WWE returns live from “The Great White North” for the second night in a row tonight.
Scheduled to premiere at 8/7c on Peacock, WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event will emanate from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with a four-match card.
Advertised for tonight is Cody Rhodes vs. Jacob Fatu, AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky (c) vs. Liv Morgan & Roxanne Perez for the WWE Women’s Tag-Team Championships, as well as Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn vs. Damian Priest vs. Trick Williams in a WWE Championship No. 1 Contender Match.
The following are WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event results for January 24, 2026. The report was written by PWMania.com reporter Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired live.
WWE SATURDAY NIGHT’S MAIN EVENT RESULTS – JANUARY 24, 2026
The show starts out with the sounds of Stephanie McMahon talking about being in Montreal tonight, and mentioning specifically how cold the weather is. The cold open video package airs from there to officially get things off and running.
Cody Rhodes vs. Jacob Fatu
We’re starting things off hot. As the usual show-starting Superstar arrival shots are shown as Michael Cole welcomes us to the show, we settle in with Jacob Fatu in his ring gear hyping himself up talking to the camera as he walks towards the entrance area.
His music hits inside the Bell Centre and the Montreal crowd roars as “The Samoan Werewolf” emerges and makes his way down to the ring for his first match back since his injury hiatus way back in August of 2025. The theme for his opponent hits and out comes Cody Rhodes.
The crowd roars and begins singing along as “The American Nightmare” emerges and the fight is immediately on between these two, as while Cody Rhodes is posing on the turnbuckles and his pyro is going off, Fatu attacks him. Fatu beats on Rhodes.
The referee tries to separate them, but Rhodes knocks Robinson back. Fatu continues to attack, but Rhodes knocks him out of the ring. Rhodes attempts a suicide dive, but Fatu punches him in the face. Security runs down, and Fatu starts to attack them. Security holds Rhodes back at ringside.
Fatu leaps up the ropes and nearly slips, but pulls off a somersault plancha onto security. Fatu completely misses Rhodes, but Rhodes goes down anyway. Fatu starts to walk off, but Rhodes attacks him from behind. Rhodes rips at his eyes and gets him in the ring.
Rhodes knocks him out of the ring and hits a suicide dive, knocking the mighty Samoan over the commentary table. Rhodes punches Fatu over the barricade, and they begin brawling in the crowd, near where Roy Nemer is sitting. Fatu gets the better of Rhodes and knocks him near the stands.
Rhodes fights back and drives a road crate into Fatu. Rhodes goes for a piledriver on the floor, but Fatu hits a back body drop. Fatu hits a scoop slam on the concrete. Fatu shoves the security guards off him. Rhodes attacks him from behind again and tosses some security away. Rhodes bounces him off an equipment case.
They begin to fight up the steps of the stands before spilling out into the arena concourse. Rhodes throws a recycling can at Fatu and some security guards. Jamie Noble runs over and tells Rhodes to stop. Fatu fights back before a security guard grabs him.
Fatu gives the guard a Sambo suplex through a table! Rhodes throws a drink into Fatu’s face, and they brawl back into the Bell Centre. Fatu headbutts Rhodes away, but Rhodes quickly fires back and takes him down. They brawl down the steps and stand on some road crates.
They fight off some security guards and throw another one into the other guards. All of a sudden, Undisputed WWE Champion Drew McIntyre throws Fatu off the road crate through some tables! McIntyre low blows Rhodes and gives him a powerbomb off the road crates through another table. The crowd boos as we head to a break.
Winner: No Contest
Backstage With Drew McIntyre
WWE 2K26 will have a Monday Night War edition. A video informs us of that. We then see some replays of the massive brawl between Cody Rhodes and Jacob Fatu, which ended only when Undisputed WWE Champion Drew McIntyre attacked both men.
A furious Undisputed WWE Champion Drew McIntyre is storming backstage. Cathy Kelley stops him and demands an explanation. McIntyre says that was a message to the entire locker room. That’s what will happen to anyone who tries to cross him. McIntyre charges off.
