WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event 5/23/26 Recap

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It’s another episode of Saturday Night’s Main Event in 2026! Live in Fort Wayne, Indiana, we got a stacked card with a few championships on the line tonight. We will see Penta defend his Intercontinental Championship against Ethan Page; the Street Profits challenge The Vision for the World Tag Team Titles; the Women’s Tag Team Titles will also be on the line tonight; Becky Lynch takes on Sol Ruca; and we’ll get a six-woman tag match! Check in for the live recap of WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event tonight at 8 PM ET on Peacock. Hit F5 or refresh as often as you like for the latest updates.

The WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley kicks off the show and we’ll start with the six-woman tag match! Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are the commentators for the event, and Lilian Garcia is the ring announcer. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss come out next. Jade Cargill, B-Fab and Michin come out together and we’re informed that this is their first match as a trio. Daphanie LaShaunn is the referee for this match.

* Rhea Ripley {WWE Women’s Champion}, Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Jade Cargill, B-Fab & Michin

The bell dings, Rhea and Jade will start, but no actually B-Fab will start. B-Fab blocks a suplex, Rhea clotheslines her, and she tags out to Alexa instead of Charlotte. Alexa does a tilt-a-whirl headscissors, Michin tags in, Alexa beats her down, dropkicks her, hits the takedown, lands the Insult to Injury, and tags out to her partner. Charlotte uses Bliss to dropkick Michin, she kicks her in the head, figure-4 necklock, rolls her around, kips up, and does the Flair strut. Charlotte hits the float-over clothesline, backbreaker, Alexa hits a flying crossbody, and Jade kicks Bliss behind the ref’s back.

Jade steps in the ring across from Charlotte, they have a staredown, Jade knocks Rhea off the apron, and Michin attacks Flair from behind to end the trickery. B-Fab tags in, Jade tags in, B-Fab kicks Charlotte in the head, and Jade clotheslines her. Michin tags in, covers for 2, B-Fab tags in, stomps her down, Jade tags back in, continues the attack in the corner, and does push-ups while the crowd chants “Let’s go Charlotte!” Michin tags in, suplexes her, covers for 2, puts her in the front facelock to wear her down, Charlotte gets a second wind, knocks Cargill and B-Fab off the apron, gets on the middle ropes, Michin cuts her off, hits the hurricanrana off the ropes, and gets a 2-count. Charlotte blocks a piledriver, counters with a back drop, B-Fab tags in, holds her back from reaching her corner, Charlotte tries, B-Fab knocks Alexa off the apron, and B-Fab and Charlotte both hit bog boots to each other. Michin tags in, and Rhea gets the hot tag!

Rhea clotheslines Michin, another clothesline, sidekick, slams her face-down, running dropkick, hits a forearm smash from the apron, and connects with the missile dropkick from the top rope to the jaw! Jade breaks up the count, Rhea sets up for Riptide on Michin, Jade steps back in to distract her, Rhea blocks Eat Defeat, hits the headbutt, Michin avoids the Riptide, goes for a hurricanrana, Rhea blocks it, but Michin counters into the poison ‘rana for a near-fall! Rhea comes back with the capoeira kick, makes the hot tag, Alexa plants Michin with a DDT, and gets a 2-count. B-Fab tags in, counters the Sister Abigail, plants her with a DDT, and covers for 2. Michin tags back in, double team suplex countered into a double DDT, and she tags out!

Charlotte hits Michin and B-Fab with a diving crossbody off the top, German suplex release to Michin, kips up, Michin counters the figure-4, Charlotte almost collides into Rhea, Michin plants Charlotte with the Styles Clash, rolls her over, and Rhea breaks up the count! Jade superkicks Ripley, Alexa slaps Cargill, Charlotte hits Cargill with the big boot, Alexa and Charlotte celebrate, then Michin and B-Fab wipe them out with clotheslines and kicks, and all women are down. Jade gets the tag, Rhea wants the tag, and she gets it from Flair as Jade wants her in the ring.

Rhea and Jade trade punches in the middle of the ring, Rhea side-steps the pump kick, headbutts her, plants her with the RIPTIDE, and covers for 1-2-NO as Michin breaks it up! Michin superkicks Flair, Alexa punches Michin, B-Fab hits Bliss with the pump kick, Charlotte hits B-Fab with the big boot, and extends her hand to Ripley, but just shy of a handshake Rhea kicks Michin as she was intruding. Rhea and Charlotte smile at each other, they chop Michin and B-Fab, and deliver simultaneous fallaway slams side-by-side! The babyfaces have a group hug before the match is over, and that costs them as Jade shoves Ripley into Flair and Bliss, then she hits Ripley with the pump kick followed by JADED for the 3-count pinning the champion!! WINNERS: JADE CARGILL, B-FAB & MICHIN!

