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Location confirmed for next WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

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The location for WWE’s next Saturday Night’s Main Event episode has been confirmed — with the promotion coming to Salt Lake City, Utah for back-to-back events this fall.

Salt Lake City’s Delta Center will host WWE SmackDown on Halloween night before SNME takes place from the venue on November 1. Fox News 13 in Utah has confirmed that news after it was first reported by WrestleVotes.

These two shows — along with a numbered UFC event in 2026 — are taking place as part of a collaboration between TKO Sports and Utah investment company Smith Entertainment Group, along with the Utah Sports Commission.

“We are thrilled that live WWE entertainment and UFC action will return to Utah,” said Chris Barney of Smith Entertainment Group. “Every TKO event Delta Center has hosted has captivated fans and brought people from across the country into Salt Lake City, creating opportunities to showcase Utah’s world class sports and entertainment landscape.”

Fox 13 News notes that ticket information for the events will be announced in the future.

WWE and NBCUniversal have reached a new multi-year deal for SNME that will see the show now air exclusively on Peacock, with the NBC simulcast going away. Along with this November show, there is an SNME episode set for December 13. That latter date — which is expected to be held in Boston — will feature John Cena’s retirement match.

Anticipated location reported for next WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

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The first WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event of the Peacock-exclusive era reportedly has a location.

WrestleVotes Radio reported Thursday that Salt Lake City, Utah’s Delta Center is the planned spot for the Saturday, November 1st SNME. Additionally, the outlet reported that a Halloween-themed edition of SmackDown will emanate from the same venue the night before.

This is the latest development in a 24-hour block that has seen the relationship between WWE and Peacock change rapidly:

  • Announced on Wednesday, WWE PLEs will no longer air on Peacock following this month’s Clash in Paris as they will move to ESPN beginning in September — a change-up from the previously announced April 2026 launch.
  • All SNME quarterly specials will air exclusively on Peacock and will no longer be simulcast on NBC. This year will see five overall specials with the addition of November 1st and the previously planned Saturday, December 13th event.
  • The WWE archive will remain on Peacock through the end of 2025 with NXT PLEs remaining on the service through March 2026.
  • SmackDown replays will remain on Peacock for 30 days after its initial airdate on USA Network.

Date set for John Cena’s WWE retirement match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

John Cena’s in-ring career officially has less than four months remaining.

It was already known that Cena would be retiring from the ring this December. A date for his retirement match has now been set, with it scheduled to take place on a December 13 edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event. There is no location or opponent confirmed yet, but the expectation has been that TD Garden in Boston will host the show with Massachusetts being Cena’s home state.

There had been rumors that WWE was considering moving the December SNME special to December 27 so it would air opposite AEW’s World Ends pay-per-view, but that will not be the case.

The announcement of the December 13 date was made in conjunction with the news that Saturday Night’s Main Event will now be streaming exclusively on Peacock going forward as part of a multi-year deal between WWE and NBCUniversal. SNME, a classic WWE series that dates back to the 1980s, made its return as a quarterly special in December 2024 and had been airing on both Peacock and NBC prior to today’s announcement that the NBC simulcast is going away.

WWE and Peacock have also confirmed a Saturday Night’s Main Event special for November 1.

With his retirement tour in its final months, Cena has a match against Logan Paul scheduled for Clash in Paris on August 31. It’s then expected that Cena vs. Brock Lesnar will happen at WWE Wrestlepalooza on September 20.

Clash in Paris will be the final WWE PLE to air on Peacock, with WWE’s new partnership with ESPN kicking off with the Wrestlepalooza event. Peacock will still have SNME, NXT PLEs, and the WWE content library (the library is scheduled to leave Peacock at the end of 2025 as things stand):

  • Saturday Night’s Main Event will stream in primetime exclusively on Peacock four times each year, featuring WWE’s top Superstars, rivalries, championship matches, and more.
  • Peacock will exclusively stream two nights of Saturday Night’s Main Events this year, with the first taking place on November 1. Additionally, Saturday Night’s Main Event on Dec. 13 will feature John Cena in his retirement match.
  • The WWE Network library will remain available on Peacock through the end of 2025, and NXT Premium Live Events will be available on Peacock until March 2026.
  • Throughout the term of the partnership, the SmackDown library will remain on Peacock on a 30-day delay and USA Network will continue as the live exclusive home of SmackDown on Friday nights.

WOL: Punk vs. Gunther set, SNME vs. All In, more!

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm returns with tons to talk about including SNME ratings head-to-head with All In and why it’s hard to tell if there was any crossover, RAW from Monday night with an awesome women’s match and CM Punk winning a SummerSlam title shot, all the news and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event ratings down for Goldberg’s retirement match

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Headlined by Goldberg’s retirement match, WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event averaged 1.425 million viewers on NBC this past weekend.

That’s down 27 percent from the prior special in May and is the lowest viewership total of the four SNME shows that have taken place since the series was relaunched in December 2024. The May episode did include John Cena, CM Punk, and Logan Paul all competing on the card.

