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12-07-2025
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Saturday Night's Main Event 2025: Predictions, match card,
Saturday night keeps getting hotter. WWE is fresh off a Night of Champions card that packed plenty of action and set the stage for a huge weekend this weekend. Now, WWE will put on Saturday Night's Main Event, and the show is loaded. Advertisement Here's everything you need to know about the show. When is Saturday Night's Main Event? Saturday Night's Main Event will be held July 12. What time is Saturday Night's Main Event? The show will start at 8 p.m. and will last two hours. What channel is Saturday Night's Main Event on? Saturday Night's Main Event will air live on NBC. How to stream Saturday Night's Main Event The show will stream live on Peacock. Where is Saturday Night's Main Event taking place? Saturday Night's Main Event will be held at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Saturday Night's Main Event match card GUNTHER vs. Bill Goldberg for the WWE championship Seth Rollins vs. LA Knight Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre Solo Sikoa vs. Jimmy Uso for the United States championship Advertisement Saturday Night's Main Event predictions Here's how we see the matches going on Saturday. GUNTHER vs. Bill Goldberg prediction I'm really looking forward to this match. Goldberg isn't a kid, but he is a legend. And he will give this match his all. He's in there against one of the best. If anyone can protect a guy who isn't at his best, it's the ring general. Goldberg is going to hit some big moves, he's going to make it fun, and he's going to go out on his back. Looking forward to this, looking forward to see where GUNTHER goes from here and happy that Bill Goldberg is getting a chance at his retirement match. And this is coming from a huge Bret Hart fan! Prediction: Goldberg shines, GUNTHER wins. Advertisement Seth Rollins vs. LA Knight prediction Is anyone better than these two right now? It's crazy that this match is on free TV. Seth Rollins is the hottest thing in wrestling, something that often happens with Paul Heyman guys. And the fans are so in love with LA Knight. He's in the mix as a top guy and he's capable of doing even more. I don't want to see either of these guys lose. The winner will get help. It would make sense for Rollins' henchmen to interfere and cost LA, but I think Roman Reigns returns here. Why not? Have him come out, beat up Seth, and set up a SummerSlam match. I still want this match to headline WrestleMania, but if they're doing it in New Jersey, I'm all in! I'm going with LA Knight. Yeah! Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre prediction A friend floated an interesting double turn in this match. I never thought of it, but Orton is slowly turning bad and how much longer will the fans boo a guy like Drew McIntyre? That's a great idea. This will be another great match with two top stars, and it's crazy WWE can just throw matches like this around on free TV and not worry about burning through a main event because the roster has so much depth. Both should win, so it's a coinflip. I'm going with Drew McIntyre winning. I'd really like to see him vs. GUNTHER soon. Advertisement Solo Sikoa vs. Jimmy Uso prediction This is going to have a bunch of interference, and hopefully it gets the Bloodline back on track. I can't see them taking the title off of Solo, so I'll say his friends jump in and cost Uso the chance at the win, but Jacob Fatu comes out and him and Jimmy clean house. Maybe Jey comes back to help? The Bloodline was the best storyline in WWE history, and I'm not sure what inning we're in now, but I'd be all for a doubleheader. Prediction: Solo Sikoa retains US Title, but crazy stuff happens after. This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Saturday Night's Main Event card, predictions, how to watch
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05-07-2025
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Rising WWE star's wife is ‘proud' after Night of Champions showing
The post Rising WWE star's wife is 'proud' after Night of Champions showing appeared first on ClutchPoints. Having a marquee match at WWE Night of Champions made Superstar Karrion Kross' wife, Scarlett, proud, and she was eager to show it. Advertisement She took to X, formerly Twitter, the day after Night of Champions to post about her husband. She has been by his side for years, and his grind paid off. 'I've watched Kross give everything. For years. For this,' Scarlett began. 'Saudi Arabia, you saw him. You felt him. You respected him. And as someone who knows what he's worth THANK YOU. 