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'''''WWE Main Event''''' is a {{professional wrestling}} television program produced by {{Wrestling/WWE}} that debuted October 3, 2012 on Creator/IonTelevision, then went to live streaming on the WWE Network, and is now broadcast on Creator/{{Hulu}} (which receives new episodes first), Creator/{{Peacock}}, and the WWE Network. It features WWE wrestlers, and complements WWE's primary programs, ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'' and ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]]'', with two exclusive matches and behind-the-scenes content per episode.

Unlike ''Wrestling/WWESuperstars'', ''WWE Main Event'' originally featured main event and upper mid-card talent which includes Wrestling/JohnCena, Wrestling/CMPunk, {{Wrestling/Sheamus}}, Wrestling/TheBigShow, Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio, {{Wrestling/Kane}}, Wrestling/DanielBryan, Wrestling/RandyOrton, [[{{Wrestling/DolphZiggler}} Dolph Ziggler]], Wrestling/TheMiz, and Wrestling/TheShield. However, ''Main Event'' has since become, for all intents and purposes, another version of ''Wrestling/WWESuperstars'', both of which feature mid-to-low card wrestlers and Divas (although very recently the show now features mid-to-low card Superstars as well as an occasional match involving the cruiserweights as women's matches have increasingly been featured on RAW and Smackdown as of late).

In recent years, ''Main Event's'' prestige and importance within WWE has taken a ''nosedive''. To illustrate how little of relevance ''Main Event'' is, WWE rarely even bothers uploading the show's highlights to their [=YouTube=] channel.

Most of the talent you'll see on ''Main Event'' are DemotedToExtra wrestlers who are on the tail end of their time in the WWE, before inevitably falling victim to ChuckCunninghamSyndrome. However, that's not always the case. Oftentimes, ''Main Event'' is used by the company as a means for testing and tweaking new gimmicks and characters before they arrive on ''Raw'' or ''Smackdown''. Or, new talent callups from {{Wrestling/WWENXT}} could show up here first in order to get some experience on lower-stakes programming before trying out one of the more important shows.

!!Tropes Associated with Main Event:
* ButtMonkey: Due to its extremely low importance status within WWE, a superstar who loses a match on ''Main Event'' is often seen as this within the fandom.
* BShow
* DemotedToExtra: ''Main Event'' often features wrestling talent that once appeared prominently on either ''Raw'' or ''Smackdown'' but WWE decided was no longer worth showcasing on one of their more important shows.
* GenderEqualEnsemble: Since 2018 or so, episodes of Main Event generally feature one men's match and one women's show, very rarely has there ever been a show with two men's matches and no women's match.
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