Goldberg was the featured attraction here with SNME being held in his adopted hometown of Atlanta. In his final match, the 58-year-old Goldberg ultimately came up short in his mission to win the World Heavyweight Championship from Gunther. The episode drew a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demo on NBC, a drop of 39 percent from the May special. However, SNME was the highest-rated show in the demo out of all network programming that aired on Saturday night.

None of these numbers include data from the Peacock broadcast of SNME, where the show is streamed live in addition to airing on NBC.

There was some wrestling competition for SNME on Saturday as AEW’s All In pay-per-view was still going on when SNME began.

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event ratings (NBC broadcast only) —

DateViewership18-49 demo rating
December 14, 20241.59 million0.42
January 25, 20251.49 million0.33
May 24, 20251.97 million0.54
July 12, 20251.43 million0.33

WOR: All In, SNME & NXT reviews, updates on Adam Cole & Seth Rollins

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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including full coverage of AEW All In, Saturday Night’s Main Event, WWE Great American Bash, the injury to Adam Cole, Seth Rollins, plus news and more! A fun show as always so check it out~~!

Timestamps:
Start: There was a lot of wrestling this weekend
9:31: Adam Cole, Seth Rollins injury updates
17:14: Bandido vs. Konosuke Takeshita and other notes from ROH Supercard of Honor
23:59: AEW All In recap
1:13:38: Notes from WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, NXT Great American Bash

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US title match added to WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

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A United States title match is the latest addition to the card for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event this weekend.

Solo Sikoa will put his championship on the line against OG Bloodline member Jimmy Uso at the Saturday, July 12 event in Atlanta. The match was made official this morning via a video that SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis posted on social media.

With assistance from the debuting Talla Tonga (Hikuleo), Sikoa won the U.S. title belt from Jacob Fatu on June 28 at Night of Champions. This is Sikoa’s first main roster title reign, and this match against Uso will be his first defense.

The announcement of this title bout comes after Uso & Fatu defeated Sikoa & JC Mateo on SmackDown last Friday. Fatu pinned Sikoa to get the victory, but Sikoa, Mateo, Talla Tonga, and Tanga Loa stood tall to end the show after laying out Uso and Fatu.

State Farm Arena is hosting the Saturday Night’s Main Event episode, with the card set to be headlined by Goldberg’s retirement match against World Heavyweight Champion Gunther. The show will be broadcast live on both NBC and Peacock starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event (Saturday, July 12) —

  • Goldberg’s retirement match: World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Goldberg
  • Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre
  • Seth Rollins vs. LA Knight
  • United States Champion Solo Sikoa defends against Jimmy Uso

New SNME, Evolution matches made at WWE SmackDown taping

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At last night’s SmackDown taping, a couple of new matches were confirmed for WWE’s upcoming major events.

– It was announced that Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre will take place at the Saturday Night’s Main Event episode in Atlanta on July 12. It will be McIntyre’s first time wrestling since losing to Damian Priest in a steel cage match at SNME back in May.

McIntyre had been working hurt but returned on the SmackDown taping to interrupt a segment with Cody Rhodes and Orton. He ended up being laid out by an RKO from Orton, setting up their match for SNME.

– It was also set up that Hall of Famer Trish Stratus will challenge Tiffany Stratton for the WWE Women’s Championship at Evolution. The two teamed together at Elimination Chamber earlier this year with a victory over Nia Jax & Candice LeRae.

After not wrestling in 2024, this will be Stratus’ third match of 2025 so far. She appeared in the women’s Royal Rumble match in addition to the tag team bout at Elimination Chamber.

Stratus was not announced for the SmackDown taping in advance but was brought out by Stratton as a surprise during an interaction with Jade Cargill. At SummerSlam, Cargill — the Queen of the Ring winner — will challenge either Stratton or Stratus for the WWE Women’s Championship.

It was confirmed on SmackDown that Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss will be one of the teams challenging WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez in a fatal four-way match at Evolution. Full spoilers from the SmackDown taping — with the episode set to air this Friday on the Fourth of July — can be found here.

Here are the updated cards for both SNME and Evolution:

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event (Saturday, July 12 on NBC and Peacock) —

  • Goldberg’s retirement match: World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Goldberg
  • Seth Rollins vs. LA Knight
  • Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre

WWE Evolution (Sunday, July 13 on Peacock in the United States and Netflix elsewhere) —

  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Rhea Ripley
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Trish Stratus
  • NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne defends against Jordynne Grace
  • Fatal four-way match: WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez defend against Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss and two teams to be announced
  • Battle royal to determine Women’s Championship challenger for WWE Clash in Paris

WWE now promoting Gunther vs. Goldberg as Goldberg’s last match

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Gunther vs. Goldberg at Saturday Night’s Main Event is now officially being promoted as Goldberg’s final match.

In an announcement regarding ticket sales today, WWE wrote that the July 12 Saturday Night’s Main Event episode will be “headlined by Goldberg’s final match versus WWE World Heavyweight Champion Gunther.” It was already expected that this would be Goldberg’s retirement match, but — with the title being on the line — was only advertised as “Goldberg’s Last Ride” until now.