'I've never been more proud,' she continued. Karrion Kross' WWE Night of Champions match At Night of Champions, Kross faced Sami Zayn in a singles match. It has been several years since Kross' last singles match at a PLE, and he made the most of his opportunity. Kross may have lost, but his strong showing could lead to more chances in the main event. Zayn is a former four-time Intercontinental Champion, so losing to him is not a bad thing. Advertisement Over the last couple of months, Kross has gotten more popular with fans. His backstage segments created intrigue, and he made the most of his limited screen time. Kross first debuted in WWE in 2020. He won the NXT Championship from Keith Lee at TakeOver: XXX. However, a shoulder injury would cause him to vacate the title after four days. The following April, Kross would regain the NXT Championship, this time beating Finn Bálor. While champion, Kross made his main roster debut, losing to Jeff Hardy in minutes. He was later released after losing the NXT Championship once again. In 2022, Karrion Kross made his WWE return with his wife, Scarlett. He attacked Drew McIntyre, launching their feud, which would culminate a few months later. Advertisement In 2024, Kross formed the Final Testament faction. The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) and Paul Ellering were members of the faction under Kross' leadership. The rest of the Final Testament were released from WWE in February 2025. Kross and Scarlett remain on the roster, and they appear better than ever. Related: WWE star Liv Morgan seen for first time after shoulder injury surgery Related: WWE referee issues encouraging 3-word response after John Cena spot
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01-07-2025
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WWE Raw results, highlights (June 30): Judgment Day reclaim tag titles, Seth Rollins targets Gunther
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was treated to an absolute delight of a first "WWE Raw" after WWE Night of Champions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The four-match lineup was stellar, starting with a title change and integrating some major storyline developments in between. Spoiler alert, gang. This was an outstanding show. 🎋 Intertwinement of the night I was sports-entertained, gang. Gunther's promo on this "WWE Raw" looked like it was just going to be more of the same we've seen since his face-to-face with Goldberg, but it quickly broke down into more than could have ever been expected. Advertisement The World Heavyweight Champion continued to poke at Goldberg with the mentions of his quick three-minute match style. It was good as always from "The Ring General," but there's nothing more that can be added. On a side note, fans still chanting "You tapped out" is hilariously dumb when he won the last Jey Uso match. Business picked up when Gunther questioned who would be next after he beats Goldberg, and Seth Rollins emerged with only Paul Heyman. Gunther immediately landed a great line, telling Rollins he went all the way to Saudi Arabia to achieve absolutely nothing at WWE Night of Champions when he failed his attempt to cash in on WWE Champion John Cena. That's when Rollins explained he wasn't trying to cash in, and instead called back to his promise that he'd never allow CM Punk to hold gold "as long as I have breath in my body." Although it felt like a heel-move cop-out, since he called for the referee on the night, it was completely justifiable. That's when Punk sprinted out from the back to continue the forever feud with Rollins, attacking him out of the ring and up into the concessions. Gunther just watched the whole thing unfold. That was another funny moment, but then, when Punk was walking out of the ring to leave, Gunther grabbed him, and Punk somewhat awkwardly pushed him to the ground. It looked like Gunther didn't mean to fall over because he just kind of sat there like Vince McMahon after his infamous double hamstring tear at Royal Rumble 2005. Regardless, there's the seed plant for Gunther and Punk, as the latter mouthed "stay out of my way" on his way out. Advertisement We weren't done there. Rollins had the camera on him up atop the crowd, akin to Becky Lynch's birth of "The Man" scene. That's when LA Knight returned, creeping up behind Rollins with popcorn and attacking him through the concessions. I love the continuity with Knight there, and I'm looking forward to the match. It's official for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event. At this point, it also feels like Punk is going to find a way to cost Rollins in whatever cash in he goes with. It's bordering on impossible position where someone is going to have to die for them to stop getting involved with the other, so it's a bit of booking into a corner, but there's so, so much to chew on after this — even between Punk and Knight after all the dust in the arena settled. 👑 Uncrowned Gem of the Night 👑 "WWE Raw" decided to open with an absolute banger and our Uncrowned Gem of the Night. We have new tag team champions, folks. The Judgment Day's Finn Balor and JD McDonagh are once again the World Tag Team Champions after beating The New Day. Advertisement This match felt like these teams were trying to prove and remind the audience what this show's tag division is capable of. And stunningly, I mean stunningly, this was the first Judgment Day match in who knows how long that had a clean finish, which was a massively pleasant surprise. All four were banging on all cylinders, meshing together perfectly. This match was awesome, and more opening matches like this would be welcome. That moonsault to Coup de Grace finish from Balor and McDonagh is pretty sweet, too. All around A+. Mighty meatdown What a night for matches on "WWE Raw." Rusev vs. Sheamus after a phenomenal tag team match? And they get time? This was an excellent two-piece, and Rusev picked up a clean win, too. Rejoice! Advertisement Sure, it came via a