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Film and television

* ''The Main Event'' (1927 film), directed by William K. Howard * ''The Main Event'' (1938 film), 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by Danny Dare * ''The Main Event'' (1979 film), romantic comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal * ''The Main Event'' (2020 film), comedy starring Seth Carr, Tichina Arnold, Ken Marino, and Adam Pally *
Main Event (TV channel) Main Event (previously known as Event TV or Main Attraction) is Australia's only sports pay-per-view channel. It transmits through Foxtel and Kayo. It broadcasts major sporting and entertainment events such as boxing, professional wrestling, m ...
, Australia's only pay-per-view channel * ''World Wrestling Entertainment'' television programming, including ** ''
Saturday Night's Main Event ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' is a series of American professional wrestling television specials produced by WWE (originally the World Wrestling Federation or WWF). It was originally broadcast by NBC from 1985 to 1991, replacing ''Saturday ...
'', series airing on NBC (1985–1992, 2006–2008) ** ''
WWF The Main Event ''The Main Event'' is an American series of professional wrestling television specials that were produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). ''The Main Event'' was a spin-off of ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' and was held only one time ...
'', a Friday night spin-off (1988–1991) ** ''
WWE Main Event ''WWE Main Event'' is an American professional wrestling streaming television program produced by WWE. Premiering on October 3, 2012, the hour-long program features mid-to-low-card wrestlers from WWE's Raw brand and SmackDown brand, while als ...
'', a current weekly program series launched in 2012 * ''
WCW Main Event ''WCW Main Event'', originally ''NWA Main Event'', is an American televised wrestling program of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) that aired from April 3, 1988 to January 3, 1998. For most of its run, it was the promotion's secondary show and ...
'', 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 * ''
Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of British broadcasting of sports events, subscription sports channels operated by the satellite television, satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television ...
, Main Event'', a TV channel


Music

* '' The Main Event – Live'', a 1974 Frank Sinatra recording * ''The Main Event'' (album), the 2000 Fingathing debut * "The Main Event" (Chamillionaire song), 2010 * The Main Event (1998 concert tour), an Australian concert tour featuring John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John and Anthony Warlow *
The Main Event (2015 concert tour) The Main Event was a co-headlining concert tour from American boy band New Kids on the Block with special guests TLC, and Nelly. The tour began on May 1, 2015, in Las Vegas, and finished on July 2, 2015, in Buffalo, New York. It included close to ...
, an American concert tour featuring New Kids on the Block, TLC and Nelly * " The Main Event/Fight", the 1979 disco song by Barbra Streisand


Video games

* ''The Main Event'' (video 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 Shawn Michaels (born Michael Shawn Hickenbottom on July 22, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative aspects of th ...
* "Main Event", streetball nickname of basketball player
Waliyy Dixon Waliyy Dixon (born February 27, 1974), better known by his streetball nickname "Main Event", is an American professional basketball player. He was born and raised in Linden, New Jersey. Early life Dixon spent his youth honing his streetball skill ...
* The "Main Event", nickname bestowed upon Brian Bagley during the Golden Era of Sinking Spring, PA


Other uses

* Main Event (college basketball), an NCAA tournament * ''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 *
Main Event Entertainment Main Event Entertainment is an American chain of family entertainment centers. The company was formerly headquartered in Coppell, Texas, before being sold to their former competitor Dave & Buster’s in 2022. Main Event currently operates 58 loca ...
, a U.S. chain of entertainment facilities that features bowling, video games, and billiards * "The Main Event",
World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada, and since 2004, sponsored by Eldorado Resorts, Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best ...
annual championship tournament * "The Main Event", the name of a V8 Supercars event in 2003, later known as the
Grand Finale Grande Finale, Grand Final, Grande Final, Grand Finale, may refer to: Events * Grand Finale (''Cassini''), the final phase of the ''Cassini'' orbiter mission to Saturn *Grande Finale, Jackson County Apple Festival, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio, ...


See also

* Maine Event (born 1990), American rapper {{DEFAULTSORT:Main Event, The