WWE Women’s Tag-Team Championships
Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky (c) vs. Liv Morgan & Roxanne Perez
The show returns inside the arena, where we get ready for our women’s tag-team title tilt. The reigning champions, Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky make their way out first. Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez of The Judgment Day are out next to a ton of boos.
Lilian Garcia handles the formal pre-match ring introductions for this, our lone title tilt on tonight’s show, complete with the old-school Mr. Kennedy-style lowered microphone. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one.
As soon as this one gets started, we see Sky blast Morgan with a dropkick. Sky goes for a scoop slam, but Morgan slides off and pulls her down by the hair. Morgan punches away at Sky and taunts the crowd. Morgan elbows Sky away and tags Roxanne Perez in.
The Judgment Day goes for a double-team suplex, but Sky gets out and slings Perez into Morgan. Sky trips Perez and hits a basement dropkick. Sky celebrates. Sky pulls Perez into the ring, and Perez drags the ring apron with her. The referee goes to fix the apron, so Morgan gets a cheap shot in on Sky.
Perez mounts Sky and punches away at her. Perez wrenches the arm and sends her to the corner. Perez hits a running uppercut. Morgan tags in, and they hit Sky with a Codebreaker and Russian leg sweep combo for a near fall. Morgan grabs Sky and hits “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio’s Three Amigos, followed by a Shining Wizard for another near fall.
Morgan punches Sky in the face and tags Perez back in. Perez kicks Sky in the midsection and talks some trash. Perez elbows Sky in the head and taunts the crowd. Perez stomps on Sky’s ankle, but Sky soon kicks her away. Sky nearly tags Ripley, but Perez quickly stops her.
Sky fights back with a wheelbarrow roll-up into a double stomp to the midsection. Ripley and Morgan tag in. Morgan tried to stop Sky from making the tag, but she came up short. Ripley smiles at her former rival. Ripley hits Morgan with a pair of short-arm clotheslines, followed by a kick to the midsection and a fall-away slam.
Ripley hits a basement dropkick and picks up a two-count. Morgan’s shoulder was way off the mat during that pin. Ripley goes for a Riptide, but Morgan slides off and goes for a Codebreaker. Ripley holds her up and tosses her off before kicking her. Morgan gets out of a Razor’s Edge and tags Perez in.
Ripley brings Perez into the ring the hard way. Morgan grabs Ripley, but Ripley headbutts her down. Perez unloads on Ripley, but Ripley soon kicks her in the face to take her down. Ripley climbs to the second rope and tries to power Perez up, but Perez punches her away.
Morgan tags in and knocks Sky off the apron. Perez hits Ripley with a super hurricanrana before Morgan hits a flying Codebreaker! Perez hits Sky with a suicide dive as Morgan picks up a near fall. Morgan charges Ripley near the ropes, but Ripley knocks her back. Ripley hits Morgan with a Razor’s Edge as Sky tags in.
Sky hits a big missile dropkick and covers. Perez ducks a clothesline from Ripley to break up the pin. Perez knocks Ripley back and spikes Ripley with a big head-scissor takeover. Sky takes Perez out with a springboard missile dropkick to knock her out of the ring.
Sky gets the crowd going and tries for a Bullet Train Attack on Morgan, but Morgan moves. Morgan takes Sky down with a cover for a near fall. Morgan shoves Sky to the corner and hits a high knee. Perez tags in. Sky fights out of a double-team attack and hits Morgan with a Shotei uppercut.
Sky counters out of Pop Rox and kicks Perez in the head. Sky goes to the top rope for an Over the Moonsault, but Perez gets her feet up! Perez hits Pop Rox for two. Ripley drags Sky to the corner and tags in. Perez goes for a kick, but Ripley blocks it and headbutts her in the mouth.
Ripley hits Perez with Riptide and tags Sky in, who hits an Over the Moonsault for two. Raquel Rodriguez pulls Ripley down, landing her on the referee. Rodriguez takes Ripley out. Sky goes for a suicide dive on Rodriguez, but Rodriguez catches her and hits a stiff powerbomb on the floor.
