WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event live results: Cody Rhodes vs. Jacob Fatu
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event is set for the Bell Centre in Montreal on January 24, 2026.
Four matches are set for the show, including a four-way match where the winner will earn the right to challenge Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble. Randy Orton, Trick Williams, Damian Priest, and Sami Zayn all won qualifying matches to secure their spots in the four-way.
Also on the card, former New Japan Pro Wrestling stars face off as AJ Styles wrestles Shinsuke Nakamura. The match was added to the lineup on Friday’s SmackDown.
For the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles, Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY will defend against Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez of The Judgment Day.
Additionally, Cody Rhodes will take on Jacob Fatu after Fatu interfered in the Three Stages of Hell match, causing Rhodes to lose his title.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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The night is Saturday. The event is Main. The time is now!
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event from Montreal, Quebec, Canada (mere literal steps from my own door) kicked off with Stephanie McMahon on the host’s desk solo because Joe Tessitore was apparently stuck in an airport due to weather. Speaking of weather, she mentioned that it was dang cold (-7f) but hot in the building! She then asked if Montreal was ready in French. I think that’s a legal thing.
After the opening video package, the traditional footage of wrestlers arriving to work was shown, but with a twist. In this footage, most were shown in the building having coffee or looking at Montreal Canadien’s Stanley Cup trophies.
Cody Rhodes vs Jacob Fatu
The first match of the evening looked to set a brutal tone early with a shirtless Fatu yelling at Rhodes through the camera before stomping down to the ring. Rhodes arrived to a huge ovation wearing the skull mask/helmet he borrowed from HHH. All of my heart wishes he’d start wearing it all the time and revert back to “Dashing” Cody, but we can’t all get what we want.
Fatu jumped Rhodes as he climbed into the ring (See? Should have kept the helmet on, Cody!) and the two started brawling. The ref was knocked over right away and the bell hadn’t even rung yet. Officials flooded the ring and tried to calm it down for some reason. Then security arrived to pull apart the guys who were about to fight anyway, confirming, as always, that there is no one as inept as a WWE security guard.
Fatu went into a zone formerly held by Ken Shamrock and leapt off the ringpost, taking out Rhodes, the officials and security. Rhodes got to his feet and the two brawled up the ramp. Rhodes threw Fatu back into the ring to clothesline him right back out again. Rhodes landed a suicide dive and then posed on the announce desk.
He cleared the desk, but Fatu tried to get out through the crowd. Rhodes followed and they brawled in the crowd. Fatu backdropped Rhodes on the concrete, but Rhodes got up and tossed him into some road cases. Fatu dumped Rhodes into the lower bowl seats and the fought up the steps towards the dreaded concessions area.
Rhodes threw a garbage can or three at Fatu while Jaime Noble begged them to stop. Fatu started choking Cody and a poor security guard who got in the way ate a slam through a table from Fatu. Rhodes fought back and the fight moved back into the stands. They brawled back down the steps with Fatu bending Rhodes around the railing.
They made it back to the floor with “twenty security guards” in tow. They climbed up on some boxes and another guard who got in the way got tossed to the floor. Suddenly, Drew McIntyre appeared and did what twenty guards could not and took out Fatu. He then powerbombed Rhodes off the boxes and through a table.
McIntyre then wandered over to the ring and climbed inside, taking in the fruits of his labor.
Match Result: Cody Rhodes vs Jacob Fatu never got started, so no contest? I guess?
Fun brawl, but I was kinda looking forward to the match. Also, I have to ask, why didn’t someone just ring the bell? Is there some rule I don’t know about where everyone has to be calm and cool before a match can officially start? Any way, a great, raucous start to the nights festivities.
-Back from break, we got a promo for WWE2K6 that will have a “Monday Night War” edition as well as an “Attitude Era” edition. I’ll just come out and say it: AREN’T THEY THE SAME THING?!?!
They recapped the brawl we all just saw (for all) and Drew McIntyre stomped through the back to talk with Cathy Kelly. McIntyre said that anyone coming for his title can expect the same treatment he just gave Fatu and Rhodes.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY [c] vs Liv Morgan & Roxanne Perez
RHIYO got a big pop as expected, but surprisingly, given her heelish nature, so did Liv Morgan. LIllian Garcia did her thing as only she can do and All seemed right with the world for a moment or two.
Sky and Morgan kicked things off literally as Morgan ate a dropkick. She bounced back though, throwing a back elbow out of the corner. Perez tagged in and they went for a double suplex, but Sky fought them off and took out Perez with a chop block.
Perez tried to crawl out of the ring, but Sky caught her. The ref took a moment to fix the ring apron for some reason and Morgan snuck in a quick choke of Sky on the ropes. Morgan tagged in and hit a codebreaker, but Sky kicked out at two in the ensuing cover.
Morgan threw Sky around with some Three Amigo’s suplexes, but again, Sky kicked out while Ripley salivated on the apron. Perez came back in and laid some elbows into the back of Sky’s head. Sky reached for a tag, but Perez held her back, stomping her ankle.
Sky counted with a rollthrough double stomp, and two hot tags were made. A smiling Ripley stepped into the ring with Morgan and immediately threw her at the ground a lot. She hit a fallaway slam and let out a scream before dropkicking Morgan clear across the ring.
Ripley went for a Riptide, but Morgan countered into a codebreaker. Ripley caught her though and picked her up for a Razor’s Edge. Morgan wiggled free and tagged in Perez, but Ripley did not care. She headbutted Morgan and then dropped a big boot into Perez’s face.
Ripley dragged Perez up the turnbuckle, but Perez fought back and Morgan grabbed a blind tag. She ran across the ring to knock Sky off the apron and Perez countered Ripley into a headscissor from the top rope. Morgan then hit a codebreaker, but Ripley kicked out at two.
Morgan and Ripley stayed legal with ripley getting Morgan up and landing a Razor’s Edge. Sky punctuated it with a missile dropkick, but Perez snuck by Ripley and broke up the pin. Perez went for an around the world head scissor that put Ripley on the mat head first.
Sky tagged in with a prone Morgan in the corner and charged for a Bullet Train, but Morgan dodged it and hit a spinning crucifix for a two count. With Ripley on the outside, Perez and Morgan double teamed Sky until she fought back and took out Morgan. Perez went for a sunset bomb, but Sky countered with a kick to the face.
Sky went up top for Over the Moonsault, but Perez got her feet up and hit a Pop Rocks. Perez went for the cover, but Sky kicked out at 2.75.
Ripley came back in and picked up Perez. She head butted her and then hit a Rip Tied. She tagged Sky who naked her over the moonsault and went for the pin. Before the ref could count to three though, Raquel Rodriguez arrived and dumped Ripley on him.
She dragged Sky to the outside for a powerbomb and then suddenly Stephanie Vaquer hit the ring and got the best of Rodriguez with a kick over the barricade and then a splash in the crowd.
Back in the ring, Perez tried to steal one by pinning Sky, but Sky kicked out. Perez tagged in Morgan who it an Oblivion. Ripley tagged in blind and nailed her with a Riptide before stacking her up and getting the 1-2-3 to retain the titles.
Match Result: Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY defeated Liv Morgan & Roxanne Perez
That was a killer match! Everyone got a chance to shine and the interference was minimal and made sense. The crowd has hotter than fresh poutine and it was a joy to watch. 17 Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwiches out of 10.
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