Our WWE Night of Champions results for tonight include the King and Queen of the Ring tournament finals featuring Oba Femi battling Jey Uso and IYO SKY clashing with Liv Morgan, Tiffany Stratton defending the Women’s United States Championship against Jade Cargill, Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker meeting in a Steel Cage match, Ricky Saints challenging Trick Williams for the United States Championship, and Cody Rhodes defending the Undisputed WWE Championship in a triple threat match against Gunther and Sami Zayn. Here’s our review and grades for tonight’s show, live from The Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
WWE Night of Champions Card:
- 2026 King of the Ring Tournament Final | Oba Femi vs. Jey Uso
- 2026 Queen of the Ring Tournament Final | IYO SKY vs. Liv Morgan
- United States Championship Match | Trick Williams (c) vs. Ricky Saints
- Steel Cage Match | Seth Rollins vs. Bron Breakker
- Undisputed WWE Championship Match | Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Gunther vs. Sami Zayn
- Women’s United States Championship Match | Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Jade Cargill
WWE Night of Champions Results:
2026 King of the Ring Tournament Final | Oba Femi vs. Jey Uso
Femi tosses Jey into the corner. Jey escapes and lands a few right hands. Femi runs over Jey. Jey avoids a running European uppercut by rolling out. Femi follows and ends up getting sent into the ring post. Jey lands multiple dives. Jey tries another and eats an elbow to the face. Shoulder breaker by Femi. Femi calls for a chokeslam. Jey fires back with a few strikes and escapes a Fall from Grace and lands a kick. Jey lands a Uso Splash, but before a one count, Femi grabs him by the throat and lands a chokeslam.
Jey kicks at two. Femi runs into a superkick from Jey. Jey lands a few more and a Spear. Jey goes back up top and hits another Uso Splash, but he can’t make the cover. After that, Jey hits another Uso Splash! Femi kicks out yet again! Femi is clutching at his gut. Jey locks in a sleeper hold. Femi looks to have tapped, but the referee didn’t see it. Femi fights back to his feet and breaks the hold. Superkick by Jey. Femi responds with an uppercut. Pizza toss by Femi. Fall from Grace by Femi! FEMI PINS JEY FEMI PINS JEY!
WINNER AND 2026 KING OF THE RING, OBA FEMI!!
After the match, GM Aldis hands Femi the crown. Femi cuts a fiery promo proclaiming himself the King of the Ring.
Grade: B
This match was exceptional. Jey was on his game tonight and looked as if he was going to put this away several times. The specter of Brock Lesnar loomed over this match, with most everyone expecting Lesnar to ruin this for Femi. WWE did the right thing here. For once, they didn’t fall into bad booking habits and went with the right winner. The Ruler has his crown and will be where he should be; in the main event title picture. And that promo after the win was amazing.
Danhausen is on the stage but before he can get to the point, Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan walks out on the stage and demands Danhausen pay The Judgment Day the money he owes them or bad things will happen to him. Danhausen says he doesn’t know what she’s talking about and curses Morgan. Morgan slaps Danhausen.
2026 Queen of the Ring Tournament Final | IYO SKY vs. Liv Morgan
SKY and Morgan trade takedown. Morgan traps SKY in the corner and works her over. SKY does a few flips to avoid Morgan’s clothesline before tripping Morgan and blasting her with a basement dropkick. Morgan blocks a sunset flip bomb by SKY. Morgan works over SKY. SKY rolls through on a Morgan Boston Crab and lands a double stomp. Missile dropkick by SKY. Bullet train attack by SKY. Kick out by Morgan. Morgan surprises SKY with a backstabber. SKY cuts off a dive by Morgan with an elbow strike. Asai moonsault by SKY. Morgan kicks out after an underhook backbreaker from SKY.
SKY goes up top. Morgan pushes SKY off the top. SKY jams her knee on the steps. Morgan focuses her attack on SKY’s injured leg. Morgan locks SKY in a half crab. SKY eventually manages to escape. Morgan and SKY trade strikes. Lungblower by Morgan. SKY kicks out. SKY avoids Oblivion, which causes Morgan to get hung up in the ropes. Morgan avoids a leg drop from SKY. SKY’s knee slams into the mat. Morgan goes up top. SKY cuts Morgan off and hits a Spanish Fly off the top! Over the Moonsault by SKY! SKY pins Morgan!
Winner and 2026 Queen of the Ring, IYO SKY!
After the match, SKY is handed her crown. SKY points at Morgan, who is stewing at ringside, and announces she will see Morgan at SummerSlam.
