Main Event or The Main Event may refer to:

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), 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 Event, a Friday night spin-off (1988–1991)
  • WWE Main Event, a current weekly program series launched in 2012
  • WCW Main Event, 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

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  • Sky Sports, 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), 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
  • "Main Event", streetball nickname of basketball player Waliyy Dixon
  • 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, a U.S. chain of entertainment facilities that features bowling, video games, and billiards
  • "The Main Event", World Series of Poker annual championship tournament
  • "The Main Event", the name of a V8 Supercars event in 2003, later known as the Grand Finale

See also

  • Maine Event (born 1990), American rapper