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

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

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.

New match, HBK appearance set for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A new match is on tap for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on January 25, plus Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels will appear.

In a new bout set for next Saturday’s NBC and Peacock special, Braun Strowman and Jacob Fatu will lock horns. The bout was set up with an angle on this week’s SmackDown where Strowman and LA Knight brawled with The Bloodline’s Fatu and Tama Tonga in the ring.

WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels has also been added to the lineup for next Saturday’s show, serving as a special enforcer for a contract addendum signing between Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens.

SmackDown GM Nick Aldis confronted both Owens and Rhodes on Friday’s SmackDown in an attempt to get both to sign an addendum — likely to ban the package piledriver in their upcoming ladder match at the Royal Rumble.

After both Rhodes and Owens refused to sign, Aldis declared that at SNME, both competitors will relinquish their WWE titles to be suspended above the ring at Royal Rumble, and that HBK will enforce the contract addendum signing.

The updated WWE SNME lineup for Saturday, January 25 in San Antonio:

  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Sheamus
  • Jacob Fatu vs. Braun Strowman
  • Contract signing for Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens — Shawn Michaels special enforcer

Two title matches set for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

Posted on by Ethan Renner

WWE has revealed the first two matches for next week’s Saturday Night’s Main Event, both title matches.

World Heavyweight Champion Gunther will defend his title against Jey Uso in San Antonio on January 25 at SNME. The bout was set up by a promo segment featuring the champion and the challenger on Monday’s Raw.

The Intercontinental Championship will also be on the line at Saturday Night’s Main Event.

Bron Breakker will defend the IC title against Sheamus at SNME. That bout was also announced on Monday’s WWE Raw. Sheamus defeated Ludwig Kaiser in a de facto number one contender’s match on Raw. Commentary during the show pointed out that Sheamus had not held a singles championship in WWE in nearly four years.

The current lineup for the Saturday, January 25 WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event from San Antonio, Texas:

  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
  • Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Sheamus

Women’s United States tournament finals official for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The finals are set in the tournament to crown the inaugural WWE Women’s United States Champion.

Michin and Chelsea Green won their semifinal matches on Friday’s SmackDown to advance to the finals set for Saturday Night’s Main Event on Saturday, December 14.

Green defeated Bayley to advance to Saturday’s match, while Michin scored a victory over Tiffany Stratton in Friday’s other semifinals bout to punch her ticket to the finals.

Five matches are on tap for the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event, four of them championship bouts. The finalized card:

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, Saturday, December 14, 8 p.m. Eastern time on NBC —

  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against Kevin Owens
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Damian Priest & Finn Balor in a triple threat
  • Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan defends against IYO SKY
  • Women’s United States Championship tournament finals: Chelsea Green vs. Michin
  • Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn

Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn set for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A new match has been added to WWE Saturday Night’s Main event on December 14.

Following a pair of angles involving the duo on Monday’s Raw, Sami Zayn and Drew McIntyre will go one-on-one this Saturday on the NBC special.

McIntyre made his surprise return to the company on last week’s Raw, aying out Zayn in the aftermath of a Zayn vs. Seth Rollins matchup. McIntyre again attacked Zayn on the Raw stage on this week’s episode, with Zayn getting retribution in a backstage attack in a later segment:

Five matches are now set for Saturday’s prime time NBC Saturday Night’s Main Event. The updated lineup:

  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against Kevin Owens
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Finn Balor and Damian Priest in a three-way
  • Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan defends against IYO SKY
  • Sami Zayn vs. Drew McIntyre
  • WWE Women’s United States title tournament finals
  • Jesse Ventura on commentary

Gunther vs. Finn Balor title match set for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Gunther will defend his World Heavyweight Championship against Finn Balor of The Judgment Day at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event.

The new World title match was made official for the Saturday, December 14 event in a backstage segment on Monday’s Raw by GM Adam Pearce.

Balor attacked Gunther on Monday’s Raw after Gunther defeated Balor’s Judgment Day comrade Dominik Mysterio, laying the champ out with multiple double stomps off the top rope.

Pearce also intimated that Balor will have to defend the World Tag Team titles with JD McDonagh on the card, saying that he will discuss Balor’s other title match with him on next week’s Raw.

Cody Rhodes defending the Undisputed WWE Championship against Kevin Owens is already official for SNME, plus Liv Morgan defending the Women’s World Championship against IYO SKY was added to the lineup during Monday’s Raw.

The updated card for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, airing Saturday, December 14 at 8 p.m. Eastern time on NBC:

  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against Kevin Owens
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Finn Balor
  • Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan defends against IYO SKY

Women’s World Championship match booked for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Women’s World Championship will be on the line at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on December 14.

As revealed during Monday’s Raw, Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan will defend her title against IYO SKY at Saturday Night’s Main Event set for Saturday, December 14.

Morgan and SKY were on opposite sides of the women’s WarGames match at last Saturday’s Survivor Series, with Morgan pinned by Rhea Ripley.

On Monday’s Raw, Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez defeated SKY and Kairi Sane in tag team action, then continued to attack the losing team after the match. Ripley ran in to save, but was sent face-first into the announce table, selling the orbital injury that kept Ripley sidelined for months.

Cody Rhodes defending the Undisputed WWE Championship against Kevin Owens is the other bout currently set for the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event to NBC.

The announced card to this point:

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, Saturday, December 14, 8 p.m. Eastern time on NBC —

  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against Kevin Owens
  • Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan defends against IYO SKY