2016 	May 17, 2016
Tom Phillips, Jerry Lawler and Dolph Ziggler 	May 24, 2016 	June 7, 2016
Tom Phillips and David Otunga 	June 14, 2016 	June 14, 2016
Tom Phillips and David Otunga 	June 28, 2016 	October 11, 2016
Tom Phillips and David Otunga 	October 25, 2016 	November 22, 2016
Tom Phillips, Dolph Ziggler and David Otunga 	June 21, 2016 	June 21, 2016
Tom Phillips, David Otunga and Aiden English 	October 18, 2016 	October 18, 2016
Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton and Austin Aries 	December 20, 2016 	February 8, 2017
Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton and R-Truth 	February 15, 2017 	March 8, 2017
Tom Phillips and Corey Graves 	April 12, 2017 	May 17, 2017
Vic Joseph and Corey Graves 	May 24, 2017 	August 30, 2017
Vic Joseph and Corey Graves 	September 27, 2017	September 27, 2017
Vic Joseph and Corey Graves 	January 31, 2018 	January 31, 2018
Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness 	September 6, 2017 	September 20, 2017
Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness 	October 4, 2017 	January 24, 2018
Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness 	February 7, 2018 	April 4, 2018
Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness and Percy Watson 	April 11, 2018 	April 11, 2018
Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness and Percy Watson 	April 25, 2018 	June 13, 2018
Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness and Percy Watson 	June 27, 2018 	January 18, 2019
Vic Joseph and Percy Watson 	April 18, 2018 	April 18, 2018
Tom Phillips and Percy Watson 	June 20, 2018 	June 20, 2018
Byron Saxton, Percy Watson, and Renee Young 	January 25, 2019 	March 29, 2019
Vic Joseph, Byron Saxton and Renee Young 	April 4, 2019 	April 11, 2019
Byron Saxton, Renee Young and Sam Roberts 	April 18, 2019 	April 18, 2019
Byron Saxton, Renee Young and Sam Roberts 	May 23, 2019 	May 23, 2019
Byron Saxton, Renee Young and Sam Roberts 	July 13, 2019 	July 19, 2019
Byron Saxton, Renee Young, and David Otunga 	April 25, 2019 	May 2, 2019
Byron Saxton and Renee Young 	May 9, 2019 	May 9, 2019
Byron Saxton and Renee Young 	May 30, 2019 	July 3, 2019
Byron Saxton and Renee Young 	August 8, 2019 	September 5, 2019
Byron Saxton, Nigel McGuinness and Aiden English	May 16, 2019 	May 16, 2019
Byron Saxton, Renee Young and Dio Maddin 	September 12, 2019	September 19, 2019
Vic Joseph, Mickie James and Dio Maddin 	September 26, 2019	September 26, 2019
Byron Saxton, Mickie James, and Dio Maddin 	October 10, 2019 	November 7, 2019
Vic Joseph and Byron Saxton 	November 21, 2019 	November 28, 2019
Byron Saxton and Mickie James 	December 5, 2019 	April 2, 2020
Tom Phillips and MVP 	April 23, 2020 	July 29, 2020
Byron Saxton and Samoa Joe 	September 9, 2020 	September 9, 2020
Tom Phillips and Samoa Joe 	November 11, 2020 	March 3, 2021
Kevin Patrick and Byron Saxton 	March 10, 2021 	present
===Ring announcers===
Ring announcers	Dates
Lilian Garcia 	October 3, 2012 – October 24, 2012December 5, 2012 – December 19, 2012January 2, 2013 – February 6, 2013May 29, 2013October 9, 2013November 27, 2013January 1, 2014March 18, 2014April 15, 2014May 27, 2014March 24, 2015November 3, 2015
Tony Chimel 	October 31, 2012 – November 28, 2012December 26, 2012February 13, 2013 – May 22, 2013June 5, 2013 – October 2, 2013October 16, 2013 – November 20, 2013December 4, 2013 – December 25, 2013January 8, 2014 – March 11, 2014March 25, 2014 – April 8, 2014April 22, 2014 – May 20, 2014June 3, 2014 – June 24, 2014
Eden 	July 1, 2014 – March 17, 2015March 31, 2015June 2, 2015 – June 23, 2015July 14, 2015 – October 6, 2015October 20, 2015 – October 27, 2015November 10, 2015 – February 23, 2016April 19, 2016
JoJo 	April 7, 2015 – May 26, 2015June 30, 2015 – July 7, 2015October 13, 2015July 19, 2016November 29, 2016 – December 6, 2016December 20, 2016 – January 18, 2017March 22, 2017 – April 4, 2017September 13, 2017March 21, 2018
Greg Hamilton 	March 1, 2016 – April 12, 2016April 26, 2016 – July 12, 2016July 26, 2016 – November 22, 2016
Mike Rome 	January 25, 2017 – March 15, 2017April 12, 2017 – September 6, 2017September 20, 2017 – March 14, 2018March 28, 2018 – present
==Previous Logo==
WWE Main Event 2012 Logo.jpg
==External links==
*Main Event at WWE.com
* on WWE Network
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