Stephanie Vaquer, no longer in a walking boot, runs down to attack Rodriguez. Vaquer knocks her into the crowd and hits a crossbody block off the barricade. They brawl to the back. In the ring, everyone is down. Perez puts an arm over Sky as Jason Ayers comes back to consciousness. Ripley hits Riptide on Morgan for the victory.
Winners and STILL WWE Women’s Tag-Team Champions: Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky
AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
The pre-match video package airs to tell the story of this late addition to tonight’s four-match card. Our co-main event of the evening pitting “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles one-on-one against longtime career rival “The King of Strong Style” Shinsuke Nakamura is up next.
Styles wears a special mask during his ring entrance, something he hasn’t done in ten years since his NJPW days, we’re told. He settles in the ring, as does the Japanese legend, and the bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running.
We see both Superstars locking up repeatedly and taking time to taunt each other in the early goings. Nakamura tells AJ to “come on” and the pace picks up. Styles comes in hot, firing off kicks and dropping Nakamura. Styles with a backbreaker.
Styles takes Nakamura into the corner and begins to shoulder-thrust his midsection as the ref warns him. The action spills outside, with Styles taking a stretch in control. Nakamura takes control as the action returns to the ring, blasting Styles with a running knee. Nakamura then grounds Styles and slows things down.
Nakamura drives his knee into Styles’ injured ribs and applies a rear chin lock. Styles fights up, but Nakamura backs him to the corner and knees him down. Nakamura puts his foot on Styles’ chest and gyrates a bit. Nakamura saunters to the opposite side of the ring and charges, but Styles rolls under him and hits a pair of clotheslines.
Styles hits a basement flying forearm and gets fired up. Styles hits a corner clothesline, followed by an Ushigoroshi for a near fall. Styles sets up for a Styles Clash, but Nakamura gets out with a scorpion kick, followed by a dropkick. Nakamura gets to his feet and starts to kick Styles in the chest.
Styles rebounds off the ropes and goes down hard. Styles gets up and blocks a kick, but Nakamura catches him with a rebound kick to the ear. Nakamura blocks a boot and sits him on the second rope before hitting a sliding German Suplex. Nakamura goes to the second rope and hits a flying knee to the face for a two-count.
Nakamura backs to the corner and charges for a Kinshasa, but Styles kicks him down and hits a dragon screw. Styles soon applies a Calf Crusher. Nakamura claws to the bottom rope and grabs it to break the hold. Nakamura rolls to the apron. Styles reaches for him, but Nakamura catches him with a snap kick to the face.
Styles quickly catches him with a dragon screw on the ropes and attacks the leg before putting the Calf Crusher back on. Nakamura is trapped in the middle of the ring. Nakamura screams in pain as Styles cinches it in. Nakamura is refusing to tap out. Styles keeps cinching it in harder and tells him to tap.
Styles wrenches back once again, and Nakamura bites his fingers in pain. Nakamura claws to the bottom rope, so Styles rolls him away. Nakamura rolls into a cross armbreaker attempt, but Styles holds his hands to stop the hold from being applied. Nakamura punches Styles in the face a few times and applies a triangle choke.
Styles powers Nakamura up for a Styles Clash, but he can’t get it. Nakamura goes for a sliding attack, but Styles absolutely crushes him with a knee to the jaw. Both men are down, but Styles soon gets to his feet. Styles grabs Nakamura and forearms him in the jaw.
They begin trading forearms in the middle of the ring before Styles hits a strike combo. Nakamura fights back, so Styles hits a Pele Kick. Nakamura then hits a running knee to the back of the neck. Nakamura holds his knee in pain before going to the corner. Nakamura sizes Styles up for a Kinshasa.
Nakamura goes to charge, but his knee gives out. Styles hits a Kinshasa on Nakamura for two. Nakamura grabs the bottom rope. Styles grabs Nakamura, ducks a punch, and hits a torture rack bomb for a near fall. Styles slowly pulls Nakamura up for a suplex, but Nakamura fights him off.
