WWE Main Event 7/16/2026

WWE Main Event 7/16/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-main-event-792026.html

Blake Howard and Vic Joseph are on commentary.

Matt Cardona vs Ricky Saints

They lock up and Matt is backed up into the corner. Matt pushes RS down. Matt hits forearms and chops. RS punches him. Matt flapjacks him then lariats him over the top. Matt dropkicks him through the ropes. RS trips Matt on the bottom rope then hits mounted shots on him. 

RS elbows Matt in the neck and chokes him on the ropes with his leg. RS suplexes Matt for 2. RS knee drops him. RS walks the top rope and clubs Matt's arm. RS swinging neckbreakers Matt. Matt spinebusters him. Matt lariats RS and bangs RS' face off the mat. Matt flying forearms RS. 

Matt hits a broski boot and unprettier's him for 2. Matt takes a stun gun and RS tornado ddt's Matt. RS hits a roshambo and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked this one. It flowed pretty well once it got moving and they got some nice pops here. This was better than expected and was fun. Ricky got his arm busted open here.

Ivy Nile vs Thea Hail

Ivy wristlocks her. Thea rolls and headflips out then is pulled down by the hair. Thea throws her down twice by the hair and dances. Thea side headlocks her then armdrags her. Thea casadora armdrags her. She then pulls on Ivy's fingers. Ivy tries a roll up off a backroll. 

Thea kimura's Ivy on the mat and Ivy ropebreaks. Ivy pulls Thea down by the arm then lariat her. Ivy drops her with a forearm and stomps her. Thea is sent shoulder first into the buckles. 

Ivy flying chest kicks her in the corner and suplexes her for 2. Ivy top wristlocks her. Thea boots her in the arm and codebreakers the arm. Thea hits double axe hammers on her and corner lariats her. Thea exploders her. Thea flipping codebreakers her for 2. 

Ivy goes for a dragon sleeper and Thea headscissors her out. Thea kimura's her and Ivy pulls Thea's throat into the ropes. Ivy swinging pendulum slams her and pins her.

Thoughts: I liked it. They kept it moving and Thea worked the arm some before going down. Ivy didn't get that much in and it probably worked out for the better that way.

The LWO (Cruz del Toro and Joaquin Wilde) vs Darkstate (Cutler James and Osiris Griffin)

Cruz leg kicks OG and hits punches. OG slams him. Cruz boots him out of the corner and pushes OG into the buckles. OG takes double kicks from the LWO. JW is flipped into the ropes and he splashes OG. OG punches JW in the gut.

The LWO hit stereo mounted corner punches. Cruz is yanked over the top rope and JW is whipped into OG's facekick. CJ stomps on JW then tilt-a-whirl gutbusters him. OG shoulders JW over.

JW is popped up into a euro. JW boots CJ out of the corner and CJ swinging backbreakers JW for 2. JW jawbreakers OG and tags out. Cruz comes in and hits punches on CJ. Cruz hits running lariats on CJ then springboard dropkicks him. Cruz enzugiri's CJ in the corner then top rope dropkicks him for 2.

JW comes off the top and OG throws him in the corner. OG misses a corner charge and goes into the post. CJ is double dropkicked out. The LWO hit stereo topes outside. JW 2nd rope asai moonsaults CJ. Cruz top rope phoenix splashes CJ and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was a decent little Main Event match here. The heels used their size on the LWO and did a lot of throws and various gutbusters/backbreakers. The LWO flew and eventually won. It was one of Darkstate's better outings and it went well.

Overall thoughts: All 3 matches were okay here so this was a good edition of Main Event. I liked the opener the most here. I had no complaints about this one at all and this is what Main Event should be - fun and quick matches that you can watch and enjoy. I'd recommend this one and thought it was a good show.