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2 unusual facts about Saturday Night's Main Event


John Cone

Cone has said he is most proud of his performance in the boxing match between Matt Hardy and Evander Holyfield, which took place in August 2007 in front of a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden on Saturday Night's Main Event.

Saturday Night's Main Event

It coincided with and contributed to the apogee of the "second golden age" of professional wrestling in the United States.


...Saturday Night, 'Round Ten

A recording of "The Cream And The Crock" from the same gigs was released as a B-side to the Internet-only single "Who Put the Devil in You".

Alison Whyte

In addition to television roles, she has appeared in the two-actor film Saturday Night, with Aaron Pedersen.

Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center

It was also the site of the famous 1989 steel cage match between Hulk Hogan and The Big Boss Man on Saturday Night's Main Event.

Holborn tube station

The disused branch line platform and other parts of the station have been used in the filming of music videos for Howard Jones' "New Song", Leftfield's "Release the Pressure", Suede's "Saturday Night" and Aqua's "Turn Back Time".

Kiddush

When a festival is on Saturday night, Kiddush is recited, but Havdalah must also be said because Shabbat is holier than the festivals.

Magnormos

This event included one-night -only presentations of three Sondheim musicals across three consecutive Mondays: Saturday Night, Merrily We Roll Along and Anyone Can Whistle.

Until 2007, Magnormos predominantly presented readings of musicals, and these included Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night, Mel Brooks' Archy & Mehitabel, Craig Christie's Water Into Wine and Peter Pinne's A Bunch of Ratbags.

The Triptych included presentations of Saturday Night, Merrily We Roll Along, and Anyone Can Whistle.

Mid-Hudson Civic Center

Mair Hall opened in the summer of 1976 with a sold out performance by the Bay City Rollers who at the time was enjoying worldwide fame and had the #1 song on US Billboard charts called "Saturday Night."

Primavera Productions

In 2009, Primavera Productions produced the first revival of Stephen Sondheim's first musical Saturday Night at the Jermyn Street Theatre.

Steve Armstrong

He was mainly used as a jobber working with his brother Scott as The Armstrongs on Saturday Night, WorldWide and on rare occasions on Monday Nitro.

Terry Taylor

On the January 7, 1989 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event, the Rooster lost a match to Tito Santana due to being distracted by an argument with Heenan.

Wouldn't You Like It?

A 2004 CD reissue on Bell included four bonus tracks: the smash hit "Saturday Night"; which had appeared on Japanese pressings of the original LP; "She'll Be Crying Over You" (originally the B-side of the UK "Give a Little Love" single); and two previously unissued tracks featuring early Roller Nobby Clark on lead vocal: "Wouldn't You Like It? (1972 version)" and "I'd Do It Again".


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