 Large television networks also took wrestling into their weekly programming, including "Saturday Night's Main Event", premiering on NBC in 1985, the first wrestling show to air primetime since 1955.ESPN also began airing professional wrestling for the first time, first airing Pro Wrestling USA shows-which were created as an alliance between the NWA and AWA in 1984, in an effort to counter the national success the WWF was gaining-, and later AWA shows, after Pro Wrestling USA fell apart by 1986.WrestleMania III, with a reported record attendance of 93,173 people, is widely considered to be the pinnacle of the period.