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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#A9A9F5" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''''WCW Main Event'''''</span><br>
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Also known'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |''NWA Main Event''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Created by'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[Jim Crockett Promotions]] / [[World Championship Wrestling]]
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Starring'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |See [[List of former World Championship Wrestling personnel|World Championship Wrestling alumni]]
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Country of orgin'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |United States
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[Multicamera setup]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |60 minutes per episode
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| bgcolor=#A9BCF5 align="center" colspan="3" |'''Original release'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Network'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |[[TBS (American TV CChannel)|TBS]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" |April 3, 1988 –<br>January 3, 1998
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'''''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 [[professional wrestling promotion|promotion]]'s secondary show and aired on Sunday evenings on [[TBS (American TV Channel)|TBS]]. The show originally aired in 1988 as ''NWA Main Event''. The rights to ''WCW Main Event'' now belong to [[IWE]].

==History==

===Title changes===
Throughout the years, ''WCW Main Event'' has had numerous title changes.

==The WCW gauntlet==
In 1989, Turner also added a Friday night (later moved to Saturday mornings) wrestling show called ''[[WCW Power Hour|NWA Power Hour]]''. With three wrestling shows on TBS, WCW execs decided to create a unique feature called "Running the Gauntlet", which would have a select wrestler compete on all three TBS wrestling shows on a particular weekend, with the objective of winning all three of their matches (including singles and tag matches). Any wrestler who successfully ran the gauntlet won ([[kayfabe]]) $15,000. If a wrestler failed to win any one of their matches, their three scheduled opponents in their failing effort (including a loss or a draw) would split the $15,000. The Gauntlet format was eventually dropped in 1990/91. Only two wrestlers ([[The Steiner Brothers]]) managed to successfully run the gauntlet.

==PPV pre-shows==
In the mid-1990s, ''WCW Main Event'' would be used as a live pre-show that aired before most WCW pay-per-view events. These special episodes would be used not only to promote the pay-per-view, but also to have special matches - which at any other time would be considered [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#dark match|dark matches]] - prior to the pay-per-view. The last ''WCW Main Event'' episode to serve as a PPV pre-show aired July 7, 1996, leading up to [[WCW Bash at the Beach (1996)|Bash at the Beach]].

One episode of ''WCW Main Event'' originated live in an outdoor environment: the episode prior to the [[WCW Bash at the Beach#1995|1995 Bash at the Beach]].

==Later years and the end==
Starting August 24, 1996, the show moved from its established Sunday evening time slot to Saturday mornings. Starting around 1997, ''WCW Main Event'' was re-tooled as a recap show with some "exclusive" matches. On January 3, 1998, the show was cancelled and was replaced by [[WCW Wednesday Night Thunder|WCW Thunder]] which was launched 5 days later.

==References==

==External links==

{{WCW programs}}
{{TBSNetwork Shows}}
{{Jim Crockett Promotions}}

WCW Main Event - Revision history

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