WWE announced that individual tickets for Saturday Night’s Main Event and the company’s Evolution PLE will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Eastern next Wednesday (June 25). The shows are taking place at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on back-to-back days.

Atlanta is where Goldberg’s wrestling career began at the WCW Power Plant. He went to the University of Georgia in Athens when he was in college, later playing in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons.

Goldberg last wrestled in 2022 when he faced Roman Reigns in Saudi Arabia. The 58-year-old’s decision to return is because he wasn’t happy ending his career with that match and is determined to go out on his terms.

No other matches have been announced for the July 12 Saturday Night’s Main Event card yet.

CM Punk and Sami Zayn teaming at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

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The second match for the May 24 WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event is official.

Following an angle on this week’s Raw, CM Punk and Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker has been added to the Saturday, May 24 WWE SNME special on NBC.

Rollins and Breakker interrupted an in-ring promo segment from Punk and attacked, with Zayn running in to make the save for Punk. Rollins and Breakker still got the upper hand in the brouhaha.

Later on Raw, the tag match was officially announced for SNME. Punk and Zayn then discussed their uneasy alliance in a backstage promo segment, including calling back to their teaming at Survivor Series in a WarGames match last November.

Already set for SNME, Jey Uso will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Logan Paul. The winner of that bout will defend the title against Gunther on the June 9 WWE Raw.

The current lineup for the upcoming episode of WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event:

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, Saturday, May 24, 8 p.m. Eastern time on NBC —

  • World Heavyweight Champion Jey Uso defends against Logan Paul
  • CM Punk and Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker (w/Paul Heyman)

Jey Uso vs. Logan Paul title match official for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

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WWE has set a date for Jey Uso and Logan Paul’s World Heavyweight Championship match.

During the broadcast for Backlash tonight, it was confirmed that Uso will defend his World Heavyweight title against Paul on the next edition of WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event. The episode is being held in Tampa, Florida on May 24 and will air live on NBC and Peacock.

Dave Meltzer first reported that the Uso vs. Paul match was expected to take place on SNME. It will be Uso’s second title defense since winning the World Heavyweight Championship from Gunther at WrestleMania 41. His first defense was a match against Seth Rollins on Raw last Monday that ended in a DQ.

Paul defeated AJ Styles at WrestleMania and has now set his sights on winning the first World Championship of his wrestling career. After Raw last Monday, an off-air angle took place where Paul dropped Uso with a punch and then bragged that he’s now knocked him out three times. He promised to take Uso’s title.

WWE has also confirmed that John Cena will appear on the May 24 Saturday Night’s Main Event episode, but his plans for the show have not been announced yet. Tampa’s Yeungling Center is hosting the event on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event ratings down from prior episode

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The January 25 edition of WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event averaged 1.494 million viewers on NBC, down six percent from December’s return episode. It was slightly up from the 1.455 million viewers that SmackDown did the night before on USA Network.

Saturday Night’s Main Event drew a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 21.4 percent from the previous episode. Neither the overall number or 18-49 rating would include people who watched on Peacock, where the show aired live in addition to NBC.

The 18-49 rating was the lowest for a WWE main roster show since the November 15 SmackDown, which aired the same night as Netflix’s Jake Paul-Mike Tyson boxing special.

Saturday’s show had competition from a marquee NBA game on ABC with the Golden State Warriors vs. the Los Angeles Lakers featuring Steph Curry and LeBron James. It also went against AEW Collision.

Listed below are the overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for the two airings of Saturday Night’s Main Event since the show returned. The next special is expected to take place in May.

WOR: Colonel DeBeers, weekend TV, McMahon lawsuit

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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Colonel DeBeers, Vince McMahon lawsuit, Hulk Hogan, Gordon Solie and Andre the Giant anniversaries, Smackdown, SNME and Collision and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: Death of Col. DeBeers

14:14: Anniversaries of the death of Andre the Giant, birth of Gordon Solie

21:01: Updates on Vince McMahon lawsuit, Omos heading back to WWE following NOAH run

25:27: Bare Knuckle Boxing does big business, GFL draft fallout

34:00: WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event recap

47:33: WWE SmackDown notes

55:09: AEW Collision recap

1:09:45: WWE Raw lineup, why did Hulk Hogan miss SNME?

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Hulk Hogan not appearing at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event this weekend

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Sources within WWE have confirmed that Hulk Hogan will not be appearing as scheduled for Saturday Night’s Main Event tomorrow night in San Antonio.

This was first reported by Chris Featherstone. Hogan had been the key person in all the commercials for the show.

Featherstone’s report of a family-related reason for Hogan missing the show is also accurate. This had nothing to do with his being booed in Los Angeles or at every arena where the Saturday Night’s Main Event commercial played, or Jesse Ventura or any other reason in that direction.

Frost Bank Center in San Antonio is hosting Saturday’s show, which will air live on NBC and Peacock starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event (January 25) —

  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
  • Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley defends against Nia Jax
  • Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Sheamus
  • Braun Strowman vs. Jacob Fatu
  • Shawn Michaels will be the special enforcer for a Royal Rumble contract signing between Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens