5 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (24 May - Results & Review)

3. Jesse Ventura: National Treasure

For those who grew up watching the original iteration of Saturday Night’s Main Event, Jesse Ventura is an integral part of their childhood. Seeing him back on SNME in 2025 is a welcome nostalgia trip, even if The Body is occasionally rusty with his information.

Ventura provided some legit laugh-out-loud moments during the steel cage match, though not all of them were likely intentional. Jesse started out by yelling at Pat McAfee for daring to leave the commentary desk to wrestle, which was something Ventura did nearly 40 years ago. Yelling at McAfee automatically makes Jesse a hero, if only to put Pat on his heels.

During the match, Jesse fell back on his favorite shtick: criticizing the referees. He complained about the ref’s cadence when counting pinfalls, suggesting it wasn’t consistent. Later, he asked if WWE was paying the ref less for this match since she was only there to count pinfalls, which meant she didn’t have to enforce any rules – therefore, WWE should get a discount on her services.

But the highlight came in the aftermath of Damian Priest walking out of the cage to end the match. Clearly having missed the memo, Ventura asked, “What kind of BS is that?”, and demanded to know why Priest didn’t at least climb over the top to escape the cage rather than just walking out the door. This led to the line of the night: “That was exciting, wasn’t it? Walk out the door.”

You could almost hear Michael Cole wincing every time Jesse spoke up. It was glorious. More chaos on commentary!