Grade: B-
These two have good chemistry, so this was always going to have a solid contest. Morgan adding submissions to her arsenal is a good look. There isn’t a bevy of submission “specialists” in the women’s division (not that she is, but close enough). After getting cursed before the match, Morgan had no chance in hell of winning this.
Steel Cage Match | Seth Rollins vs. Bron Breakker
As Rollins enters the cage, he brings in a bunch of weapons. Rollins sits in a chair, waiting for Breakker. As Breakker enters, he follows suit, bringing in various implements of destruction. Both men sit across from each other in the cage, engaged in an intense staredown. Breakker and Rollins lunge at each other and land a flurry of strikes. Breakker unloads on Rollins with three consecutive German suplexes. Rollins is repeatedly tossed into the cage. Breakker drops Rollins on a chair with a backbreaker. Rollins fires up and lands a series of strikes, capped with a clothesline that sends Breakker to the mat. Rollins unloads on Breakker with a kendo stick before launching him into the cage several times. Breakker ends up pinned between the ropes and the cage.
Rollins slams Breakker’s head into the cage. A splash from Rollins crushes Breakker against the cage. Rollins sets up a table in the corner. Breakker hits the Breakkensteiner on a pile of chairs. Rollins braces himself using a chair. Breakker leaps off the top rope and clotheslines Rollins out of the chair! Breakker tries to decapitate Rollins with a chair. Rollins avoids it and lands a superkick. Rollins superkicks a chair into Breakker’s face. Breakker counters Rollins Stomp with a Spear! Rollins kicks out! Breakker climbs the cage. Rollins follows, leading to both men trading punches on top of the structure. Rollins superplexes Breakker off the top of the cage through a table! Breakker is bleeding from his eye. Rollins misses another Stomp.
The Finish
Torpedo Spear by Breakker! Rollins kicks out. Breakker calls for the door to be opened. Rollins grabs Breakker’s foot to prevent his escape. Rollins puts Breakker in a sleeper using the middle rope while screaming at him to finish the fight. Breakker slams the cage door on Rollins head. Breakker attempts a Spear. Rollins moves and Breakker goes headfirst through a table. Pedigree by Rollins! Stomp by Rollins. Breakker kicks at two! Rollins sets up another Stomp. Breakker begs off, and Rollins stops in his tracks. Breakker looks out of it, but Breakker fires up. Rollins leaps off the top rope and obliterates Breakker with a Super Stomp! Rollins pins Breakker!
Winner- Seth Rollins
Grade: B
This match didn’t have the most auspicious of starts; bringing weapons into a cage is the definition of a hat-on-a-hat. Overlooking that, this developed into an incredible cage match. Breakker and Rollins both attempted to murder each other tonight, and it’s hard not to give both men a standing ovation for their efforts. This one could have ended several times, but the actual finish of this one was exceptional.
United States Championship Match | Trick Williams (c) vs. Ricky Saints
Saints attacks Williams before the bell rings. Williams catches Saints with a leaping clothesline. Williams stomps Saints in the corner. Saints rolls out to avoid the Trick Shot. Saints yanks the kendo stick out of Lil Boat’s hand and bangs it against the ring steps. Hilariously, Saints drops to the floor and holds his head. The referee turns around and ejects Boat from ringside. Saints attacks Williams while he’s distracted. Saints works over Williams. Williams fires up, and Trick slaps Saints. Ripcord Bookend by Williams. Saints kicks at two. Saints sidesteps a big boot from Williams. Williams ends up caught in the ropes.
Saints dives off the second rope and clotheslines Williams. Wave of the future by Saints. Williams kicks out. Williams back body drops Saints to avoid a Rochambeau. After a strike exchange, Williams lands a neckbreaker for a two count. Williams calls for the Trick Shot. Saints avoids it and hits the Revolution DDT. Diving elbow drop by Saints! Kick out by Williams! After a series of reversals, Williams lands the Trick Shot for the win!
Winner and STILL United States Champion, Trick Williams!
After the match, Saints tries a sneak attack, but Boat reappears and hits Saints with a kendo stick. Williams Trick slaps Saints. Williams tells Boat to drop an elbow. Boat hits Saints with the People’s ElBOAT.
Grade: C+
This match was solid. Saints’ best match since making the main roster. Placing this after that cage match took some of the umpf out of this one.
Women’s United States Championship Match | Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Jade Cargill
Stratton attacks as soon as the bell rings. Basement dropkick by Stratton. Hip attack by Stratton. Stratton tries a dive, but eats a knee to the face. Cargill works over Stratton. Stratton fires up and lands a rollins senton. Cargill gets the knees up during the Prettiest Moonsault Ever. Eye of the Storm by Cargill. Stratton kicks out. Stratton and Cargill trade pin attempts.