very creative spot where Rusev exposed the turnbuckle and pulled Sheamus into it from the other side. Sheamus hit his upper neck on the steel before taking a Macha Kick and the pin. Instinctively, that felt like a DQ was about to commence with the referee watching it all unfold, but that's just smart environmental awareness as far as I'm concerned. If wrestlers can throw each other into the steel steps without a DQ, that shouldn't be either. It all worked wonderfully, and the near countout before it was a nice finish tease as well. This ruled on all fronts. This feels like a set-up to continue their feud, which is fine, as long as it's short. I mean, Sheamus did a double diving knee drop from the top rope. What? This dude is 47. And very heavy. It will be a tough match to top. Three for three I might have pissed off Triple H or something because he decided to cook with this show. Bayley vs. Lyra Valkyria followed Rusev vs. Sheamus, and, surprise, surprise, it also slapped. Advertisement The friendship element between Bayley and Valkyria hasn't been working for me, and it shouldn't for anyone who remembers how thrown together they were as a team. They literally had a match for the Intercontinental title weeks before that. However, they're obviously breaking away from that as evidenced by this match's conclusion, which was a double pin to create a draw. OK, it was a somewhat unusual way to end the match, but hey, it was different, rare and most importantly, not a disqualification or interference (or both). So, massive points for that, and the whole match had a lot of great sequences, leading to their brawl post-match afterward. This has to lead to a triple-threat match with Lynch at Evolution. As all the Uncrowned loyalists will know, I'm all the way here for that. 👍 MONDAY NIGHT MONEY 👍 1. Iyo Sky will defend her Women's World Championship against Rhea Ripley at Evolution. This gets a plus purely because these two always deliver magic together. Otherwise, it feels like a relatively lazy and fairly predictable audible after Liv Morgan's injury. Advertisement Expect Ripley to take back the championship and set up that previously teased Stephanie Vaquer feud for SummerSlam. At least that's what should happen if Ripley wins. 2. Alright, the latest Goldberg video package was pretty sweet. Primarily for the massive nostalgia hit, which is again, mostly all it is with Bald Bill at this point. It is funny in that respect though, because how many current young fans even know who he is? 3. Balor implored general managers Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis not to strip Raquel Rodriguez of the Women's Tag Team titles, and instead let Roxanne Perez fill in for Morgan's place alongside her. They agreed and set up a four-way tag team title match at Evolution, featuring teams from "Raw," "SmackDown" and NXT. Advertisement This is a nice and easy call for the story progression within The Judgment Day, and the inevitable collision between Morgan and Perez. But as for the match, where are they going to get these non-existent teams? Nonetheless, Perez is now officially in the stable. 4. Karrion Kross gave Sami Zayn a proper beatdown backstage, hitting him with a steel pipe and demanding he admit he told the truth. Overall, I'm not sure how to feel about this, considering Kross lost their match, but him getting more time and taking action of sorts is a plus. 5. Despite Zayn's damage, he still had a main event match alongside Penta to take on Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed. The latter duo won after Breakker hit Zayn with the spear. Advertisement It was probably the weakest of the four matches on this "WWE Raw," but that doesn't mean it was bad. They all played their hits, resulting in the big, tough, bad guys coming out on top and remaining strong. Jey Uso made the save with a chair afterward when Reed looked to hit his wave of Tsunamis on Zayn, and that's fine continuity. Honestly, Breakker and Reed should go for the tag titles sooner rather than later. 6. Chad Gable is injured, which sucks. However, Ludwig Kaiser was seen backstage walking by Alpha Academy, dressed as El Grande Americano. I mean, the more Kaiser, the better, and this whole concept is only getting more ridiculous in a pretty fun way. 👑 What a stunning turn of events from this "WWE Raw." Really, little to no issues, and NO DQs OR INTERFERENCE! This was fun, quality WWE programming from top to bottom. You love to see it. I give this show a Crown score of: 10/10. 👑
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01-07-2025
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WWE Raw results, highlights (June 30): Judgment Day reclaim tag titles, Seth Rollins targets Gunther
