WWE Saturday Night's Main Event Live Coverage - January 24th, 2026
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Cody Rhodes goes to war with Jacob Fatu
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Date:
Saturday, January 24, 2026 8:00 pm EST
Location:
Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Available on:
Peacock, YouTube (International)
Card
#1 Contender for the Undisputed WWE Championship:
Randy Orton vs. Trick Williams vs. Damian Priest vs. Sami Zayn
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship:
Rhiyo (Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky) (c) vs. The Judgment Day (Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez)
Cody Rhodes vs. Jacob Fatu
AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
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— Stephanie McMahon greets audiences at home from her position and asks the fans if they're ready.
— We get a new package, capitalizing on the nostalgia of Saturday Night Main Events past and a quick nod to our most recent episode--when John Cena retired. They highlight the future of SNME, and show clips from recent events, such as Drew McIntyre's Undisputed WWE Championship win. We get pyro and it's time to truly get things started.
— Michael Cole and Wade Barrett then greet audiences at home as Jacob Fatu makes his way to the ring. Cody Rhodes follows.
Cody Rhodes vs. Jacob Fatu
Fatu blindsides Rhodes as he hits his pose on the ring ropes. Rhodes fires off right hands on Fatu and knocks over the referee. Security and officials down to the ring to try and get a handle on things and escort Fatu to the back, but Rhodes blindsides Fatu from behind.
Rhodes and Fatu get back in the ring, but Rhodes dumps him out of the other side of the ring and delivers a tope suicida to Fatu. As security and officials try getting a handle on things once again, Rhodes clotheslines Fatu over the barricade and the pair brawl through the crowd. Rhodes throws a beer into Fatu's face, but Fatu lands a back body drop on Rhodes.
Fatu and Rhodes continue to brawl through the crowd as the match still has yet to kick off and security continues trying to pull the two men apart. Rhodes and Fatu brawl into the concession area, and Rhodes throws a recycling bin at several guards. Fatu sends a security guard crashing through a table, and Rhodes throws another drink into Fatu's face before the pair brawl back through the crowd and into the ringside area.
Fatu and Rhodes teeter on the barricade, but Drew McIntyre appears out of nowhere and sends Fatu crashing through a table with a hair whip. He then low blows Rhodes and powerbombs him through a second table.
Winner: n/a
— Back from the break, Cathy Kelley catches up with Drew McIntyre and says what he just did to Rhodes and Fatu deserves an explanation. McIntyre says that what he did was a statement, then warns anyone that comes after him that their fate will be the same.
— IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley make their way to the ring. The Judgment Day follow.
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WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match: Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky (c) vs. the Judgment Day
SKY and Liv Morgan begin the action. The bell rings and SKY levels Morgan with a dropkick. She fires off forearms on her, but Morgan delivers a hair whip to SKY to send her crashing into the mat and tags in Perez. Perez and Morgan look to double team on SKY, but SKY sends Morgan crashing into Perez.
Perez looks to escape the ring, but SKY drags her back inside as Perez hangs onto the ring skirt. While the referee fixes the ring skirt, Morgan takes a cheap shot at SKY. Perez then rains down right hands and left hands on her before she delivers an uppercut to SKY and tags Morgan back in.
Morgan delivers a codebreaker to SKY and follows it up with The Three Amigos to her, then tags in Perez. Perez lands an elbow drop on SKY, but SKY fends off Perez and looks to tag out to Ripley. Perez blindsides SKY from behind to prevent her from tagging out, but SKY delivers a double stomp to Perez's midsection. Morgan tags in and tries to prevent SKY from tagging out, but comes up just short and SKY manages to tag in Ripley.
Ripley delivers a Fallaway Slam to Morgan and sets up for Rip Tide on her, but Morgan escapes and looks to land a codebreaker on her. Ripley catches Morgan, but Perez then tags in and Ripley pulls her into the ring. She rocks Morgan with a headbutt, but Perez blindsides Ripley from behind and fires off right hands on Ripley. Ripley and Perez then teeter on the ropes, but Morgan tags herself in and knocks SKY off the apron.
Perez delivers a hurricanrana to Ripley off the top rope, and Morgan delivers a codebreaker to Ripley off the middle rope. Perez flies out of the ring to take down SKY on the outside as Morgan pins Ripley, but Ripley kicks out.
Ripley rocks Morgan with a kick to her head, then tags in SKY. Ripley connects with a Razor's Edge on Morgan, and SKY follows it up with a missile dropkick to her off the top rope. She goes for a pin, but Perez breaks the fall and takes down Ripley with a hurricanrana. SKY then lands a missile dropkick on Perez and hits her signature pose, but Morgan sends SKY crashing into the corner chest first.
Perez tags back in and Morgan looks to fly off the ropes. SKY takes her down, but Perez sets up for Pop Rox on her. SKY lands on her feet and levels Perez with a kick, then sets up for Over The Moonsault. Perez avoids it and delivers Pop Rox to SKY, then goes for a pin but Ripley breaks the fall.
Ripley tags in and connects with a headbutt on Perez. She delivers Rip Tide to Perez, then tags in SKY. SKY then lands Over The Moonsault on Perez and pins her, but Raquel Rodriguez appears at ringside and pulls the referee out of the ring to break the fall.
