WWE Night of Champions 2026 6/27/2026

WWE Night of Champions 2026 6/27/2026

We are in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

King of the Ring 2026 Finals - Oba Femi vs Jey Uso

Oba throws Jey in the corner. Jey hits punches. Oba no sells his punch and shoulders him over. Jey slides out and Oba double axe handles him from behind. Oba is pushed into the post. Jey topes him twice. He tries again and gets forearmed. 

Oba shoulderbreakers Jey. Oba hits corner spears. Jey is thrown hard into the corner. Jey superkicks him. Jey avoids a powerbomb and superkicks him twice from behind. Jey top rope splashes him for 1. Oba chokeslams him for 2. 

Jey superkicks him twice. Jey running corner spears him then hits another spear. Jey top rope splashes Oba. Jey hits another splash for 2. Jey grounded sleepers Oba. Jey superkicks Oba. Oba running corner euros him twice. Oba backdrop throws Jey. Oba hits a sitout powerbomb and pins him.

Thoughts: Oba won quick here. It wasn't anything particularly special. Jey got a lot of offense in, didn't get too far with it and Oba made his comeback and won. Jey getting to this point helped him out some after he got re-demoted to being Roman's lackey this year. I don't mind Oba looking strong but they don't have enough names for him to do this with forever.

Nick Aldis gives Oba the crown after. Byron interviews Oba in the ring. Oba says it feels so good to go from The Ruler to The King. He says Jey thought he was fighting just one man. Oba says you can't beat destiny and you can't beat him. 

Danhausen comes out to talk. Dan says he has come into a large amount of money lately. Liv Morgan comes out. Liv says Dan owes Judgment Day a lot of money and bad things will happen to him if he doesn't give them it, bad things will happen. Dan says he doesn't know what she means and the only bad things will happen is that Liv is cursed. Liv slaps Dan and heads down the aisle.

Queen Of The Ring 2026 Finals - Iyo Sky vs. Liv Morgan

Both girls are fully covered except for their hands and heads. They lock up. Iyo side headlocks her then shoulders her over. Iyo hiptosses her. Liv flying headscissors her. 

Liv corner backsplashes her and step up knees her. Liv stomps her in the corner and foot chokes her. Iyo sweeps her then basement dropkicks her. Liv blocks a sunset bomb outside. Iyo gets on the rail and top rope crossbodies Liv.

Iyo's head is banged off the post. Liv punts Iyo in the ribs and boots her over. Liv step up knees her in the corner. Liv hanging chokes her in the corner. Liv top rope diving facebusters her. Liv then hits mounted shots. Liv hits triple suplexes. Liv step up enzugiri's her for 2.

Liv chinlocks her. Iyo hits forearms. Iyo's 2nd rope dropkick is blocked. Liv stomps her and crabs her. Iyo double stomps her. Iyo spinning back elbows her and shotei's her. Iyo flapjacks her. Iyo bangs Liv's arm off the top rope. Iyo top rope dropkicks Liv. Iyo corner meteora's Liv for 2. Liv backcrackers Iyo. Liv goes for a tope and is hit with a forearm. Iyo asai moonsaults Liv outside.  Iyo double underhook backbreakers Liv for 2. Iyo goes up top, gets pushed to the steps and Iyo holds her knee.

Liv half crabs her. They trade shots. Iyo's leg gives out as she runs the ropes. Liv springboard codebreakers her for 2. Liv hangs on the 2nd rope and Iyo misses a 2nd rope double stomp on her. Iyo top rope spanish flies Liv. Iyo top rope moonsaults Liv and pins her.

Thoughts: They tried to push that Iyo hurt her leg here but it was at the end and it wasn't focused on. Liv had a better performance than usual but didn't add a ton to this one. The crowd was not super into this and that didn't help it. I thought it was acceptable.

Iyo is given the crown after by Nick Aldis. Byron interviews Iyo. Iyo says, "I am the queen". Iyo says she will see Liv at Summerslam.

Steel Cage Match - Seth Rollins vs. Bron Breakker

They both sit in chairs in the ring and stare at each other. Seth says they will find out what kind of man Bron is. They trade shots and Bron knees him in the gut. Bron tries to catapult Seth into the cage. Seth saves himself then jumps on Bron with punches. Bron germans him three times. 

Seth is thrown into the cage. Seth is thrown into the cage. Bron gorilla press throws Seth into the cage. Bron side slams Seth on an open chair for 2.

Seth chops Bron then Bron rams Seth into the cage. Bron jumping knees Seth. Seth powerbombs Bron. Seth and Bron trade shots on their knees then get up and trade. Seth hits lariats and drops Bron with one. Seth hits Bron in the gut and back with a kendo stick. 

