Our WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event results for tonight include Jade Cargill challenging Tiffany Stratton for the WWE Women’s Championship, Dominik Mysterio defending the Intercontinental Championship in a triple threat match against Rusev and Penta, Cody Rhodes putting the Undisputed WWE Championship on the line against Drew McIntyre, and CM Punk and Jey Uso collide to crown a new World Heavyweight Champion. Here’s our review and grades for tonight’s show, live from the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Card:
- World Heavyweight Championship Match: CM Punk vs. Jey Uso
- Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
- WWE Women’s Championship Match: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Jade Cargill
- Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat Match: Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. Rusev vs. Penta
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Results:
As the show kicks off, each of tonight’s competitors are shown entering the building.
Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Drew McIntyre (No champion’s advantage; if Rhodes is counted out or disqualified, the championship will change hands)
McIntyre and Rhodes trade strikes. Suplex by Rhodes. McIntyre rolls out and begs Rhodes ot join him. McIntyre tries to bait Rhodes into losing it by mocking him at every turn. McIntyre lights Rhodes up with a few chops and punches. Rhodes stumbles to the ropes. McIntyre bites Rhodes’ forehead behind the referee’s back.Rhodes fires up and stomps McIntyre into the corner. Rhodes stomps a mudhole in McIntyre. The referee tries to pull Rhodes back. Rhodes pushes the referee, but the referee lets it slide. McIntyre launches Rhodes into the ring post. Rhodes falls to the floor. McIntyre tosses Rhodes into the timekeeper’s area. Rhodes is almost counted out. McIntyre works over Rhodes.
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McIntyre goes up top. Rhodes cuts McIntyre off and hits a superplex. McIntyre runs into a powerslam by Rhodes. Disaster Kick by Rhodes. Cody Cutter by Rhodes. McIntyre kicks out! Quick jabs followed by a Bionic Elbow by Rhodes. Rhodes hits the ropes and eats a spinebuster from McIntyre. McIntyre rolls through for the cover. Rhodes kicks out, but McIntyre immediately hits a sit-out powerbomb. McIntyre brings the championship into the ring. Rhodes yanks the championship away and tosses it to the referee. McIntyre obliterates Rhodes with a Claymore! Rhodes kicks at two.
McIntyre knocks Rhodes off the apron, causing him to crash through the commentary desk, which basically explodes with the impact. Rhodes slides back in the ring at the referee’s nine count. McIntyre calls for the Claymore. Rhodes ducks to avoid McIntyre’s kick. The referee is in the way as Rhodes tries to set up a super Cody Cutter. Rhodes’ knee gives out, and he drops to the floor. McIntyre tries to attack, but the referee pulls McIntyre back. Rhodes manages to hit the super Cody Cutter, but Rhodes is clutching at his knee.
McIntyre drives Rhodes into the referee as he is trying to set up Crossroads. The referee is down. Rhodes tries a springboard, but McIntyre catches Rhodes with a midair Glasgow kiss. McIntyre tries to hit Rhodes with the championship. Rhodes avoids it. After a double crossbody, both men are down. Both men crawl to the championship. McIntyre gets to the championship first. Rhodes grabs McIntyre and hits a DDT on the championship. Crossroads by Rhodes. The referee miraculously wakes up and counts the pinfall.
Winner and STILL WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes!
Grade: B
This match could have main evented any WWE PLE. Rhodes and McIntyre used the stipulation here to create SEVERAL “nearfall” moments that could have legitimately been the end of the match. The best part here is that McIntyre still has a grip. This is going to lead to some sort of bonkers stipulation for their next match.
WWE Women’s Championship Match: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Jade Cargill
Stratton charges at Cargill and gets clobbered. Cargill kicks Stratton in her injured knee. Stratton tries to use the ropes to hold herself up. Cargill kicks Stratton’s leg out from under her. Modified facebuster by Cargill. Cargill tosses Stratton all over the ring. Cargill misses a spear in the corner. Stratton tries to go up top, but her leg gives out. Cargill traps Stratton in the tree of woe. Stratton screams in pain as Cargill chokes Stratton against the turnbuckles. Cargill drops Stratton on the ring apron.
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Cargill sets Stratton against the ring step. As Cargill charges in, Stratton trips Cargill into the ring steps. Stratton sends Cargill back into the ring and goes up top. Cargill cuts Stratton off, but Stratton drops Cargill off the top. Swanton by Stratton. Cargill kicks out. Stratton tries to fire herself up, but Cargill almost decapitates Stratton with a clothesline. Eye of the Storm by Cargill. Stratton kicks out. Cargill tosses Stratton around the ring with several fallaway slams. Stratton won’t stay down. Sit-out powerbomb by Cargill. Another kick out by Stratton. Cargill hits two more powerbombs. Cargill hits Jaded for the win!
Winner and NEW WWE Women’s Champion, Jade Cargill!
Grade: B-
Well… that went differently than expected. Jade Cargill beat the living you know what out of Tiffany Stratton tonight. Even still, Cargill’s dominate win is tainted by Stratton being injured coming into this. Is odd that they felt Stratton needed an out here. Cargill is a beast. Why can’t Cargill just beat Statton straight up? Odd stuff.
Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat Match: Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. Rusev vs. Penta
As soon as the bell rings, Rusev stomps Dominik in the corner. Penta pushes Rusev out of the way and stomps Dominik. Rusev and Penta get into a fist fight over who gets to stomp Dominik. Dominik tries a head scissors on Rusev, but Rusev blocks it and slams Dominik. Rusev tosses Dominik all over the ring. Rusev tries to send Dominik into the ring post. Dominik slips off Rusev’s shoulder and sends Rusev into the post. Penta surprises Rusev with a dive. Dominik surprises Penta with a dive. Headstand dropkick by Penta. Rusev pulls Penta out of the ring during his pin and sends Penta into the barricade.
Rusev catches Dominik during a dive and drops him on the commentary desk. Rusev works over Dominik. Dominik trips Rusev into the ropes. Rusev blocks the 619 and locks Dominik in the Accolade. Penta breaks up the hold with a head kick to Rusev. Penta lands a slingshot backstabber. Basement superkick by Penta. Penta tries a springboard and meets a right hand from Rusev. Spinning uranage by Rusev. Dominik tosses a chair to Rusev and acts like Rusev hit him. The referee tells Dominik there is no DQ. Rusev hits Dominik with the chair. Penta leaps off Rusev’s back and hits a Mexican Destroyer on Dominik.
Dominik falls out of the ring. Penta lands a springboard DDT. Rusev kicks out. Rusev counters Penta’s Mexican Destroyer into an Alabama Slam. Penta avoids the Machka Kick and hits the Penta driver! Rusev manages to kick out. Penta dives off the top into a Machka Kick. Rusev traps Penta in the Accolade. The bell rings, even though Penta hasn’t given up. Rusev celebrates, but the referee tells Rusev the match isn’t over. Dominik rang the bell! After a bunch of running around, Dominik ducks a shot with the Timekeeper’s hammer from Penta, which lays out Rusev! Dominik sends Penta into the ring post and hits a Frog Splash on Rusev for the win.
Winner and STILL Intercontinental Champion, Dominik Mysterio!
Grade: B
This was a fun triple threat match. Rusev and Penta were utterly dominant in this one, and the swarmy heel Dominik found yet another creative way to keep his championship. When Dominik finally loses the championship, they’d better pick the right person to do it. If they play this wrong, that person is going to get booed out of the building.
John Cena announces that there will be a 16 man tournament featuring Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and maybe a few people who don’t even work in WWE to win the right to face Cena in his final match.
World Heavyweight Championship Match: CM Punk vs. Jey Uso
Punk attempts the GTS, Jey escapes. After trading strikes, Punk tries another GTS. Jey avoids it yet again. Punk drops several elbows for a near fall. Jey and Punk have a miscommunication on a neckbreaker, leading to an awkward moment. Punk hits the ropes and eats a Samoan drop from Punk. Punk counters the Spear with a neckbreaker. Punk lands a GTS out of nowhere, but Jey falls out of the ring. Punk pours a bottle of water on Jey before tossing him back into the ring. Punk sets up a superplex. Jey knocks Punk off the top. Jey unloads on Punk with punches. Hip attack by Jey. Jey tries another and almost gets GTS’d again. Jey superkicks Punk, hits a Spear, followed by the Uso Splash! Punk kicks out! Punk and Jey trade punches.
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A leg lariat from Punk sends Jey into the corner. Running knee followed by a Bulldog by Punk. Punk calls for the GTS. Jey escapes another GTS. Superkick by Jey. Punk falls through the ropes. Jey catches Punk with a dive. Jey Spears Punk through the barricade. Jey sends Punk back into the ring and attempts another splash. Punk gets his knees up and hits another GTS! Jey kicks out! Punk sets Jey up for a piledriver. Jey escapes and hits Punk with a GTS! Jey hits the ropes and Punk Spears Jey! Jey kicks out! Punk hits a GTS. Jey hits the ropes and lands on Punk’s shoulders. Punk tries another GTS, but Jey turns it into a sleeper. Punk reverses the hold into the Anaconda Vice! Jey manages to get to the ropes. Jey lands two superkicks. Punk counters the Spear with a head kick. Punk lands two more GTS’ for the win.
Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk!
Grade: B-
This one started off slow but built to a heck of a crescendo. This match was NJPW coded; when was the last time you saw that many finisher kickouts? If anything, beyond the slow start, that’s the only major criticism of this match. The sameness of doing the same moves over and over again just sucks the life out of any match.
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Review:
Tonight’s show was a fun ride. Despite the repetitiveness of the main event, each match, as a whole, delivered. The match of the night was the triple threat match for the IC Championship, with all three competitors emerging from it better than they entered. Rusev should skip the IC title and head straight into a feud with Punk for the World Championship. Penta and Dominik should just flat-out fight forever. Tons of storylines will bridge from tonight’s show, with the most intriguing being what’s next for the new World Heavyweight Champion and who will be first in line for a shot. What did you all think of the show? Let us know in the comments below!
Rating: B-
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