The Main Event
Encyclopedia
The term main event typically refers to the championship fight at a combat-sport
event, the most prestigious match on the card
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The Main Event may also refer to:
Combat sport
A Combat sport, also known as a Fighting sport, is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement , typically with the aim of simulating parts of real hand to hand combat...
event, the most prestigious match on the card
Card (sports)
In sports, a card comprises a listing of the matches taking place in a title-match combat-sport event. Organizers divide overall cards into a main-event match and the undercard, which encompasses the rest of the matches. One can also further subdivide the undercard into midcard and lower card,...
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The Main Event may also refer to:
Film and television
- The Main Event (1979 film)The Main Event (1979 film)The Main Event is a 1979 comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, written by Gail Parent and directed by Howard Zieff.The film received negative reviews from critics, but was among the Top 10 highest grossing films of the year at the box office...
, romantic comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal - Main EventMain EventMain Event is Australia's only pay-per-view channel. It transmits through Foxtel, Optus Television and Austar, which jointly own the channel...
, Australia's only pay-per-view channel - World Wrestling Entertainment television programming, including
- Saturday Night's Main Event, series airing on NBC (1985–1992, 2006–2008)
- WWF The Main EventWWF The Main EventThe Main Event was a professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation . It was a spin-off of the show WWF Saturday Night's Main Event and occasionally aired on NBC on Friday nights. Only the first three The Main Event episodes were shown live on NBC. The final...
, a Friday night spin-off (1988–1991)
- WCW Main EventWCW Main EventWCW Main Event is a televised wrestling program of World Championship Wrestling that aired from 1988 to 1998. For most of its run, it was the promotion's secondary show and aired on Sunday evenings on TBS. The show originally aired in 1988 as NWA Main Event...
, a professional wrestling series airing on TBS (1988–1998) - The Main Event (Australian game show), Australian television game showGame showA game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
that aired from 1991 to 1992 on the Seven Network, and hosted by Larry EmdurLarry EmdurLarry Emdur is an Australian television personality. He is currently co-hosting Saturday's Weekend Sunrise alongside Samantha Armytage....
- The Main Event (1927 film), directed by William K. HowardWilliam K. HowardWilliam K. Howard was a film director, writer and producer.Howard began his work in Hollywood as an assistant director on the 1920 release The Adorable Savage. The following year, he received his first directing credits, for Get Your Man, Play Square and What Love Will Do...
Music
- The Main Event – LiveThe Main Event – Live-Track listing:#Overture: "It Was a Very Good Year"/"All the Way"/"My Kind of Town" // – 3:12 #"The Lady Is a Tramp" – 3:02...
, a 1974 Frank Sinatra recording - The Main Event (album)The Main Event (album)The Main Event was the debut album released by Fingathing in November 2000 on Grand Central Records.Believed to be named after the series of wrestling bouts broadcast by the World Wrestling Federation .-Track listing:# "Intro" – 0:43...
, the 2000 Fingathing debut - "The Main Event" (song)The Main Event (song)"The Main Event" is a single by southern rapper Chamillionaire. It is the second single off his third studio album Venom. It features Texas rappers Slim Thug, Paul Wall and Dorrough, and was produced by Scott "CHOPS" Jung.-History:...
a song by rapper Chamillionaire from his album Venom - The Main Event (concert tour)The Main Event (concert tour)The Main Event Tour was a 1998 joint concert tour by Australian singers John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John and Anthony Warlow.-Description:The overture would start with the percussionist on the timpani, and the Drummer . Then the brass would come in, and the last four bars of "You're the Voice"...
, an Australian concert tour, and later album, featuring John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John and Anthony Warlow - "The Main Event/Fight", the 1979 disco single by Barbra StreisandBarbra StreisandBarbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
Video games
- The Main Event (arcade game)The Main Event (arcade game)The Main Event, known in Japan as Ringu no Ouja , is a professional wrestling arcade game released by Konami in 1988....
, a professional wrestling game released in 1988 - WCW: The Main Event, 1994 game featuring characters from World Championship Wrestling
- Mike Tyson: Main EventMike Tyson: Main EventMike Tyson: Main Event is an arcade style mobile game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It was developed in 2011 by RockLive. It uses the RockLive, Facebook and Twitter social platforms.-Gameplay:...
, a 2011 iPhone game developed by RockLive featuring boxer, Mike Tyson
Nicknames
- "The Main Event", a nickname of professional wrestler Shawn MichaelsShawn MichaelsMichael Shawn Hickenbottom , better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American television host and retired professional wrestler. He presents the Outdoor Channel show MacMillan River Adventures, and is currently signed to WWE, where he has served in an ambassadorial role since December...
- "Main Event", streetballStreetballStreetball or street basketball is a variation of the sport of basketball, typically played on outdoor courts and featuring significantly less by way of formal structure and enforcement of the game's rules...
nickname of basketball player Waliyy DixonWaliyy DixonWaliyy Dixon , 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:...
Other uses
- "The Main Event", World Series of PokerWorld Series of PokerThe World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...
annual championship tournament - "The Main Event" and "The Main Event 2008," featured Ohio State footballOhio State Buckeyes footballThe Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of The Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level. The team nickname is derived from the state...
players speaking about ChristianityChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
- The Main Event (video)The Main Event (video)The Main Event is a video, released in 1999, of a tour The Main Event Tour by singers Olivia Newton-John, John Farnham and Anthony Warlow.-Track listing:#"Overture"#"Age Of Reason" [JF,ONJ,AW]#"Phantom of The Opera" [AW,ONJ,JF]...
, a video, released in 1999, of a tour The Main Event Tour by singers Olivia Newton-John, John Farnham and Anthony Warlow