Nakamura goes for a sliding German Suplex, but his knee gets caught on the ring apron. Styles hits a running kick to the face from the apron. Styles grabs Nakamura and rolls him into the ring. Styles gets on the apron and sizes him up. Styles goes for a Phenomenal Forearm, but Nakamura picks him off the ropes.
He hits a Death Valley Driver/Michinoku Driver combo for a near fall! Nakamura grabs him, but Styles manages to elbow him down. Both men are down again, but they get up and go head-to-head. They trade strikes in the center of the ring, neither man giving an inch.
Nakamura rocks him with a headbutt and takes him down with a cross armbreaker. Styles turns him onto his shoulders for a two-count. Nakamura catches him with a rebound kick to the head. Nakamura gets up in the corner and goes for a Kinshasa, but Styles blocks it! Styles goes for a Styles Clash, but Nakamura gets out and knees him in the face.
Nakamura gets up in the corner and charges for a Kinshasa, but he hits the turnbuckle when Styles moves. Styles knocks him back and avoids a big boot before snapping the bad knee off the top rope. Styles hits a Phenomenal Forearm before hitting a Styles Clash for the victory in an excellent match.
Winner: AJ Styles
Stephanie McMahon Appears
After appearing in the opener, Stephanie McMahon appears again after Michael Cole and Wade Barrett run down matches for next week’s WWE Royal Rumble from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She runs down what has happened so far tonight at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event.
She then lets us know that it is now time for the main event. She says someone came home to a hero’s welcome, and we see Sami Zayn meeting fans outside in the frigid Montreal night. Stephanie that match starts right now, but it actually doesn’t. Not quite yet, anyway. First, we head to a break.
Undisputed WWE Championship No. 1 Contender Match
Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn vs. Trick Williams vs. Damian Priest
It’s main event time!
Who is going to be standing across the ring from “The Scottish Warrior” Drew McIntyre when the Undisputed WWE Championship is on-the-line at next weekend’s WWE Royal Rumble: Riyadh premium live event in Saudi Arabia? It’s time to find out.
Randy Orton makes his way out first to fans singing along with his iconic WWE theme. He takes his time settling inside the ring and then his music dies down. Damian Priest is out next. Trick Williams comes out after that and the crowd noise picks up again.
Of course, however, nothing touches the crowd reactions for anyone of those three in comparison to the fourth and final member of this match, Montreal’s own favorite (active) son in WWE, Sami Zayn. His catchy-ass entrance tune hits to bring him out and it’s almost time for our final match of the night.
Following the final formal pre-match ring introductions for this high stakes fatal-four-way number one contender main event, the bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running. There is a lot of crowd atmosphere to play with in this one.
Trick Williams soon gets out of the ring and says he’ll do things on his time. Zayn then clotheslines Priest over the top rope and squares off against The Viper. Williams pulls Zayn out to loud boos before clubbing away at him. Orton goes outside and uppercuts Williams twice.
Priest then charges around ringside and leaps off the steps onto Williams and Orton. Priest gets Zayn in the ring and avalanches him before hitting a clothesline. Priest goes for a suplex, but Zayn gets out. Priest elbows Zayn down and attacks Orton as he gets in the ring.
Orton pokes him in the eyes and tosses him out of the ring. Orton and Zayn prepare to square off again. Orton kicks Zayn in the midsection and uppercuts him. Orton starts the ten punches, but Zayn pulls him down and hits some fast punches. Williams quickly attacks Zayn from behind and stomps him.
Williams then starts to stomp Orton before kicking him out of the ring. Williams punches away at Zayn before hitting a running kick. Priest gets on the apron, but Williams punches him off. Williams then drives Zayn into Orton, who was on the apron. Williams follows up with a big neck-breaker on Zayn for a two-count.