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was treated to an absolute delight of a first "WWE Raw" after WWE Night of Champions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The four-match lineup was stellar, starting with a title change and integrating some major storyline developments in between. Spoiler alert, gang. This was an outstanding show. 🎋 Intertwinement of the night I was sports-entertained, gang. Gunther's promo on this "WWE Raw" looked like it was just going to be more of the same we've seen since his face-to-face with Goldberg, but it quickly broke down into more than could have ever been expected. Advertisement The World Heavyweight Champion continued to poke at Goldberg with the mentions of his quick three-minute match style. It was good as always from "The Ring General," but there's nothing more that can be added. On a side note, fans still chanting "You tapped out" is hilariously dumb when he won the last Jey Uso match. Business picked up when Gunther questioned who would be next after he beats Goldberg, and Seth Rollins emerged with only Paul Heyman. Gunther immediately landed a great line, telling Rollins he went all the way to Saudi Arabia to achieve absolutely nothing at WWE Night of Champions when he failed his attempt to cash in on WWE Champion John Cena. That's when Rollins explained he wasn't trying to cash in, and instead called back to his promise that he'd never allow CM Punk to hold gold "as long as I have breath in my body." Although it felt like a heel-move cop-out, since he called for the referee on the night, it was completely justifiable. That's when Punk sprinted out from the back to continue the forever feud with Rollins, attacking him out of the ring and up into the concessions. Gunther just watched the whole thing unfold. That was another funny moment, but then, when Punk was walking out of the ring to leave, Gunther grabbed him, and Punk somewhat awkwardly pushed him to the ground. It looked like Gunther didn't mean to fall over because he just kind of sat there like Vince McMahon after his infamous double hamstring tear at Royal Rumble 2005. Regardless, there's the seed plant for Gunther and Punk, as the latter mouthed "stay out of my way" on his way out. Advertisement We weren't done there. Rollins had the camera on him up atop the crowd, akin to Becky Lynch's birth of "The Man" scene. That's when LA Knight returned, creeping up behind Rollins with popcorn and attacking him through the concessions. I love the continuity with Knight there, and I'm looking forward to the match. It's official for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event. At this point, it also feels like Punk is going to find a way to cost Rollins in whatever cash in he goes with. It's bordering on impossible position where someone is going to have to die for them to stop getting involved with the other, so it's a bit of booking into a corner, but there's so, so much to chew on after this — even between Punk and Knight after all the dust in the arena settled. 👑 Uncrowned Gem of the Night 👑 "WWE Raw" decided to open with an absolute banger and our Uncrowned Gem of the Night. We have new tag team champions, folks. The Judgment Day's Finn Balor and JD McDonagh are once again the World Tag Team Champions after beating The New Day. Advertisement This match felt like these teams were trying to prove and remind the audience what this show's tag division is capable of. And stunningly, I mean stunningly, this was the first Judgment Day match in who knows how long that had a clean finish, which was a massively pleasant surprise. All four were banging on all cylinders, meshing together perfectly. This match was awesome, and more opening matches like this would be welcome. That moonsault to Coup de Grace finish from Balor and McDonagh is pretty sweet, too. All around A+. Mighty meatdown What a night for matches on "WWE Raw." Rusev vs. Sheamus after a phenomenal tag team match? And they get time? This was an excellent two-piece, and Rusev picked up a clean win, too. Rejoice! Advertisement Sure, it came via a very creative spot where Rusev exposed the turnbuckle and pulled Sheamus into it from the other side. Sheamus hit his upper neck on the steel before taking a Macha Kick and the pin. Instinctively, that felt like a DQ was about to commence with the referee watching it all unfold, but that's just smart environmental awareness as far as I'm concerned. If wrestlers can throw each other into the steel steps without a DQ, that shouldn't be either. It all worked wonderfully, and the near countout before it was a nice finish tease as well. This ruled on all fronts. This feels like a set-up to continue their feud, which is fine, as long as it's short. I mean, Sheamus did a double diving knee drop from the top rope. What? This dude is 47. And very heavy. It will be a tough match to top. Three for three I might have pissed off Triple H or something because he decided to cook with this show. Bayley vs. Lyra Valkyria followed Rusev vs. Sheamus, and, surprise, surprise, it also slapped. Advertisement The friendship element between Bayley and Valkyria hasn't been working for me, and it shouldn't for anyone who remembers how thrown together they were as a team. They literally had a match for the Intercontinental title weeks before that. However, they're obviously breaking away from that as evidenced by this match's conclusion, which was a double pin to create a draw. OK, it was a somewhat unusual way to end the match, but hey, it was different, rare and most importantly, not a disqualification or interference (or both). So, massive points for that, and the whole match had a lot of great sequences, leading to their brawl post-match afterward. This has to lead to a triple-threat match with Lynch at Evolution. As all the Uncrowned loyalists will know, I'm all the way here for that. 