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Raw’s Main Event Announced, Remebering SNME - ” Was Special”

-Last night, It was announced on Saturday Night’s Main Event telecast that this Monday on Raw, John Cena and Batista will team up against Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase for the WWE World Tag Team Titles.

-It’s not as if last night’s Saturday Night’s Main Event was a bad show, but it certainly wasn’t anything to get excited about. As I watched the broadcast on NBC, I thought back to the old days when Saturday Night’s Main Event was a really big deal.

For those not old enough to remember, SNME originally aired about five times a year from 1985-1991 on NBC in Saturday Night Live’s regular time slot from 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. There was no Monday Night Raw or Smackdown back then, and SNME was the only WWE program to feature angles, title matches and skits. Remembering when Saturday Night’s Main Event was special

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