Special WWE® Presentation Taking Over SNL Timeslot Saturday, August 18
to Also Reveal Update in McMahon Paternity Suit
NEW YORK – August 15, 2007 – World Wrestling Entertainment® (WWE) rocks Madison Square Garden this weekend when “Saturday Night’s Main Event” returns for a special presentation on Saturday, August 18th, from 11:30 p.m. – 1:00 am ET/PT. In an interesting turn of events, United States Champion MVP™ taps boxing legend Evander Holyfield as his replacement to go head-to-head against WWE Superstar Matt Hardy™ in a special boxing match.
Additionally, more news about the Mr. McMahon paternity suit will be revealed in Saturday’s broadcast and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin™ will make a special appearance.
Other key matches include:
• WWE Champion John Cena® against Carlito™
• SmackDown® tag-team match with Batista® and Kane® against The Great Khali™ and Finlay™
• ECW® tag-team match with C.M. Punk™ and Boogeyman™ against Big Daddy V™ and John Morrison™
With a career record of 42-8-2, Holyfield, known all over the world as “The Real Deal,” is vying to win boxing’s Heavyweight Championship for an unprecedented fifth time on October 13 in Moscow (available on PPV) when he fights Sultan Ibragimov for the WBO Heavyweight Title.
“Saturday Night’s Main Event” debuted on NBC in late night as a replacement for “Saturday Night Live” repeats in 1985, and originally ran through 1992. The groundbreaking program brought professional wrestling to broadcast television for the first time and set off two decades of success on broadcast and cable, including ratings titan “Monday Night RAW®” on USA Network. The televised wrestling rumbles also launched a galaxy of multi-talented Superstars that crossed over from the ring to countless areas of American entertainment, such as Hulk Hogan, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Randy “Macho Man” Savage, Bret “The Hitman” Hart, The Honky Tonk Man and King Kong Bundy.