Bron is sent into the cage multiple times. Bron's head is banged off the cage. Seth running lariats Bron then throws a chair in his face twice. Seth gets on the 2nd rope. Bron walks up the buckles and hurricanrana's him down onto chairs for 2. 

Seth is put in a chair and Bron springboard flying lariats him. Bron stands on his throat and tells Seth he's gonna die. Bron puts Seth's head in the opening of a chair. Bron misses a chair shot there. Seth superkicks Bron twice. Seth superkicks a chair into Bron's face. 

Bron spears Seth for 2. Bron and Seth climb up top on the cage and fight. Bron hangs off the top of the cage and Seth superplexes him through a table. Seth runs at Bron and is lariated. Bron has a ton of blood around his eye. Bron running spears Seth for 2. 

Bron goes to escape the cage. Seth grabs Bron. Bron slams the cage door into Seth's head. Bron misses a corner spear and goes into a table in the corner. Seth pedigrees him and curbstomps him for 2. Seth goes for another curbstomp but backs off. Seth 2nd rope curbstomps him for the win.

Thoughts: It checked all the boxes here and it was an okay match. I don't think it got close to great though. I think they needed a bit more intensity, some blood would have helped it and they could have just sped things up at times as it was a slower paced match. I didn't think it had any real major flaws. I was a bit surprised to see Bron lose and I'm curious where things go with either guy from here.

WWE United States Title Match - Trick Williams (c) vs. Ricky Saints

RS hits Trick before intros are over and pounds on him. Trick flying lariats RS. Trick hits chops and punches. Trick stomps RS in the corner then spinning heel kicks RS. RS grabs Lil Yachty's kendo stick outside and pretends like Yachty hit him with it. The ref ejects Yachty.

RS rams Trick back first into the rails then throws him into the steps. RS works on Trick's spine in the ring and hits mounted shots. Trick hits chops. RS running lariats him for 2. Trick is sent into the buckles.

RS running euros Trick in the corner. RS rope walks and clubs Trick off the top. RS backdrops Trick. RS sunset flips Trick for 2. RS low euros him for 2. RS knees Trick in the back. RS suplexes him. Trick suplexes him. Trick hits punches and leg lariats RS twice. Trick flapjacks RS and kips up. Trick backhands him. Trick uranage's him for 2. Trick misses a pump kick and RS 2nd rope diving lariats him. RS hits a bladerunner for 2.

Trick back body drops him. They trade shots. Trick pump kicks him then RS running forearms him. Trick upkicks him then neckbreakers him for 2. RS tornado ddt's Trick. RS 2nd rope Tenryu diving back elbows Trick for 2.

RS' lip is busted open. RS boots Trick in the face. RS jumping knees Trick. Trick hits a flying trick shot and pins RS.

Thoughts: The crowd sucked here for this and the match wasn't anything too special. Trick did a little more than usual. There wasn't any great logic to this and Trick winning was never really in doubt. It was average.

RS gets behind Trick.. Trick backhands RS. Lil Yachty hits RS with a kendo stick. Yachty hits a people's elbow on RS.

WWE Women's United States Title Match - Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Jade Cargill

Both girls are wearing full body suits here.

Tiff hits forearms and a shin kick on Jade. Tiff basement dropkicks her. Tiff goes up and over with a sunset flip for 2. Jade chest forearms her. Tiff trips her into the ropes and hip attacks her there. Tiff topes Jade but is caught and takes a knee to the face. 

Jade running back elbows Tiff. Jade sitout powerbombs Tiff for 2. Tiff's head is banged off the apron. Jade does push up's on Tiff. Tiff hits forearms on Jade. Jade black hole slams Tiff for 2. Tiff hits chest shots on Jade.

Tiff back elbows and boots her. Jade pops Tiff up and Tiff dropkicks her. Tiff cartwheel back elbows her in the corner. Tiff basement dropkicks her for 2. Tiff hurricanrana's Jade into the buckles. Tiff finlay rolls her. Jade gets her knees up on Tiff's double jump moonsault. Jade sitout spinning torture rack bombs her for 2.

Tiff stunners her. Tiff crucifixes Jade for 2. Tiff goes up top. Michin and B-Fab come out. Jade chokeslams Tiff for 2. Chelsea Green comes out from under the ring. Green sends Mich into he steps and sends Fab into the title podium. Jade pump kicks Tiff down in the ring. Jade throws Green into the corner.

Jade tries to grab the Women's US Title. Charlotte Flair comes out, takes it from Jade and hits her with it. Tiff double jump moonsaults Jade and pins her.

