WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLIII 1/24/2026

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLIII 1/24/2026

The last SNME is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/wwe-saturday-nights-main-event-xlii.html

This aired against AEW Collision. 

We are in Montreal, Canada. Stephanie McMahon welcomes us to the show alone. She says Joe Tessitore is stuck at an airport. She asks if we are ready and welcomes us to the show.

Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

We get a video package. We see various wrestlers arrive and we see wrestlers hanging out. 

Fatu walks in the back. He says he's locked in and dialed in. He says he's about to beat Cody's @ss. 

Cody Rhodes vs Jacob Fatu

Cody wore his helmet out. Fatu hits him as he poses on the ropes during his entrance. They fight while cody has his jacket on. cody hits punches in the corner and the ref is knocked over. Other refs come to check on the ref. Cody back body drops Fatu over the top. Cody goes for a tope and is hit. 

Fatu knocks a ref out and does a wild triple jump corkscrew flip dive outside. They fight in the aisle and get in the ring. Fatu is then lariated over the top. Fatu topes him over the commentary table. Cody lariats him over the rail and punches him in the crowd. Cody hits him with a drink and they fight in an aisle.

Cody rolls a trash can into Fatu then takes a back body drop on the floor. Fatu slams him on the floor. Cody hits him from behind and bangs his head off a box. Cody is sent into the seats. Cody spits a drink at him. They fight up steps and into the concourse. Cody's head is banged off a wall. 

Cody throws a trash can at him and security. Fatu uranages a guard through a table. Cody hits Fatu with popcorn and punches him. They fight in an entrance then on the stairs. Nick Aldis tries to stop them. They fight on top of a a box and throw a security guard off of it. Drew McIntyre comes out and throws Fatu off the box through a table. Cody then gets powerbombed off a box through a table. Drew gets in the ring and we go to break. We return and it's over.

Thoughts: We didn't get a finish but we did get an aggressive and fun brawl. Drew getting involved makes sense. I can't say I feel ripped off or anything but it's a shame there was no winner here.

Drew is interviewed in the back. He says what he did was a statement to everyone on the roster. He says if you want to run your mouth or come near him or the title, that's what will happen to you.

WWE Women's Tag Team Title Match - RHIYO (IYO SKY & Rhea Ripley) (c) vs. The Judgment Day (Liv Morgan & Roxanne Perez)

Iyo dropkicks Liv and forearms her. Liv pulls her down by the hair and stomps her. Iyo punches Liv and bangs RP's foot into Liv's face. Liv sweeps RP then shotgun dropkicks her. IYo's throat is pulled over the top rope and RP hits wild windmill shots on Iyo. 

RP corner euros Iyo. Iyo takes a codebreaker into a russian legsweep for 2. Liv hits triple suplexes on Iyo then shining wizard's her for 2. RP stomps Iyo's leg and blocks her tag.

Iyo rolls RP into a double stomp. RR and Liv go at it. RR kicks her in the gut and fallaway slams her. RR low dropkicks her for 2. RP clubs on RR and is hit with a high kick. RP 2nd rope hurricanrana's RR. Liv top rope diving codebreakers RR. RP topes Iyo. 

RR upkicks Liv. RR hits a razor's edge on Liv then Iyo top rope dropkicks Liv. RP satellite headscissors RR then Iyo springboard dropkicks RP. Liv crucifix bombs Iyo. Liv comes off the 2nd rope and is hit with a shotei by Iyo. Iyo flips out of a sunset flip and buzzsaw kicks RP. Iyo top rope moonsaults and RP gets her feet up. RP hits pop rocks for 2.

RR headbutts RP. RR hits riptide on RP then Iyo top rope moonsaults RP for 2. Raquel comes out, breaks up the count and sends RR into the rails. Raquel catches Iyo's tope and powerbombs her on the floor. Stephanie Vaquer comes out and fights with Raquel. She jumps off the rail onto her and they fight in the crowd.  

Liv hits oblivion on Iyo. RR hits riptide on Liv and pins her.

Thoughts: It was an exciting and action packed tag. There was just always something going on with lots of flying, big bumps and a good crowd. This really couldn't have gone much better than it did and was some of the women's best work. This was good.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles

This was a random thrown together match. AJ came out in a mask.

SN side headlock takeovers him. SN side headlocks him. AJ flies at him and is kicked down. SN knees him in the gut, misses kicks and is dropkicked. AJ backbreakers him. AJ hits corner spears. SN hits forearms and AJ back elbows him. AJ slingshot plancha's him. 