Williams pulls Zayn up and chops the chest before whipping him hard into the corner. Zayn fights back, but Williams reverses a whip and hits a cyclone boot. Priest runs in and slams Williams for a two-count. Priest sizes Zayn up and kicks him in the midsection. Priest sets up for a Razor’s Edge, but Zayn gets out.
Zayn chops the chest and scales the ropes for a tornado DDT to pick up a near fall. The crowd chants for Zayn. Zayn sets up for a Blue Thunder Bomb, but he throws him aside as Orton gets in. Orton gets out of a Blue Thunder Bomb and hits Priest with a snap powerslam.
Orton then hits Zayn with a series of clotheslines, followed by a snap powerslam. Orton knocks Williams off the apron before hitting Priest with a draping DDT. Orton attacks Williams and sets up for a draping DDT, but Zayn pulls Orton away and hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for a two count.
Zayn goes to the corner and sizes Orton up for a Helluva Kick. Williams intercepts with a huge leg lariat for a near fall. Priest runs in and kicks Williams away, knocking him out of the ring. Priest goes to ringside, but Williams catches him and slams him onto the edge of the barricade.
Williams and Priest begin talking to each other and stall. Priest then gets away, and Zayn takes Williams out with a somersault senton. Zayn goes to Orton at ringside. Orton goes for a back suplex, but Zayn flips through and hits Orton with a back suplex on the commentary table.
Zayn gets in the ring and hits Priest with an exploder suplex in the corner. Zayn follows up with a Helluva Kick on Priest. Williams pulls the referee out of the ring on the pin attempt. The referee admonishes Williams at ringside. Zayn grabs Williams, but Williams punches him back.
Orton pulls Williams back and hits a back suplex on the commentary table. Orton grabs Williams and hits him with a second back suplex onto the commentary table. Orton then grabs Zayn and hits him with a back suplex onto the commentary table. Priest is then pulled from the ring by Orton and meets the same fate.
Orton is fired up! Orton then grabs Williams and hits him with another back suplex onto the commentary table. Orton puts Williams in the ring, but Williams quickly rolls out. Zayn grabs Orton for a Blue Thunder Bomb. Orton gets out and goes for an RKO, but Zayn counters with a roll-up for a two-count.
Orton charges, but he hits the ring post when Zayn moves. Orton rolls around on the mat in pain, holding his shoulder. Zayn goes to the top rope and leaps over Orton. Orton goes for an RKO, but Zayn shoves him off. Zayn sizes him up and charges, but Orton hits him with an RKO out of nowhere.
Williams throws Orton out of the ring and covers Zayn for a close two-count that Williams breaks up just in time to keep this one alive. The crowd chants, “This is awesome!” Priest and Williams begin to exchange punches and kicks on the apron. They soon drop to their knees.
Orton hooks both of their heads and hits a double draping DDT on Priest and Williams! Orton looks into the crowd and drops down, stalking Williams. Williams shoves an RKO attempt off, and Priest hits Orton with South of Heaven. Williams rolls Priest up for a two-count. Williams argues with the referee.
Priest goes for South of Heaven, but Williams gets out and kicks him in the face. Zayn then grabs Williams and hits an exploder suplex into the turnbuckles! Zayn sizes Williams up for a Helluva Kick, but Williams sidesteps him. Williams heads to the top rope, but Zayn cuts him off.
Zayn sets up for a superplex, but Priest attacks him. Priest hits Zayn with a Razor’s Edge. Williams, who is on the apron, shoulders Priest in the midsection. Priest fights back and knocks Williams away. Zayn stuns Priest with a Helluva Kick for the victory. Sami Zayn will battle Drew McIntyre for the Undisputed WWE Championship.
The match is set for the Royal Rumble in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The crowd goes wild for Zayn. Undisputed WWE Champion Drew McIntyre runs down to attack, but Zayn sidesteps him and sends the champion packing! McIntyre is infuriated as Zayn continues to celebrate. Pyro explodes as the show ends. Thanks for joining us!
Winner and NEW No. 1 Contender: Sami Zayn
