GUNTHER vs Jey Uso at Saturday Night’s Main Event
Credit: WWE
Saturday Night’s Main Event advertised Rhea Ripley vs. Nia Jax for the WWE Women’s World Championship, Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens in a contract signing moderated by Shawn Michaels and Sheamus vs. Bron Breakker for the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
Hulk Hogan dropped out of SNME, and WWE doubled down on nostalgia by booking Ted DiBiase.
Last week’s broadcast of SmackDown drew a 2.30 million viewers.
WWE SNME Results On January 25, 2025
- Rhea Ripley def. Nia Jax | WWE Women’s World Title
- Bron Breakker def. Sheamus | WWE Intercontinental Title
- Braun Strowman def. Jacob Fatu by DQ
- GUNTHER def. Jey Uso | WWE World Heavyweight Title
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Ticket Sales
- WWE SNME Venue: Frost Bank Center (San Antonio, Texas)
- WWE SNME Tickets Distributed: 15,493
- WWE SNME Tickets Available: 230
WWE SNME Winners And Highlights
Rhea Ripley Def. Nia Jax
Ted DiBiase pulled up, presumably to replace Hulk Hogan, and he was wearing his full Ted DiBiase regalia.
WWE used old-school microphones for the ring introduction, and they even sounded like old-school microphones (in a bad way).
Nia and Rhea pulled off an amazing transition where Nia countered a springboard hurricanrana with a powerbomb attempt. The powerbomb was then countered by a Code Red.
Nia hit Rhea with a second-rope leg drop, which Rhea kicked out of.
Like most matches with monsters, the story was Rhea constantly trying to pick up Rhea Ripley and failing. The same went for attempted submissions.
As Jax went for a second Annihilator, you could literally hear children screaming.
Rhea Ripley won with a Riptide, and WWE made it clear that the loser of this match will compete in the women’s Royal Rumble Match.
Rhea Ripley vs. Nia Jax Grade: B+
Bron Breakker Def. Sheamus
Jesse Ventura made a great Steiner Math joke, where he implied Bron Breakker thinks 2 + 2 = 5. This man has still got it.
Breakker took another wild bump when Sheamus yeeted him over the barricade onto an office chair.
As the trainwreck match continued, Breakker caught Sheamus in midair with an awesome Spear before SNME went to break.
Sheamus was screaming obscenities at Breakker to the point where he had to be bleeped out on live TV.
Sheamus hit a Celtic Cross for a nearfall, and it was accompanied by a great overhead shot.
Ventura spent this whole match calling out the referee and what he thought was slow counting.
Breakker retained with a jumping Spear on Sheamus’ bad ribs.
Bron Breakker vs. Sheamus Grade: A-
Cody Rhodes-Kevin Owens Contract Signing (Ft. HBK)
Somebody had an “HBK is Mid” sign. Michaels laughed it off because he knew what everybody else did: That guy was an idiot.
Cody Rhodes was the clear babyface as he faced off with Owens. KO was wearing a “Cody Sucks Eggs” t-shirt, a nod to the famous “Dusty Sucks Eggs” t-shirt.
After hanging the titles up to descend from the rafters, Owens tried a Package Piledriver on Michaels. This, after a cheapshot on Rhodes. Rhodes saved HBK with a Superkick, and Michaels followed up with a Superkick of his own.
Rhodes-Owens Contract Signing with Shawn Michaels: B
Braun Strowman Def. Jacob Fatu By DQ
After another fire pre-match promo, Michael Cole noted Fatu had been in jail three times. I love how WWE is using Fatu’s real-life backstory to add to his aura, which already projects “real-life badass.”
Surprisingly, Fatu took the first bump seconds into this match. I didn’t think either was going to take a bump for a few minutes. Fatu answered with a Suicide Dive on Strowman before SNME went to break.
Fatu took a fantastic bump when Strowman did the running pounce. Strowman tried another, much slower, trot and Fatu hit the Samoan Drop on a table that didn’t break.
Strowman hit a series of running Butt Bumps, and the referee teased ending the match. Fatu snapped and threw Dan Engler out of the ring. Strowman tends to get out of doing jobs to other monsters, because Bronson Reed never secured any wins over Strowman in their monster matches.
Strowman was bleeding from the mouth, and Fatu continued to beat him down with WWE officials filling the ring. Fans chanted “one more time!” after a double-jump moonsault. Fatu obliged. Fans then chanted “Fatu!”
Braun Strowman vs. Jacob Fatu Grade: A
GUNTHER Def. Jey Uso
The main event entrances started at 6:30 p.m., so they kind of rushed through Jey Uso’s entrance.
WWE Raw will be in Atlanta this Monday, and between SmackDown and SNME, there was no mention of Roman Reigns’ acknowledgment ceremony or an appearance from Goldberg.
This match received “this is awesome” chants, and while they were chanting, Jey hit GUNTHER with a Spear for a nearfall. A follow-up Uso Splash was also met with the nearfall, but fans bit hard.
GUNTHER countered a third Spear attempt with multiple powerbombs for the win.
GUNTHER vs. Jey Uso Grade: B
