4 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (12 July - Results & Review)
Goldberg hangs up the boots while Jelly Roll prepares to lace them up. WWE in 2025.
Heading into Saturday Night’s Main Event, WWE clearly wanted the talking points coming out of the program to focus on the retirement of a Hall-of-Famer and the announcement of a marquee match at SummerSlam.
Instead, the big news heading into Sunday revolved around the health of their world champion-in-waiting’s knee.
Seth Rollins sustained a knee injury during his match against LA Knight, necessitating a stoppage during the bout and only continuing long enough for Rollins to eat a BFT and get pinned. The injury cast a bit of a pall over the show, but it’s not like SNME was steaming along on a hugely successful run before Seth went down.
Fans in attendance were fired up, reacting to everything WWE threw at them Saturday night, whether it was a middling Randy Orton/Drew McIntyre match that served as a backdrop for Jelly Roll to cast himself as on-par with world title contenders, or a passable United States Championship match with the Temu Bloodline running roughshod.
The one truly bright spot from Saturday came in the form of Goldberg’s last ride, with the WCW icon saddling up and delivering a good enough performance for someone so broken down that he can hold his head up high in retirement.
Overall though, WWE needs to do something about its penchant for screwy finishes, which are becoming so prevalent that they’re almost expected rather than being the exception. But that’s a problem for another day.
Let’s get to it…