WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV 5/23/2026

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV 5/23/2026

The last SNME is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/wwe-saturday-nights-main-event-xliii.html

Note - This is one of the weakest special show cards WWE has ever put out. Cody, Roman, Punk, Seth, Drew, Gunther, Bron Breakker, The Uso's, LA Knight, Orton, Fatu, Trick, Brock, Danhausen and Oba are all missing from this. Even a bunch of mid to upper card guys are missing from this.

We are in Fort Wayne, IN. Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are on commentary for this. 

Rhea Ripley, Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair vs Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab

CF is wearing gear with friendship bracelets on it and she's wearing pig tails. 

RR and Fab start us off. RR forearms her then lariats her down. RR bangs Fab's head off the mat and AB flying headscissors Fab. AB hits shots on Mich then basement dropkicks her. AB throws her down backwards, double knee drops her and rolling sentons her for 2. AB is lifted into a dropkick on Mich.

Mich boots CF out of the corner. CF snapmares her and CF headscissor rolls her. CF forward handspring lariats Mich. Fab is flatlinered into the ropes. AB crossbodies Fab off the buckles. Jade superkicks AB. 

Jade and CF stand off. Mich hits CF from behind then hits mounted shots on her. Jade running lariats CF. Mich gets a 2 count on CF. Fab boots CF in the corner. Jade does push-up's to taunt CF. Mich suplexes CF for 2. Mich guillotine chokes CF. CF boots Mich out of the corner. Mich hurricanrana's CF for 2. CF back body drops Mich then CF and Fab boot each other at the same time. RR comes in and running dropkicks Jade off the apron.

RR lariats Mich down twice. She kicks her in the gut and drops her face first on the mat. RR low dropkicks Mich. RR top rope dropkicks Mich for 2. RR headbutts Mich then Mich poisonrana's her. AB spinning ddt's Mich for 2. 

Mich jawbreakers AB. Fab ddt's AB for 2. AB counters the heels and hits a double ddt. CF top rope crossbodies Fab and Mich. CF germans Mich. CF is almost pushed into RR. Mich catches CF with the styles clash for 2.

RR headbutts Fab. Jade superkicks RR. AB slaps Jade. CF facekicks Jade. AB and CF get hit from the heels. Jade and RR get in the ring together. They trade shots at the same time. RR headbutts her then hits riptide for 2. 

Everyone starts getting a shot in. CF saves RR. CF and RR hit stereo fallaway slams. AB hugs both. Jade pushes RR into Cf. Jade pump kicks RR then hits a jade end on her for the win.

Thoughts: The crowd really liked it. It was a long opener. They definitely tried to follow the format of a good match and it wasn't bad. I think you could have put anyone in this and get similar results. They ran with the story of Flair and Rhea not getting along all match long, then they lost when things were going well for them.

 We see various wrestlers arrive. Cathy Kelly interviews Ethan Page. Page says it's not the biggest night of his career, it's the biggest night of Cathy's career as she gets to interview him before he wins the title. He says it's also the IC Title's biggest night as it gets the spotlight it deserves. Page says Penta's reason for being champ happens tonight as he gets to hand him the title.

Sol Ruca is interviewed after a Sol/Lynch highlight package. Cathy says some say Sol isn't ready for a match like this. Sol says the real question is if Becky is ready. She says she won't take the match lightly and says it only takes one sol snatcher to know the next gen is here.

Becky Lynch vs Sol Ruca

BL throws the title at her and pounds on her. Sol knocsk her down and he bell rings. Sol drops her chest first on the mat. Sol springboard twisting crossbodies her. Sol sweeps her and superkicks her. Sol springboard 450's into a lariat on BL.

Sol handstands on the apron then PK's her there. Sol 2nd rope moonsaults onto BL outside. Sol armdrags her. Sol hits forearms in the corner. BL facekicks her. Sol superkicks her in the gut. They botch a spot where Sol is supposed to do a move to the ref (BL is supposed to pull the ref into Sol). The ref then calls for the bell and DQ's Becky.

Thoughts: Wow, this sucked. Things were going well and they quickly went to a DQ. Do this stuff on Raw, not on a special show.

BL comes back in and hits Sol with her title from behind. She then uranage's her and pounds on her. BL hits 2 more uranage's.

Penta says Ethan Page keeps talking about his title but the talking stops tonight. He says he fights with fire and never backs down. He says Page is an arrogant clown. He says he will learn why Penta is zero miedo.

We get a video on the Intercontinental Title.

Becky Lynch talks to Nick Aldis in the back. Nick says him and Adam Pearce saw what happened. Nick says Becky will face Sol now at Clash in Italy in a title match. Becky complains of corruption.

Nia Jax and Lash Legend are interviewed. Nia says they will make sure they aren't former tag champs anymore. Lash says it's time to end the nostalgia tour. Nia says they are stronger, taller and better and will make history by making Paige/Brie history.

WWE Intercontinental Title - Penta (c) vs Ethan Page

Penta waistlocks Page. Page backrolls and is kicked. Page hits punches on Penta in the corner then stomps him. Penta flying headscissors him and tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Penta springboards and is dropkicked in mid-air. Page hits mounted punches. 

Page is dropped face first on the buckles. Penta walks up the buckles, seated moonsaults and armdrags him. Penta superkicks him outside. Page superkicks him outside. Penta is then back body dropped onto the commentary table. Penta is sent into the post twice. Page elbow drops Penta for 2.

Page chinlocks him. Page basement dropkicks him for 2. Page chinlocks him again. Penta hits chops and Page forearms him. Penta superkicks him in the leg then facebusters him. Penta enzugiri's him in the corner then handstand dobule pendulum kicks him. Penta tope con hilos him outside.