👍 MONDAY NIGHT MONEY 👍 1. Iyo Sky will defend her Women's World Championship against Rhea Ripley at Evolution. This gets a plus purely because these two always deliver magic together. Otherwise, it feels like a relatively lazy and fairly predictable audible after Liv Morgan's injury. Advertisement Expect Ripley to take back the championship and set up that previously teased Stephanie Vaquer feud for SummerSlam. At least that's what should happen if Ripley wins. 2. Alright, the latest Goldberg video package was pretty sweet. Primarily for the massive nostalgia hit, which is again, mostly all it is with Bald Bill at this point. It is funny in that respect though, because how many current young fans even know who he is? 3. Balor implored general managers Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis not to strip Raquel Rodriguez of the Women's Tag Team titles, and instead let Roxanne Perez fill in for Morgan's place alongside her. They agreed and set up a four-way tag team title match at Evolution, featuring teams from "Raw," "SmackDown" and NXT. Advertisement This is a nice and easy call for the story progression within The Judgment Day, and the inevitable collision between Morgan and Perez. But as for the match, where are they going to get these non-existent teams? Nonetheless, Perez is now officially in the stable. 4. Karrion Kross gave Sami Zayn a proper beatdown backstage, hitting him with a steel pipe and demanding he admit he told the truth. Overall, I'm not sure how to feel about this, considering Kross lost their match, but him getting more time and taking action of sorts is a plus. 5. Despite Zayn's damage, he still had a main event match alongside Penta to take on Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed. The latter duo won after Breakker hit Zayn with the spear. Advertisement It was probably the weakest of the four matches on this "WWE Raw," but that doesn't mean it was bad. They all played their hits, resulting in the big, tough, bad guys coming out on top and remaining strong. Jey Uso made the save with a chair afterward when Reed looked to hit his wave of Tsunamis on Zayn, and that's fine continuity. Honestly, Breakker and Reed should go for the tag titles sooner rather than later. 6. Chad Gable is injured, which sucks. However, Ludwig Kaiser was seen backstage walking by Alpha Academy, dressed as El Grande Americano. I mean, the more Kaiser, the better, and this whole concept is only getting more ridiculous in a pretty fun way. 👑 What a stunning turn of events from this "WWE Raw." Really, little to no issues, and NO DQs OR INTERFERENCE! This was fun, quality WWE programming from top to bottom. You love to see it. I give this show a Crown score of: 10/10. 👑
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30-06-2025
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John Cena drops ‘Pipe Bomb' promo on CM Punk before WWE Night of Champions
The post John Cena drops 'Pipe Bomb' promo on CM Punk before WWE Night of Champions appeared first on ClutchPoints. When John Cena announced that 2025 would be his final year in WWE, fans just had to know he'd mix it up one final time with the 'Best in the World,' CM Punk. Advertisement With beef that goes back decades and some storied matches held in high regard within the WWE Universe, this particular program is unlike any before because it's Cena who now fills the role of heel, forcing Punk to compromise his integrity at Night of Champions for a chance at the WWE Championship. After watching Punk come to the defense of Ron Killings after his big revenge match on SmackDown, Cena got physical with the 'Second City Saint,' putting him through a table as the show approached it's conclusion but before it could, the reigning champion wanted to cut a promo for the road; his take on the 'Pipe Bomb' over the body of the term's originator. 'You're better than me at one thing. You're the best bulls**tter in the world. Oh no, kiddos, John Cena just dropped a curse word. That means the show is completely off the rails. Hey, Stu, Stu, shoot this. Hey, I'm breaking the fourth wall,' Cena joked. 'The truth is Punk, I'm jealous of you. I am jealous that you have conned these people into believing the myth that you're the 'Best in the World.' Oh, they chant for you. H*ll, when you come out, they sing to you. That they don't believe a god**mn word you say because you change your values as much as I change my t-shirts. Advertisement 'You're just a loudmouth opportunist who will step on the necks of people who actually work hard if it gets you ahead. Where's another camera? Hey, hey, Claudio Castagnoli. Hey, Nick Nemeth. Hey, Matt Cardona, how are you guys doing? Oh yeah, we're still on, baby. He's heating up. He's on fire. And there's nobody back there that's gonna cut my mic to save your **, because I'm your only friend.' Did Cena take an easy shot at some heat to really hammer home his main event against the 'Best in the World?' Yeah, he certainly did, right down to naming wrestlers who don't work for the promotion. With that being said, it does make the eventual match on June 28 in Saudi Arabia all the more interesting, as this could be a greatest hits showdown between two men in their 40s who know they have to leave it all in the ring. Related: Tom Brady's WWE-style Fanatics Fest entrance interrupted by Eli Manning Related: Released WWE star 'hopeful' they can orchestrate AJ Lee return
