Rich Hering comments on receiving the invite to attend the December 2024 WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
Rich Hering is forever a part of the extended WWE family and legacy. Hering held the Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Risk Management position for multiple decades and was honored for his contributions to WWE as the 2021 recipient of the Warrior Award at the WWE Hall of Fame. He quietly departed WWE in 2023.
Hering recently attended the December 2024 edition of WWE Saturday Night's Main Event on Long Island. Speaking about his experience during an appearance on the Ciliberto and Friends podcast, he revealed he was invited to the event by Paul Levesque and Stephanie McMahon due to his contributions to WWE through the years and his help in creating the initial edition of Saturday Night's Main Event in 1985.
"I got a call from Stephanie McMahon Paul Levesque and they said, ‘You did the first show, you helped bring it down there, come on down.’ I said, ’I’m not driving from Liberty in wintertime all the way to Nassau. They said, ‘Will you drive to White Plains Airport?’ ‘Yeah, I’ll do that.’ We flew down from White Plains to the Nassau County Coliseum. It was a 15-minute flight. I had no idea they were going to put me on the air. I didn’t know that until I got down there. It was great because I spent time with people I knew over the years like Jesse Ventura, Tito Santana, Greg Valentine, and a lot of the old-timers. It was a lot of fun. We had a great time."
Fans can read Jesse Ventura's reflections on his appearance at the event here.
Another edition of WWE Saturday's Night's Main Event will be held in January 2025 in San Antonio, Texas. Learn more here.
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