Cody Rhodes has held the WWE Championship since WrestleMania 40. (Credit: WWE/Getty Images)
WWE is bringing again Saturday Night’s Main Event, a staple of the late Eighties and early Nineties, with a bang.
The first episode of the present since 2008 will simulcast on each NBC and Peacock as a two-hour primetime particular, and will probably be the primary of many to return. WWE’s subsequent SNME particular will happen simply subsequent month and is the lone main present between now and February’s Royal Rumble.
WWE, with such a big hole between Survivor Series and Royal Rumble, has loaded up its card for the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event, which is able to primarily perform as a mini pay-per-view. The present’s headlining attraction is Cody Rhodes defending his WWE Championship towards Kevin Owens, a marquee match that may function the climax of maybe WWE’s hottest rivalry.
In addition, Liv Morgan put her Women’s World title on the road towards Iyo Sky whereas WWE will crown its first-ever ladies’s United States Champion and Gunther takes on Finn Balor and Damian Priest in a triple menace match for the World Heavyweight Championship. WWE is clearly beginning off sturdy with this present, which is able to lay the groundwork for the 2025 Royal Rumble.
Here are 5 good reserving selections WWE should make at Saturday Night’s Main Event 2024.
Liv Morgan Cheats To Defeat Iyo Sky
Iyo Sky is gaining in reputation after her latest babyface flip, nevertheless it’s clear that she is only a stopgap rival for Liv Morgan.
Of course, Morgan’s true nemesis remains to be Rhea Ripley, who pinned Morgan at Survivor Series WarGames in a transfer that just about assuredly was carried out to be able to get Ripley one other match towards Morgan for the Women’s World Championship. Ripley figures to be holding that title heading into WrestleMania season, which implies that Morgan should retain at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Yet, given Sky’s hovering reputation, now could be actually not the time for the Damage CTRL star to lose cleanly. Morgan’s cowardly heel character doesn’t want an unquestioned victory over Sky. She simply must retain the title to arrange the seemingly inevitable rematch towards Ripley.
Gunther Retains World Title Against Finn Balor And Damian Priest
WWE has planted quite a lot of seeds hinting at a babyface flip for Gunther, like his latest post-match handshakes with Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton in addition to his ongoing beef with the heel Judgment Day.
Now, the newest proof that Gunther is turning into a full-blown fan favourite for the primary time in his WWE profession is his sudden feud with the loathed Finn Balor at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Although Balor is reportedly in line for a push himself, that shouldn’t come on the expense of Gunther because the World Heavyweight Champion transitions into his new position.
What’s extra, one thing with Gunther has simply felt, properly, off as world champion. It’s as if the aura and mystique he had as Intercontinental Champion has slowly disappeared over the previous few months, which makes it much more crucial that he’s constructed again up because the dominant star he’s been for many of his profession.
One might argue that Gunther—who’s already overwhelmed Priest twice—is the best-booked star in WWE historical past due to how not often he loses, and SNME is one more time the place he ought to come out on high, beating Balor and Damian Priest n ia triple menace match to proceed his reign into 2025.
Drew McIntyre Dismantles Sami Zayn
Drew McIntyre’s stunning WWE return immediately reignited his long-running points with Sami Zayn, and the Scottish famous person is now focusing on each star who’s even loosely aligned with Roman Reigns.
That’s a doubtlessly intriguing story given McIntyre’s storied historical past with Reigns and The Bloodline, and it’s one which ideally would lead to McIntyre selecting off The OG Bloodline one after the other—as he did with Jimmy Uso on SmackDown—maybe en path to a possible rematch with Reigns down the road.
Given what transpired throughout McIntyre’s final match—a loss to CM Punk inside Hell in a Cell at Bad Blood—he badly wants a win at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Zayn is one in all WWE’s hottest stars whereas McIntyre is one in all its most loathed villains, making the perfect final result of this bout a dastardly win for McIntyre.
Whether it’s a low blow, utilizing a weapon or another nefarious means, McIntyre should do no matter it takes to defeat Zayn, and if he offers Zayn an epic beatdown afterward, that’s simply the cherry on high of the heel sundae.
Chelsea Green Becomes First-Ever WWE Women’s US Champion
It was reported earlier this week that Chelsea Green would turn into the inaugural United States Champion, and that simply so occurs to be the fitting name.
Over the previous couple of years, Green has emerged as one in all WWE’s most entertaining stars, and as somebody who’s by no means held singles gold in WWE, she’s the proper candidate to turn into the corporate’s first-ever ladies’s midcard champion. Green has already pulled off an enormous upset by defeating Bayley within the semifinals of the event, so a title win could possibly be what propels Green to the following degree.
WWE has relied far too closely on the identical handful of abilities to hold the ladies’s division over the previous a number of years, and Green is somebody who might breathe new life into the division as a titleholder. While her SNME opponent Michin has been performing properly too, she doesn’t have fairly the group connection that Green does.
Green ought to win the title and use her reign as champion to morph right into a barely extra critical and fewer comedic character.
Kevin Owens Defeats Cody Rhodes For The WWE Championship
Cody Rhodes has flat-out stated that his WrestleMania 41 plans will “shock” followers, so this notion that the “The American Nightmare” has to carry the WWE Championship till then is a misguided one.
In actuality, there isn’t any actual cause why Rhodes can’t lose the WWE title to Kevin Owens, arguably WWE’s hottest character and definitely a star worthy of being the corporate’s high champion. In reality, Rhodes has confirmed throughout most of his present stint in WWE that he’s much more attention-grabbing whereas chasing championships than he’s whereas holding one.
As Owens solidifies himself as a mega heel, the one factor he wants that he hasn’t held in near a decade is a world championship. What’s extra, Owens—the true definition of a despicable heel—might finish Rhodes’ reign as champion through underhanded techniques, defending Rhodes within the course of.
Remember, Rhodes completed his “story” at WrestleMania 40, and if WWE needs to proceed to inform intriguing ones with the wildly well-liked star, one of the best ways to try this is to have him lose the WWE title to Owens.
