On January 7, 1989 WWF Saturday Night's Main Event XIX aired on NBC from Tampa, Florida at the USF Sun Dome. Hulk Hogan would square off against Akeem (with Big Boss Man and Slick). Events during and after the Hulk Hogan-Akeem match – WWF Heavyweight Champion “Macho Man” Randy Savage declining to make the save and run off Akeem and Big Boss Man while they were beating down Hogan, but Savage immediately running to ringside when the heels were threatening to beat up Miss Elizabeth, and then Savage

On August 28, 1986 WWF’s “The Big Event” was held at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario and drew a crowd of 61,470 fans (although the WWF claims an attendance of 74,000). The main event of the special house show was between WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (with Bobby “The Brain” Heenan). While not broadcast live or as a pay-per-view, a VHS tape of the event was released later by Coliseum Home Video, with commentary by Gorilla Monsoon, Johnny Valian