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WWE’s counterprogramming has resulted in a huge weekend of wrestling to enjoy.
On a new Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa look at it all which includes WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, WWE Evolution, and AEW All In.
Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
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 Nightâs Main Event returns on July 12th, 2025, featuring a blockbuster World Heavyweight Championship clash between reigning Champion Gunther and WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg, slated as Goldbergâs retirement match in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.
The three-match card airs live from State Farm Arena on NBC at 8 PM ET (7 PM CT) with a simulcast on Peacock, offering fans something to watch after NXT Great American Bash or AEW All In 2025.
Headlining SNME is the long-teased World Heavyweight Championship match pitting âRing Generalâ Gunther against Bill Goldberg. Goldberg, of course a former WCW and WWE World Champion, returns one final time in what WWE has billed as his retirement match, facing Gunther in Goldbergâs hometown of Atlanta.
Seth âMr. Money in the Bankâ Rollins squares off against LA Knight in a feud fueled by Knightâs frustration over interference costing him at Money in the Bank and Rollinsâ new faction.
Veteran stalwarts Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton will face following McIntyreâs return from injury on RAW.
| # | Match | Stipulation/Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seth Rollins vs. LA Knight | Singles Match |
| 2 | Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton | Singles Match |
| 3 | Gunther vs. Goldberg | World Heavyweight Championship Match |
In the United States, WWE SNME XL will broadcast live on NBC and stream on Peacock a CT, meaning that both cable viewers and streaming subscribers can catch all the action. Outside the US, WWE has made the event widely accessible by simulcasting SNME XL for free on WWEâs official YouTube channel in most international markets. Below is a detailed guide for fans in key regions.
US viewers can watch WWE Saturday Nightâs Main Event on NBC, where the show airs live in prime time. For cord-cutters and streaming subscribers, Peacock will stream SNME simultaneously, making it easy to watch on smart TVs, mobile devices or web browsers.
Make sure your Peacock subscription is active and logged in before the bell rings to avoid missing any of the featured matchups, including World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defending against Goldberg in his last ever match.
UK fans can enjoy SNME XL for free via WWEâs official YouTube channel, with coverage available on Sunday, 13 July 2025. This global YouTube simulcast means no subscription fees or pay-per-view purchases are required.
Simply visit WWEâs YouTube page, subscribe to the channel, and enable notifications to receive a live-stream alert when SNME goes on air.
In Australia, SNME XL is also available through the same WWE YouTube simulcast, starting at 9 am AEST on Sunday, 13 July 2025.. This free streaming option bypasses regional subscription services and is optimised for desktop and mobile viewing.
European viewers across the continent can access WWE SNME XL via WWEâs YouTube channel as part of the worldwide simulcast. Coverage begins at 1 am BST for UK-based fans, with Central European audiences catching the action at 2 am CEST, and Eastern European viewers tuning in on Sunday morning, 13 July 2025.
Japanese fans should head to WWEâs official YouTube channel for the free live stream of Saturday Nightâs Main Event XL, airing at 8 am JST on Sunday, 13 July 2025. The global YouTube feed ensures that SNME can be watched in HD via smart TVs, computers or mobile devices.
In nearly all other regions, including Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific, WWE SNME XL will be available via the official WWE YouTube simulcast, free of charge. This universal approach replaces fragmented regional rights and allows fans worldwide to experience SNME simultaneously.
| Region | Platform | Local Time & Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | NBC & Peacock | 8 pm ET / 7 pm CT, Sat 12 July | Live on NBC; stream on Peacock |
| United Kingdom | WWE YouTube | 1 am BST, Sun 13 July | Free global simulcast |
| Australia | WWE YouTube | 9 am AEST, Sun 13 July | Free global simulcast |
| Europe (Central) | WWE YouTube | 2 am CEST, Sun 13 July | Free global simulcast |
| Europe (Eastern) | WWE YouTube | 3 am EEST, Sun 13 July | Free global simulcast |
| Japan | WWE YouTube | 8 am JST, Sun 13 July | Free global simulcast |
| Other territories | WWE YouTube | Varies by time zone | Free global simulcast |
WWE brings back the iconic Saturday Nightâs Main Event once again this weekend. Whether youâre tuning in from North America, Europe, Asia, or Australia, hereâs your complete guide to kickoff times around the world.
In the Eastern Time Zone, Saturday Nightâs Main Event goes live at 8:00 PM EST.
Central Time fans will catch the show an hour earlier at 7:00 PM CST.
On the West Coast, entertainment kicks off at 5:00 PM PST.
UK and Irish viewers should note that SNME airs just past midnight at 1:00 AM BST on Sunday, July 13th.