Penta top rope crossbodies him. Page facekicks him. Penta reverse headscissors Page off then top then springboard ddt's him for 2. Page boots and kicks him out of the corner. Page powerslams him for 2. Page does an up and over backcracker for 2.

Penta and Page trade chops. They superkick and facekick each other down. Page flying single leg codebreakers him for 2. Penta hits a made in Japan for 2. Page flying knees him. They fight on the buckles. Page pulls on Penta's mask and 2nd rope powerslams him for 2. 

Page pounds on him then takes off the top buckle. Penta misses a charge and goes into another exposed buckle for 2. Penta springboard canadian destroyers him and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked the match. It got enough time, they didn't overdo it and they had me convinced Page had a shot of winning it. Page did a bit more flying than usual and heeled it some. This was one of Penta's better matches and I thought it was good. 

Paige and Brie Bella are interviewed. Brie says she and Paige have each other's backs. She says she believes in them. Paige says this was never supposed to happen. Paige says they aren't supposed to win tonight but will.

The Street Profits do a promo. AD says they are going for the tag titles and are about to get that money. Ford says if he can trust him then tonight is that night. 

WWE Women's Tag Titles - Paige and Brie Bella (c) vs Nia Jax and Lash Legend

Nia misses a charge and Lash takes a double dropkick. Nia takes a double bulldog and Paige running knees Nia for 2. Brie top rope double axe handles Nia. Nia catches her off the top and samoan drops her for 2. Brie double boots Lash out of the corner. 

Paige comes in and Lash grabs both opponents by the throat. Lash takes a double codebreaker. Lash hits mounted shots on Paige for 2. Lash hits short arm shoulderblocks on her then splashes her for 2. Nia shakes her butt on Paige on the ropes. Nia chops her. 

Nia cobra clutches Paige. Lash forearms Paige in the corner. Lash lariats her for 2. Paige hits shots on Lash then has her head banged on the mat. Lash chokes Paige on the ropes. Nia hits corner splashes on Paige.

Paige pulls Lash out. Nia goes shoulder first into the post when Paige moves. Brie top rope dropkicks Nia then hits chest kicks. Brie running knees her for 2. Nia pop-up headbutts Brie.

Nia samoan drops Brie. Lash 2nd rope splashes Brie. Brie is held in the air and Nia 2nd rope legdrops her for 2. Paige sunset flips Nia and pins her with Brie's help.

Thoughts: It wasn't that bad and could have been a bit cleaner at times. It was better than I expected though. I am curious as to what the plan is for Brie and Paige as I'm sure Paige will get pushed aside as soon as Nikki is healed. I don't know where Nia and Lash go now.

The Vision are interviewed. Logan says they are the greatest crossover stars in WWE history and are the greatest tag team champions in the history of the world. Logan says the tag titles are the smoke and if The Profits want the smoke, they will bring it to them. They say the smoke is for them and not The Profits.

World Tag Team Titles - The Vision (Logan Paul and Austin Theory) vs The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)

Ford rolls up Austin to start when he's not looking. Austin shoulders Ford over. Ford side headlocks him and Austin side headlocks him back. Austin shoulders him over. 

LP comes in. He boots Ford in the gut then shoulders him over. Ford goes up and over LP and then hits armdrags. Ford dropkicks him multiple times. LP is hit with a double flapjack then Austin is double flapjacked onto him. The heels go out and regroup. They tease leaving and The Profits attack them in the aisle.

Ford corkscrew splashes LP in the corner and spinning enzugiri's him for 2. Logan hits shots on the faces. LP hits mounted shots on AD. LP jumps off Austin's back into a splash on AD. Austin double underhook suplexes AD. Austin stomps AD. AD takes a double shoulderblock. LP chinlocks AD.  

LP lariats AD. Austin hits shots on AD. Austin hits corner spears on AD and back elbows him. AD boots LP out of the corner. LP stops AD from making a tag. LP hits AD in the gut. AD neckbreakers Austin, which makes him ddt LP. Ford top rope diving elbows Austin. Ford lariats Austin. 

Austin forearms Ford then rolls into his powerslam. Ford standing moonsaults him for 2. Austin spinning forearms Ford and LP buckshot lariats Ford. Ford rolls up Austin for 2. Austin is thrown into a german from Ford. Ford topes LP.

Austin takes an electric chair blockbuster for 2. FOrd enzugiri's LP and AD lariats LP over the top. Ford tope con hilos over the post onto the heels. Bron Breakker comes down, tries to spear Ford and is pounced by AD onto the commentary table. AD spinebusters Austin and Ford top rope splashes Austin for 2 when Heyman puts Austin's foot on the ropes.

Ford stares down Heyman. Ford follows him outside, jumps off the steps and LP hits him with brass knucks. AD tope con hilos LP. Austin pins Ford.

Thoughts: It was a nice main. We got some nice flying and The Vision surprisingly won this one. It could have been a little cleaner at times but it worked out just fine. 

Bron Breakker runs in the ring after and spears AD and Ford. The heels then pose to close the show.  

Overall thoughts: Starpower wise, this was one of the weakest special shows ever. There's no excuse or explanation for it. Even if you put wrestler names into a hat and picked names, you'd get better stars than what we got here. The opener wasn't bad. Lynch/Sol was a joke. I liked Penta/Page and the Women's Tag Titles match was acceptable. I liked the main. There's nothing you need to see here but the wrestlers did make the most of this situation. I'd give the show a low 6 out of 10 as most of the matches were okay, but they get a 0 out of 10 for effort here. The show was alright.