Our WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event results for tonight include Gunther defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Jey Uso, Sheamus seeking his first Intercontinental Championship when he challenges Bron Breakker, Jacob Fatu battling Braun Strowman, Rhea Ripley defending the Women’s World Championship against Nia Jax, contract signing between Kevin Owens & Cody Rhodes moderated by Shawn Michaels. Here’s our review and grades for tonight’s show, live from the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Card:
- World Heavyweight Championship Match: Gunther (c) vs. Jey Uso
- WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Sheamus
- Braun Strowman vs. Jacob Fatu
- Women’s World Championship Match: Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax
- Contract signing between Kevin Owens & Cody Rhodes moderated by Shawn Michaels
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Results:
Joe Tessitore intros the show with Jesse Ventura.
Women’s World Championship Match: Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax
Jax tries a spinebuster but ends up eating a DDT. Jax rolls out of the ring. Ripley lands a senton off the apron. Back in the ring, Jax surprises Ripley with a pop-up headbutt. Jax lands a Samoan drop off the second rope. Ripley kicks out. After a break, Ripley fires up and tries a rope walk rana. Jax puts on the brakes. Ripley counters with a code red. Jax kicks out. Jax reverses Riptide with a Samoan drop. Second rope leg drop by Jax. Ripley kicks out. Jax goes up for her finish. Ripley powerbombs Jax off the ropes. Ripley tries the Prism lock.
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Jax kicks Ripley away. Jax rolls out. Ripley lands a diving cross body off the top outside of the ring. Ripley tries Riptide again. Jax counters with a splash. Ripley kicks out. Jax lands the Annihilator. Jax doesn’t cover. Instead, Jax tries another. Ripley grabs Jax’s leg and sends her flying with an electric chair drop. Jax misses a splash in the corner. Ripley finally lands Riptide for the win.
Winner- Rhea Ripley
Grade: B-
This writer can admit they got him with the Annihilator false finish. IT had to be over, but expectations were immediately subverted when Jax idiot’d her way to losing this match. Both women came off looking like beasts as they tried to murder each other in the ring tonight. At this point, maybe Jax should end up on Raw. This writer wants to see more of these two.
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Sheamus
Breakker and Sheamus immediately start trading punches. Breakker suplexes Sheamus. After hitting the ropes, Breakker destroys Sheamus with a lariat. Sheamus rolls out of the ring. Breakker sets up a super Spear. Sheamus catches Breakker, and Lawn darts him into the timekeeper’s area. Sheamus tries to dive off the ring steps and eats a diving Spear from Breakker.
Breakker and Sheamus trade shots. Breakker works over Sheamus’ injured ribs. Sheamus walks into a gorilla press front slam. Breakker tries a Spear. Sheamus counters with a Brogue Kick. Breakker gets his foot on the bottom rope. After a series of reversals, Breakker lands a Spear for the win.
Winner- Bron Breakker
Grade: B
Hard-hitting match. These two have faced off several times, but they have yet to have a bad outing. Breakker would always win this encounter, but watching these two clobber each other in the process is highly enjoyable.
WWE Championship Ladder Match Contract Signing
Rhodes and Owens stare each other down while HBK tells them he has a job to do and they need to sign the contract. Rhodes angrily signs. Owens looks at the contract briefly and picks up a mic instead. Owens says something Rhodes said last night pissed him off, and Rhodes is a lair. The crowd roars as Owens reminds Rhodes that he could have taken the easy way out during their title match when he didn’t use a weapon against Rhodes. Rhodes tells Owens enough. No one is here to listen to Owens talk. Owens promises to shut everyone up who says he isn’t the real champion.
Everything that Rhodes got when he came back is coming to Owens: the lights, the pyro, the fanfare. That’s what Owens has deserved in the last ten years, and he’s taking it back from Rhodes. HBK tells Owens that he sounds jealous. Owens says he’s bringing more prestige to the Winged Eagle title than HBK ever did. It’s no wonder that HBK would side with Rhodes. Owens reminds everyone that when things got tough for HBK, he quit just like Rhodes did. Owens signs the contract.
A referee places the WWE Championship and the Winged Eagle championship on a hook, and they are both raised above the ring. HBK wishes both men good luck. Owens reveals he is wearing a “Cody Sucks Eggs” shirt. HBK tries to shake Owens’ hand. Owens isn’t having it. HBK shakes Rhodes’ hand. Owens cheap shots, Rhodes. HBK backs Owens down. Owens cheapshots HBK and sets up a piledriver. Rhodes superkicks Owens. HBK gets to his feet and drops Owens with Sweet Chin Music.
Grade: A
We didn’t need any more reasons to be hyped for the championship ladder match at Royal Rumble… but here we are. Everything about this segment worked. Owens IS jealous, but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. Rhodes hasn’t had this kind of fire in his voice since his feud with Seth Rollins a year back. Also, we got to see Owens get laid out by Sweet Chin Music. This was a great piece of business.
Braun Strowman vs. Jacob Fatu
Strowman and Fatu tear into each other. Fatu tosses Strowman out of the ring and assaults him outside the ring. Fatu launches Strowman over the commentary desk. Back in the ring, Fatu proceeds to land seven to eight running hip attacks in the corner. The referee tries to step in the way, but Fatu tosses him to the mat. Strowman is out. The referee disqualifies Fatu.
Winner- Braun Strowman
After the match, Fatu continues his assault. Fatu lands moonsault after moonsault. Strowman throws up blood all over the ring. Referees, officials, and even Tama Tonga try to break it up. Fatu is relentless.
Grade: A
Fatu just eviscerated a monster on live TV. That was amazing to watch.
World Heavyweight Championship Match: Gunther (c) vs. Jey Uso
Jey lands a few strikes. Gunther cuts Jey off and works him over with power moves. Jey sets up a hip attack. Gunther floors him with a dropkick, followed by a powerbomb. Further into the match, Jey finally lands a superkick and several Spears. Uso Splash by Jey. Gunther kicks out. Gunther counters a Spear into a powerbomb. Gunther immediately hits another powerbomb for the win.
Winner- Gunther
Grade: B
Great match. Jey showed he could hang with the Ring General. Gunther had to dig deep into his bag to put Jey away, which was a bit of a surprising turn.
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