For mainland Europe, the broadcast starts at 2:00 AM CEST.
South American audiences tuning in from SĂŁo Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and BrasĂlia can watch SNME at 9:00 PM BRT.
Argentine fans get the show at 10:00 PM ART. Whether youâre cheering from Buenos Aires or CĂłrdoba, youâll be perfectly positioned to catch every high-flying maneuver.
In Moscow and western Russia, tune in at 3:00 AM MSK.
Viewers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi should set alarms for 4:00 AM GST.
In New Delhi, Mumbai, and across India, programming begins at 5:00 AM IST.
Down under in Australia, Saturday comes alive at 1:00 PM AEST.
| Timezone | Location(s) | Local Start Time | Local Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EST | USA & Canada (Eastern) | 8:00 PM | July 12, 2025 |
| CST | USA & Canada (Central) | 7:00 PM | July 12, 2025 |
| PST | USA & Canada (Pacific) | 5:00 PM | July 12, 2025 |
| BRT | Brazil (BrasĂlia, SĂŁo Paulo) | 9:00 PM | July 12, 2025 |
| ART | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | 10:00 PM | July 12, 2025 |
| BST | UK & Ireland | 1:00 AM | July 13, 2025 |
| CEST | Central Europe (e.g. Germany) | 2:00 AM | July 13, 2025 |
| MSK | Moscow & Western Russia | 3:00 AM | July 13, 2025 |
| GST | UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi) | 4:00 AM | July 13, 2025 |
| IST | India (all zones) | 5:00 AM | July 13, 2025 |
| AEST | Australia (Sydney, Melbourne) | 1:00 PM | July 12, 2025 |
Drew McIntyre is back, and heâll be in action next weekend.
After taking some time off, McIntyre appeared in the opening segment of Fridayâs SmackDown, attempting to meddle between Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton. After Orton laid him out with an RKO, McIntyre confronted Aldis backstage about the situation. The match was then made for next Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia.
McIntyre was last seen on the May 24 edition of Saturday Nightâs Main Event, where he lost a steel cage match to Damian Priest. The two finished off their feud that also saw them compete in a Sin City Street Fight at WrestleMania 41, which McIntyre won.
Rhodes and Orton were talking about their match at Night of Champions on SmackDown when McIntyre came out to mock them for their âbeta male energy.â He attempted to get under both menâs skin, telling Rhodes that he hoped he would win at SummerSlam as he wanted to be the one to take the title off him. It was then that Orton laid out McIntyre with an RKO. The segment ended with Orton and Rhodes staring each other down.
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 Goldbergâs 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.
WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg returned on Monday’s WWE Raw.
The Hall of Famer Goldberg interrupted a Gunther promo and threw down the gauntlet for a World title challenge at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Atlanta on July 12 on Monday’s WWE Raw, with WWE confirming the match moments later.
As Gunther discussed potential next opponents, the crowd began to chant for Goldberg. Gunther tried to shut the chants down, but Goldberg’s music hit and the former WCW World Champion made his way to the ring to issue the challenge for Atlanta.
The SNME bout stems from an angle last October at Bad Blood where Gunther, Goldberg, and Goldberg’s son Gage were involved in a segment at the PLE. Goldberg has stated his intention to have a retirement match this year in WWE for months, and has discussed in detail some of the injuries that he has suffered in training for the bout.
Goldberg, 58, has not wrestled since 2022. He says that former WWE chairman Vince McMahon had promised him a retirement match, but went back on his word. With Paul “Triple H” Levesque now helming WWE Creative, it became clear with the Bad Blood appearance that the retirement match was a real possibility.
During a commercial break on Monday’s show, WWE commentator Michael Cole mentioned the “rumors” of a Goldberg retirement match, but did not commit to the SNME bout in fact being billed as the final bout in the 58-year-old’s Hall of Fame career.
WWE has also unveiled a new “Goldberg’s Last Ride” merchandise collection to coincide with his return:
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Dave Meltzer is back with another edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
The lead story is this past Sunday’s AEW Double or Nothing which saw the finals of the men’s and women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournaments, a wild Anarchy in the Arena match, and more.
He also looks at WWE’s weekend with both Saturday Night’s Main Event and NXT Battleground which saw Trick Williams win the TNA World Championship.
He looks at John Laurinaitis being dropped from the Janel Grant lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE and all the details behind that.
All that and more awaits.
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— We will have a big show tonight covering AEW Double or Nothing, Battleground, Saturday Night’s Main Event, Shannon Spruill, Cain Velasquez and a number of other news subjects. We had our week in review show with Garrett Gonzales that is up on the site talking about the details of why WWE moved WrestleMania and where it stands, Sabu, Being the Elite, Best Booker of 2025, media rights and more.