Thoughts: I was glad Tiff won. Tiff mostly did all the work here and Jade mostly caught her and threw her around. I found the various outfits to be ridiculous here. Why would Fab, Green and Charlotte wear bodysuits when they even wrestling on this show? Wouldn't they just wear normal long sleeve clothing instead? The match wasn't anything too special. After they do Jade/Charlotte, I wonder what is left for Jade on SD.

Undisputed WWE Title Triple Threat Match - Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Sami Zayn vs. Gunther

Sami comes out in full Middle Eastern attire.

Cody punches Gun and is back elbowed down. Sami clubs on Gun. Gun is pulled over the top by Sami. Cody side headlocks Sami then shoulders him over. Cody drop down punches Sami. Sami side headlocks Cody. Gun trips Sami and sends him into the steps. 

Gun boots Cody and chops him. Gun elbows Cody in the face. Gun hits chops on Sami and throws him out. Cody chops Gun in the corner. Gun clubs Cody from behind. Gun knees Cody in the gut then chops him down. Sami comes off the 2nd rope and Gu nchops him down. 

Gun backdrops Sami. Cody hits a cody cutter on Gun. Cody running forearms Gun then he powerslams him. Cody hits a side effect on Sami for 2. Cody hits a double os cutter on his opponents. Cody topes Sami. Cody slingshot sunset flips Gun. Gun powerbombs Cody for 2. 

Sami throws Gun into the steps outside. Cody hits punches on Sami. Sami blue thunders Cody for 2. Gun pulls Sami crotch first into the post. Gun and Cody fight on the buckles. Cody hits a cross rhodes on Gun for 2 when Sami pulls the ref out. 

They trade shots. Sami brainbusters Cody. Gun powerbombs Sami then powerbombs Cody onto Sami. Sami code red's Gun for 2. Gun misses a corner facekick on Sami. Sami helluva kicks Gun for 2 when Cody pulls the ref out. Cody tells Sami to come on.

Cody bangs Sami's head off the commentary table. Cody's head is then banged off of it. Cody and Sami get on the commentary table. Sami is back body dropped from one commentary table through the other.

Gun powerbombs Cody on the commentary table then does it again to send him through it. Cody lands on some kind of camera man behind it. Gun does a grounded sleeper on Cody in the ring. Cody drops him backwards to break it up but Gun puts it back on. The ref goes to check Cody's arm 3 times. Sami stops Cody's arm from falling down. 

Gun chops Sami and Sami slaps back. Sami exploders Gun into the corner. Sami helluva kicks Gun for 2. Gun lariats Sami down. Cody walks up the buckles and cody cutter's Gun. Cody goes for a cross rhodes on Sami but Sami reverses it. Sam runs and Gun catches him with a sleeper. Sami sleepers Gun. Cody hits a cross rhodes on Sami and Gun together. Sami slips out of a cross rhodes and pins Cody! Sami Zayn is the new Undisputed champ!

Thoughts: Sami's story for the last few years has been that he's the guy who couldn't win the big one. He finally won it here. Why? I'm not sure other than WWE being low on starpower. He's definitely not at his peak popularity wise and the build to him winning wasn't that strong. But it is done and there's no going back. I really would have done this in Canada where the response would have been 10x higher. It was your usual 3-way. Every time something would get going, the next guy would come in and things would reset. I thought there was a lot of story here with Sami and Cody but they only got into it a little. The match was alright enough but not too memorable aside from the result. The back body drop through the commentary table that Sami took was a pretty big bump. I assume we get Cody/Sami at Summerslam off of this. Gunther again has lost pretty convincingly and I don't really see an obvious direction for him here.

Sami says he's been challenging for 10 years and says he was told he would never do it. He says here it is.

Overall thoughts: The crowd either was not mic'd up well or they were just quiet for most of the night. That hurt all the matches. Additionally, Michael Cole had audio issues all night long which hurt things some. On paper, there was a lot at stake here but it didn't really feel like a huge PLE. Oba/Jey was a bit one-sided and Oba won. Iyo/Liv was acceptable and one of Liv's better matches...mostly due to Iyo. Seth/Bron checked all the boxes and was fine but never got close to being great. Trick/Saints was average. Tiff really worked hard against Jade but the match was nothing special. The main event was alright but really was only notable for Sami winning and ending his long run as the guy who couldn't win the big one. One thing I felt was noticeable is that a lot of people are kind of in the hole booking wise after this like Gunther and Bron and they are going to have to do some heavy work to pull them out. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall as it was okay and it was definitely better than some of their other Saudi PLE efforts. I really only see people remembering Sami winning the title here and not a lot else. I wouldn't recommend this one.