WWE Main Event


WWE Main Event is a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE. The hour-long program features low card performers from WWE's roster, and it is primarily carried in international markets. In the United States, after initially airing on Ion Television, new episodes later became exclusive to the streaming service Hulu.
The show is taped on Monday evenings as an undercard to the live WWE Raw broadcast. Prior to November 28, 2016, the show was filmed prior to SmackDown, but was moved to Raw tapings to accommodate WWE Network's weekly cruiserweight show 205 Live, which is broadcast live following SmackDown.

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. 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.
WWE commentators Tom Phillips and MVP are the broadcast team, while Mike Rome is the ring announcer. From October 3, 2012 to January 22, 2014, "Diamond Eyes " 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

Ring announcers

International broadcasters