— From last night’s Saturday Night’s Main Event, the Drew McIntyre conchairto from Damian Priest was an injury angle. McIntyre has been working hurt and pubicly noted stiffness in his neck. He was rocked pretty bad from the choke slam at Backlash as well. No word on how long he’ll be out but it’s going to be a decent amount of time.
— Chelsea Green suffered a broken nose from the 619 by Zelina Vega. I don’t expect her off TV at all. It was a clean break.
— The crowd off the air at last night’s show SNME show in Tampa was chanting “You suck” at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
— I don’t know if the Jesse Ventura rant at the end of the cage match was planned or not. He was setting it up in the opening segment but it wasn’t clear and we haven’t gotten any confirmation. But that was the weirdest thing when Michael Cole talked about the two prior cage matches on SNME, Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff (1986) and Hogan vs. Big Bossman (1989) and immediately Ventura said how things have changed that NBC would have never allowed a cage match when we were on in the 80s. Both of those matches were of course on NBC in the 80s, and I don’t recall the announcing (I do remember both matches) but most likely Ventura actually announced one or both. It was bizarre. Even more, a few minutes later during the match, Ventura said it again, so nobody in the headsets even bothered to correct him and Michael Cole and Pat McAfee both times just let it slide and didn’t react to it. Â
— Tonight is head-to-head Double or Nothing on PPV and NXT Battleground. There will likely be a lot of news from each show. We’re looking for your thoughts on both shows, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match from each show to [email protected]
— While NXT was ahead in tickets sold from when each show went on sale (NXT was part of a package with Saturday Night’s Main Event and Raw, both of which sold out), the AEW show was at 7,801 this morning and NXT was at 7,248. NXT’s secondary was very weak. AEW’s was okay. Last night’s WWE secondary market was super strong.
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— For Raw in Tampa tomorrow night, they’ve added Sami Zayn vs. Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins and Chad Gable vs. Penta vs. Dragon Lee in Money in the Bank qualifiers. New Day vs. War Raiders vs. Creeds for the tag titles and Rusev vs. Akira Tozawa had already been announced. That show will be sold out.
— In a correction from the Observer and the radio show, UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich wasn’t arrested again on 5/19 for a DUI. He was sentenced and started serving a 30 day prison sentence for a DUI that he was arrested for on September 14, 2023.
— Just to clarify because there is a lot of misinformation on this subject: the WWE Raw Netflix debut did 5.9 million homes based on how they were figuring it which was 17.7 million hours and a three-hour show. The 5/12 show did 2.7 million so that would seem like a 54 percent drop, but a few weeks in, Netflix changed how it figured. If week one and 5/12 were both figured the same, week one would be listed as 6,263,000 homes and 8,580,000 viewers worldwide. 5/12 would be 2,233,000 homes and 3,059,000 viewers worldwide by the same way of measuring. So, the decline would be 64.3 percent from the first show. That would be a worldwide number with the current number including India whereas the 1/6 number would not. So, the real decline would be a little more.
— Tessa Blanchard missed the TV tapings for TNA last night due to an injury suffered in her Under Siege match on Friday with Arianna Grace.
— Marigold had Nanae Takahashi’s retirement show last night at the Yoyogi Gym in Tokyo. Mayu Iwatani won the Super flyweight title from Victor Yuzuki. Utami Hayashishita retained their world title over Mira. Takahashi lost to Miku Aono in her retirement match main event. Then Takahashi had one minute matches with Senka Akatsuki, Seri Yamaoka, Kouki Amarei, Yumiko Hotta and Momoe Nakanishi. The latter two were 90s stars of All Japan women. Marigold announced a 10/26 show at Sumo Hall in Tokyo. One would think running a building that large that WWE talent would appear.
— We’re also looking for reports from last night’s Dean 2 show in Glendale AZ, results, finishes and highlights to [email protected]. I believe the show will be put up in a few days on the ROH YouTube Channel but that is not a sure thing.
— Many people consider this match, 23 years ago today, as the best tag team match of all-time, with Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi.
— With no UFC or boxing, the only stuff on the Google trends for the weekend were 20.000 for Cody Rhodes and 10,000 for Bronson Reed and Bray Wyatt.
— Merab Dvalishvili showed a photo claiming he had a broken toe, but he’s not pulling out of his 6/7 bantamweight title defense against Sean O’Malley.
— Bouts I was told were great from the weekend were Kazusada Higuchi vs. Kanon in the finals of the King of DDT tournament that Higuchi won, along with the Takahashi vs. Aono match.
