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Both survivor series and starrcade took place already, and this show aired two nights later. Best of saturday night s main event, the 3discdvd from 1985 through 1992, wwe fans turned to nbc and then fox for some of the biggest matches of the year. A classic from saturday nights main event, january 3rd, 1987. While wwes syndicated programming displayed wwe superstars easily dispatching overmatched opponents, fans had to turn to ppv events for the settling of major scores until.
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