5 Ups & 1 Down From WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (24 January - Results & Review)

4. An Action-Packed Women’s Tag

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event Rhiyo Iyo Sky Rhea Ripley
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Given the four wrestlers in the Women’s Tag Team Championship match, there really shouldn’t have been much doubt that the bout had a pretty high floor.

Rhiyo and the Judgment Day finally collided Saturday night, with the smaller duo of Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez trying (unsuccessfully) to keep Rhea Ripley out of the match. When Rhea and Liv finally squared off, it didn’t go well for Morgan or Perez. They finally got control with a hurricanrana/diving Codebreaker combo, but that didn’t last long.

Both teams had numerous near-falls and saves throughout the match, though there was a notable blemish when Perez hit Pop-Rox on Iyo Sky, and Ripley was late with the save, causing the referee to act as though Iyo had squirmed her shoulder off the mat.

The tag champs looked to have things won after a Riptide and Over-the-Moonsault, but Raquel Rodriguez appeared and tripped Ripley, dropping her right onto the referee to stop the count. Stephanie Vaquer (sans walking boot) made the save and redeemed herself after a couple of embarrassing beatdowns, chasing Rodriguez off and evening the odds.

From there, Rhea grabbed a blind tag as Morgan went for Oblivion on Iyo, and the Eradicator quickly vanquished Liv with a Riptide.

Botched pinfall save aside, this was solid stuff from all four wrestlers, with Liv taking the loss after being the vocal one about bringing gold back to the clubhouse, and Rhea and Iyo looking invincible. What could possibly stop them? (**Looks ominously at the “everyone for themselves” Royal Rumble next weekend.**) Throw in Stephanie Vaquer getting some revenge on Raquel Rodriguez, and this was a pretty good evening for the Raw women’s division.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.