— Maple Leaf Wrestling on 7/5 in Laval, Quebedc has PCO vs. Dan Maff, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson vs. David Finlay & Drilla Moloney, Josh Alexander defends the MLP title, Giese Shaw defends the women’s tite and Ace Austin debuts plus Mike Bailey is on the show.
— Mike Santana defends the HOG title on 6/7 at the NYC Arena in New York against Tomohiro Ishii. Elektra Lopez will be on that show under her former name of Karisssa Rivera.
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Former WWE Women’s United States Champion Chelsea Green suffered a broken nose during her match on WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event and got an offer of aid from none other than Trish Stratus afterward.
Green said as much on social media following her match with reigning champion Zelina Vega with Fightful confirming the injury was legitimate. It’s unknown how long she will be out of action for.
The 34-year-old fell in defeat to Vega in a match that lasted just over five minutes. Green was visibly bleeding by the end of the bout, but it’s unknown if the match ended early or where the injury happened.
The inaugural Women’s U.S. Champion was attempting to regain the title she lost a month ago to Vega, holding the title for 132 days.
Former WWE star and fellow Canadian Stratus commented on the injury Saturday via X:
Bryan Alvarez’s report on last night’s Saturday Night’s Main Event is now available for subscribers.
Cody Rhodes is back, and he’s focused on John Cena.
At the end of Saturday Nightâs Main Event, Jey Uso was set to pin Logan Paul when Cena dragged the referee out of the ring, giving himself the opportunity to attack Uso. It was then that Rhodes came out for the save, taking out Cena with the crossrhodes. Uso recovered, speared Paul, then splashed him to retain the World Heavyweight title.
As Cena and Paul retreated, Rhodes grabbed the microphone and said it seems Paul has a partner in Cena and he has a brother in Uso. He issued the challenge for a tag team match at Money in the Bank on June 7.
Rhodes had been missing from WWE television since losing the WWE title to Cena in the main event of the second night of WrestleMania 41. After taking out an interfering Travis Scott, Rhodes grabbed the WWE title Cena had introduced and struggled with the idea of using it to take out Cena. The hesitation allowed Cena to recover, low blow Rhodes, then strike him with the WWE title for his record-breaking seventeenth world title reign.
Earlier on Saturday, Cena pinned R-Truth in a non-title match following a low blow. Backstage, he ran into Uso and told him heâd be watching the main event, noting that if Paul were to win, having a Youtuber as champion would ruin wrestling, something Cena has been advocating for since turning heel at Elimination Chamber.
The rumors of the return of WWE Evolution have become a reality.
Announced during WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, the second-ever Evolution will take place on Sunday, July 13th at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The show will be a premium live event airing on Peacock/Netflix.
The all-women’s show will be preceded the night before by Saturday Night’s Main Event on July 12th in the same venue, airing on NBC and Peacock per usual.
During the video, the annual NXT Great American Bash was also announced for the weekend but without a time or date attached. With AEW running All In: Texas during the afternoon, it’s appears a strong possibility they run head-to-head.
A pre-sale takes place Tuesday with combo tickets available on Wednesday.
The first and only Evolution took place on October 28, 2018, at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. It was WWE’s first-ever all-women’s event, headlined by Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella, and Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair in a Last Woman Standing bout.
The show was seen as a make-good for their female talent as WWE was heading to Saudi Arabia days later for Crown Jewel, but women were not allowed on those shows at that point.
As early as December 2019, Stephanie McMahon said she hoped to have an announcement about a follow-up soon but it wasn’t until earlier this year that rumors began that it was actually going to happen.
Bronson Reed has returned.
After being out of action for most of the year thus far, Reed returned at Saturday Nightâs Main Event by spearing CM Punk through the barricade as Sami Zayn was distracted by the referee. This allowed Bron Breakker to spear Zayn, scoring the victory for himself and Seth Rollins.
Following the match, Reed entered the ring and teased a staredown with longtime rival Seth Rollins. However, the two ended up hugging as Reed officially aligned himself with Breakker and Paul Heyman. Punk re-entered the ring and attempted to attack Heyman but was taken out with a senton by Reed, who then finished him off with a tsunami.
Reed was injured at Survivor Series last November by jumping off the WarGames steel cage and landing badly on impact. In January, he wrote on social media that he would miss WrestleMania as a result of the injury, which he revealed to be a broken talus bone.
Spending most of last fall feuding with Rollins, Reed agreed to join forces with the Bloodline to take on CM Punk and the original members of the Bloodline inside WarGames. It was Punk that pulled Reigns away from the table just as Reed crashed through the table.