SN high kicks him from behind inside. SN flying knees AJ in the corner. SN knee drops him and hits knees to the body/side of the head. SN sleepers him. SN hits knees to the gut. AJ hits lariats then low flying forearms him. AJ flying corner lariats him and ushigoroshi's him for 2. SN hits a scorpion kick and a flying kick.

SN hits chest kicks. SN knees him in the head. SN sliding germans him. SN flying knees him off the buckles for 2. AJ dragon screws him. AJ calf crushers him. AJ dragon screws him around the 2nd rope then bangs his leg off the mat. AJ calf crushers him.

SN armbars him then triangles him. SN high kicks him. AJ kicks him in the leg and SN slides into a hard knee to the chin. AH hits forearms. SN back elbows him. AJ pele kicks him. SN diving knees him from behind.

AJ spinning torture rack bombs him for 2. AJ blocks a sliding german then sliding knees him from the apron. AJ springboards and is caught with a cradle shock for 2.  SN does something like a slingblade. AJ pele kicks him. They trade forearms and leg kicks. SN headbutts him in the chest. SN wraps around him and armbars him. SN spinning heel kicks him. SN rolls out of a styles clash and low diving knees him. SN misses a flying knee. 

AJ pulls SN's knee over the top rope then flying forearms him. AJ hits a styles clash and wins.

Thoughts: It ran a bit long but was a good match otherwise. They did stuff they don't usually do here and had more of a Japanese style match. They got lots of time to let this play out and the announcers really tried to sell that they were longtime rivals, though they haven't really interacted that much in WWE. It's a shame there wasn't a better build to this because it deserved it.

They bump fists, hug and raise each other's hands. 

The commentators talk then Stephanie talks about the show so far.

We see Sami Zayn with fans outside.

Undisputed WWE Title #1 Contendership Fatal Four Way Match - Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn vs. Damian Priest vs. Trick Williams

Trick goes out. Sami lariats DP over the top. Orton and Sami stare down. Trick trips Sami and clubs him outside. Orton euros Trick. DP jumps off the steps onto them. DP flying back elbows and flying forearms Sami. DP hits kicks on Orton and Orton eye pokes him. 

Orton hits mounted corner punches on Sami. Sami then does it to him. Trick nails Sami from behind and then stomps on him and Orton. Trick hits mounted forearms on Sami. Trick shoulders Sami over and knocks DP off the apron. Trick jumping neckbreakers Sami from behind. Sami is sent into the buckles. They trade forearms and Trick spinning high kicks him. DP lifting flatliners Trick for 2. Sami walks up the buckles and tornado ddt's DP for 2.

Orton powerslams DP and hits lariats on Sami. Orton lariats Trick over the top. Orton draping ddt's DP. Sami blue thunders Orton for 2. Trick jumping side kicks Sami for 2. DP hits spin kicks on Trick. Trick uranage's DP on the rail top. Sami tope con hilos Trick outside. 

Orton is backdropped by Sami onto the commentary table. Sami exploders DP into the buckles. Sami helluva kicks DP for 2 when Trick pulls the ref out. The ref argues with Trick. Orton backdrops Trick on the commentary table. Orton backdrops Sami and DP on the commentary table. Orton backdrops Trick on the commentary table again. Sami rolls up Orton for 2. 

Orton misses a corner charge and goes into the buckles. Sami blocks Orton's RKO. Sami runs at Orton and is hit with an RKO. Trick throws Orton out and gets a 2 count on Sami. Trick and DP fight on the apron. Orton hits a double draping ddt on Trick and DP. DP hits a south of heaven on Orton for 2. 

Trick corkscrew facekicks DP. Sami exploders Trick into the buckles. Trick goes up top and is hit by Sami. DP hits a razor's edge on Sami. DP high kicks Trick off the apron. Sami helluva kicks DP and pins him.

Thoughts: Sami winning was a bit of a surprise. It's good he got the win in his hometown even if he will lose. He kind of needed the win though as he has been bordering on irrelevancy this year. It was a good 4-way. They had a lot of people coming in and out like usual but there weren't any major issues and they kept things interesting.

Drew McIntyre comes out and goes after Sami. Sami evades him and throws him out.

Overall thoughts: I had no expectations and little interest in this show coming in and they knocked it out of the park here. We got no finish (and maybe no official start) to the opener but it was a fun brawl. The women had a good athletic bout and were at their best. AJ/Nakmura was a good Japanese style match. The main was good and Sami winning was a nice little gift to the fans in attendance. I'd give this an easy 9 out of 10. I had no real complaints about this. This was a great show.