B-Fab and Michin come down to ringside while Stratton goes up top. In the confusion, Stratton misses a swanton. Chelsea Green crawls from under the ring and takes out Michin and B-Fab. Cargill pulls Green into the ring. Cargill tries to grab the United States Championship, but Charlotte Flair appears and hits Cargill with the championship. Stratton hits her finish for the win!
Winner and STILL Women’s United States Champion, Tiffany Stratton!
Grade: C+
This one was a bit all over the place to start, but the action picked up when all of the shenanigans started. I don’t think we need to see Cargill and Stratton wrestle again for a long time. We need Cargill vs. Flair at SummerSlam. That’s the match.
Undisputed WWE Championship Match | Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Gunther vs. Sami Zayn
Gunther boots Zayn in the head, knocking him out of the ring. Gunther and Rhodes brawl. Zayn runs back in and dumps Gunther over the top. Rhodes and Zayn trade takedowns and pins. Gunther pulls Zayn out of the ring and tosses him into the ring steps. Rhodes and Gunther trade strikes. Gunther ends Rhodes with a chop. Gunther works on Rhodes. Zayn attacks Gunther from behind. Gunther chops Zayn into oblivion and tosses him back to the floor. Rhodes catches Gunther with a Cody cutter. Powerslam by Rhodes. Zayn tries to sneak in but ends up getting drop with a side effect. Rhodes lands a double Cody cutter on Zayn and Gunther. Zayn rolls out. Rhodes takes out Zayn with a dive.
Gunther and Rhodes trade finish attempts. Gunther eventually manages a powerbomb! Zayn breaks up the pin. Zayn lands a blue thunder bomb on Rhodes. Rhodes kicks out. Zayn sets up the Helluva Kick. Gunther pulls Zayn out of the ring and tosses him into the barricade. Rhodes drops Gunther with Crossroads. Zayn pulls the referee out of the ring during the count. Rhodes demands that Zayn get in the ring so they can square off. Zayn and Rhodes trade strikes. Rhodes misses the disaster kick. Brainbuster by Zayn. Gunther breaks it up with a splash off the top. Gunther powerbombs Rhodes on Zayn. Zayn reverses Gunther’s powerbomb into a sunset flip bomb for a 2.9 count.
The Finish
Zayn surprises Gunther with the Helluva Kick! Rhodes pulls the referee out of the ring before the three count. Zayn and Rhodes fight out on the floor. Zayn sets up a package piledriver on the commentary desk. Rhodes blocks it, and backbody drops Zayn from one desk through the other! Zayn is out. Before Rhodes can enjoy this, Gunther powerbombs him on the other commentary desk, which doesn’t break. Gunther does it again, destroying Rhodes and the desk. Gunther brings Rhodes back into the ring and locks in a rear-naked choke. Rhodes breaks the hold by getting to his feet and dropping back.
Gunther sits up and locks Rhodes back in the choke. Rhodes passes out. Before Rhodes’ arm fell as the referee checked him, Zayn caught Rhodes’ hand. Gunther lets go of Rhodes and slaps Zayn around. Zayn fires back and sends Gunther into the corner with an exploder. Helluva Kick by Zayn! Gunther kicks out! Zayn drags Gunther to his feet. Gunther levels Zayn with a lariat. Rhodes surprises Gunther with a Super Cody Cutter! Zayn locks Gunther in a sleeper. Rhodes grabs Zayn and hits a double Crossroads! Rhodes tries to set up the Trifecta, but Zayn counters with a roll up for the… win… wait, what, ZAYN WINS, ZAYN WINS!
Winner and NEEEWWWWW Undisputed WWE Champion, Sami Zayn!
Grade: A
This was one of the best triple-threat matches this writer has seen. Everything these three did made perfect sense. Yes, getting sent into the ringsteps will cause you to be out on the floor for a while. Getting punched in the head and sent over the top didn’t lead to folks being out of the match for minutes at a time. Gunther, Rhodes, and Zayn put on a clinic tonight. It was Sami Zayn’s time. Finally, a world champion… but he may have the dubious distinction of a short reign. The Ruler is potentially right around the corner, waiting for him.
WWE Night of Champions Review
Heck of a show with several standout matches. Match of the night honors go to Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker for that barnburner of a cage match. As WWE marches toward SummerSlam, there is potential for the show to be an epic one with all of the storylines and narratives coming out of this show. This was one of the best PLE of the year for WWE.
Rating: B+
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