WWE Saturday Night time’s Primary Occasion is again on primetime tv. Undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens anchors the primary Saturday Night time’s Primary Occasion in 16 years.
Saturday Night time’s Primary Occasion airs from Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Lengthy Island, New York. The primetime particular airs on NBC and Peacock as a part of a brand new five-year home media rights partnership with NBCUniversal. This weekend marks the primary of 4 specials airing yearly as a part of the deal. Saturday Night time’s Primary Occasion, which has aired intermittently since 1985, hasn’t broadcast since 2008.
A bitter rivalry between Rhodes and Owens headlines the present. It is becoming since Cody’s father Dusty Rhodes appeared on 4 earlier Saturday Night time’s Primary Occasions. As well as, three extra titles will probably be on the road on Saturday evening.
World heavyweight champion Gunther should fend off two challengers in a triple menace match towards Finn Balor and Damian Priest. The previous allies turned rivals have been at one another’s throats for months since Balor value Priest the title at SummerSlam and prevented him from regaining the title at Survivor Sequence. Plus, ladies’s world champion Liv Morgan defends her crown towards No. 1 contender Iyo Sky.
Look under at Saturday Night time’s Primary Occasion’s confirmed matches and test again periodically for updates. The occasion airs stay on NBC at 8 p.m. ET.
2024 WWE Saturday Night time’s Primary Occasion matches
Undisputed WWE Championship — Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens: Cracks began forming in Rhodes and Owens’ friendship main as much as their title match at Bash in Berlin. After Unhealthy Blood, Owens brutally beat down Rhodes within the car parking zone. Owens felt betrayed by Rhodes’ short-term alliance with Roman Reigns. Rhodes, alternatively, intends to avenge his previous mentor Randy Orton after Owens hospitalized him with a banned piledriver.
Sami Zayn vs. Drew McIntyre: McIntyre made a shock return the week after Survivor Sequence: WarGames, laying out Zayn with a Brogue Kick. The next week on WWE Uncooked, McIntyre claimed Zayn and Jey Uso’s reunion with Roman Reigns affirmed his perception that folks do not change. Uncooked common supervisor Adam Pearce granted Zayn’s request for a match with McIntyre at Saturday Night time’s Primary Occasion.
World Heavyweight Championship — Gunther (c) vs. Finn Balor vs. Damian Priest: Gunther vs. Balor was arrange after a number of altercations between them. Regardless of Gunther’s protests, Balor helped Gunther retain the world heavyweight championship towards Damian Priest at Survivor Sequence. Following Judgment Day’s a number of assaults on Priest, Pearce added the previous world champion to the match.
Ladies’s World Championship — Liv Morgan (c) vs. Iyo Sky: Sky earned a title shot towards Morgan weeks earlier than Survivor Sequence. Sky has momentum over the champion after Sky’s group defeated Morgan’s WarGames group on Nov. 30.
Ladies’s United States Championship — Bayley or Chelsea Inexperienced vs. Michin or Tiffany Stratton: SmackDown common supervisor Nick Aldis unveiled the primary ladies’s United States championship. An ongoing event will decide the inaugural champion with Bayley, Inexperienced, Michin and Stratton among the many finalists.