Rodriguez powerbombs SKY on the outside, but Stephanie Vaquer's music hits and she runs down to the ring to take out Rodriguez. She lands a crossbody on Rodriguez off the barricade and brawls with her through the crowd.
Back in the ring, Perez pins SKY but SKY manages to kick out. Ripley makes the blind tag in and delivers Oblivion to SKY thinking she's the legal woman. Ripley then blindsides Morgan with a Rip Tide and pins her for the win.
Winners and STILL WWE Women's Tag Team Champions: IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley
— AJ Styles makes his way to the ring. Shinsuke Nakamura follows.
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles
The bell rings and the two lock up. They go back and forth with submission holds, but Styles levels Nakamura with a dropkick and Nakamura fires off right hands on Styles' midsection. Styles levels Nakamura with a back elbow and flies over the top rope to take out Nakamura with a crossbody on the outside, but Nakamura fires off knees on Styles' midsection back from the break.
Styles levels Nakamura with a sliding forearm and a splash in the corner, then delivers a backbreaker to Nakamura and Nakamura responds with a Scorpion Kick to Styles. He levels Styles with a second kick, then fires off kicks on his chest and rocks him with an enzuigiri to his head.
Nakamura delivers a sliding German suplex to Styles and follows it up with a knee to him off the middle rope, then goes for a pin but Styles kicks out. Styles then delivers a Dragon Screw to Nakamura and cinches in a Calf Crusher on him, but Nakamura counters into an arm bar. He transitions into a Triangle, but Styles escapes and exchanges forearms with Nakamura.
Styles rocks Nakamura with a Pele Kick, but Nakamura runs over Styles with a Kinshasa. He sets up for a second Kinshaha, but Nakamura's knee gives out. Styles then runs over Nakamura with a Kinshasa and pins him, but Nakamura kicks out. Styles then gets Nakamura up on his shoulders and sends him crashing into the mat before Styles sets up for the Phenomenal Forearm on Nakamura.
Nakamura plucks Styles off the ropes and delivers a Michinoku Driver to him, and the pair then exchange chops with one another. Nakamura looks to cinch in an armbar on Nakamura, but Styles locks in a S-Grip to keep Nakamura from cinching in the hold. Nakamura then rocks Styles with a knee, but Styles sets up for the Styles Clash. Nakamura avoids it, but Styles delivers a Phenomenal Forearm and Styles Clash to Nakamura for the win.
Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura
— After the match, Styles and Nakamura hug one another in the ring.
— Randy Orton, Trick Williams, Damian Priest, and Sami Zayn make their way to the ring.
#1 Contender's Fatal 4-Way Main Event Match: Randy Orton vs Trick Williams vs Damian Priest vs Sami Zayn
The bell rings and Williams hops out of the ring. Priest clocks Orton, but Zayn clotheslines him out of the ring and Williams fires off right hands on Zayn's back. Priest flies off the ring steps to take out Zayn, then dumps him back in the ring and levels him once again.
Orton rakes Priest's eyes and dumps him out of the ring, but Zayn rains down right hands on Orton. Williams blindsides Zayn from behind and fires off stomps on both Zayn and Orton, then fires off forearms on him and knocks Priest off the ring apron. Williams then lands a DDT on Zayn and pins him, but Zayn kicks out.
Williams delivers a chop to Zayn, then levels him with a leg lariat. Zayn then takes out Priest with a Tornado DDT and sets up for a Helluva Kick on Orton, but Williams takes out Zayn with a lariat and pins him. Zayn kicks out, but Priest sends Zayn crashing out of the ring with a kick to him.
Zayn flies over the top rope and out of the ring to take down Williams, then sends him crashing into the announce desk spine first and lands an Exploder on Priest in the corner back inside the ring. Zayn then connects with a Helluva Kick and goes for a pin, but Williams pulls the referee out of the ring to break the fall.
Orton sends Williams crashing into the announce desk twice spine first, then sends Zayn and Priest crashing into the announce desk and sends Williams crashing into the announce desk once more. He dumps Williams back in the ring, but Williams rolls back out the other side.
Zayn sets up for a Blue Thunder Bomb on Orton, but Orton avoids it. Zayn then rolls up Orton, but Orton kicks out and Zayn looks to fly off the top rope. Orton looks to blindside Zayn with an RKO, but Zayn avoids it and calls for the Helluva Kick. Orton blindsides Zayn with a RKO, but before he can pin Zayn, Williams dumps him out of the ring and pins Zayn himself. Priest then breaks the fall.
Priest and Williams exchange strikes and kicks with one another on the ring apron, but Orton delivers a double hanging DDT to Williams and Priest. Orton sets up for an RKO on Williams, but Williams avoids it and delivers South of Heaven to Orton. Williams then rolls up Priest, but Priest kicks out and sets up for South of Heaven on Williams. Williams kicks out and delivers an Exploder, then sets up for a Helluva Kick on him.
Williams moves out of the way, and Zayn is sent crashing into the corner. Williams then ascends to the top rope, but Zayn meets him up there and Priest catches him with a Razor's Edge.
Priest sends Williams crashing off the apron, but Zayn blindsides Priest with a Helluva Kick for the win.
Winner and NEW #1 Contender: Sami Zayn
— After the match, Drew McIntyre looks to blindside Zayn. Zayn sees McIntyre coming and sends him crashing out of the ring, standing tall on the ropes as the show goes off the air.