That victory gives Jade Cargill the momentum she needed one week before WWE Clash in Paris for the WWE Women’s Championship next Sunday.

We cut to earlier to see the other superstars arriving to the arena. Backstage in the locker room, Ethan Page gets interviewed before his big match, and he says the spotlight is on the Intercontinental Championship claiming he will win the title match tonight.

After a video package, Sol Ruca gets interviewed before her match next, and she says she’s ready to snatch Becky’s soul. Jessika Carr will be the referee for this match. Becky Lynch walks backstage reminding us that she’s the best, and it’s not just her saying it…

* Sol Ruca vs. Becky Lynch {Women’s Intercontinental Champion}
[non-title match]

Becky throws her championship at Sol and attacks her before the bell is even rung! Sol fights back so Jessika Carr calls for the bell to start the match. Sol spins her around into a faceplant, ducks an enzuigiri, hits a springboard crossbody, trips her, and kicks her in the mouth. Becky tosses her onto the apron, Sol kicks her in the head, and hits the springboard 450 clothesline! Becky rolls out the ring, Sol does a handstand on the apron to avoid the trip, hits a penalty kick, and lands a moonsault of the outside turnbuckle! Sol throws her back into the ring, Becky blocks the Sol Snatcher, Sol blocks the Manhandle Slam, counters with an armdrag, beats her down in a corner, Jessika Carr pulls her back, Becky takes advantage, Sol goes for the Sol Snatcher but Becky pulls the ref in the way and they go down in a collision! JESSIKA CARR CALLS FOR THE BELL! WINNER by DQ: SOL RUCA!

Becky walks away with her title saying Sol will never get a title shot. Sol checks on Carr, but Becky comes back with an ambush smashing her in the back with the championship, and plants her with the MANHANDLE SLAM! Becky pummels her, picks her back up, hits another MANHANDLE SLAM, and beats her down some more. Becky hits A THIRD MANHANDLE SLAM, and shouts in her face before finally leaving with her title.

We get a video from Penta showing no fear surrounded by fire with a message for Ethan Page. We get a video package narrated by Wade Barrett talking about the history and importance of the Intercontinental Championship.

After the break, we see a replay of the last match’s ending. Becky Lynch finds SmackDown GM Nick Aldis backstage to complain, and Aldis tells her that he just got off the phone with Raw GM Adam Pearce, who informed Aldis to tell Becky that as a result, Becky Lynch will now face Sol Ruca once again next Sunday at Clash in Italy. Becky asks for what purpose, and Aldis tells her the purpose is to defend the Women’s Intercontinental Championship!

Backstage, The Irresistible Forces get interviewed, and they say they want their titles back. Ethan Page heads out to the ring for the first of three title matches. Penta heads next ready to defend his title. Lilian Garcia does the proper SNME title match introductions. Eddie Orengo is the referee for this match.

* Intercontinental Championship: Ethan Page vs. Penta {C}

Penta with a rear waistlock, Page reverses, Penta reverses back, Page reverses again, Penta fights him off, Page leapfrogs over him, and Penta kicks him in the midsection. Ethan beats him down in a corner, kicks him in the face, Penta with a running hurricanrana, clothesline, tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, and Ethan hits a dropkick in mid-air to block a springboard. Ethan pummels him, Penta does a springboard armdrag from the corner, superkicks him, and Page falls out the ring. Ethan avoids the baseball slide, Penta ducks a swing, superkicks him again, and Page back drops him onto the announce table!

Ethan gets back in the ring, Eddie Orengo is counting, Ethan Page stops the count since he won’t win the title that way, and he shoves Penta into the ringpost face-first. Ethan throws him back into the ring, knees to the back, elbow drop, covers for 2, then puts him in the rear chinlock. Penta gets to his feet, tries to fight out, Ethan hits a basement boot to the face, covers for 2, then goes back to the chinlock. Penta battles out, slaps him on the chest, Ethan strikes back, Penta kicks him in the hamstring, reverse sling blade, running gamengiri, and hits the headstand dropkick.

Penta sees his opening, hits the tope con hilo, and both men are down at ringside as the ref starts his count. Penta throws him back into the ring at 8, gets to the top rope, hits a diving crossbody, Page hits a big boot, Penta slaps him on the chest, and Ethan fights him off. Penta comes back with a hurricanrana from the apron over the ropes, hits a springboard DDT, and covers for 2.5! Ethan blocks the Penta Driver, puts a boot up in a corner, plants him with a scoop powerslam, and covers for a near-fall. Ethan hits a clobbering punch, Penta hits the springboard backstabber, and covers for a near-fall. Penta slaps him on the chest, Ethan punches him, they trade chops, Ethan punches him, Penta superkicks him, Ethan superkicks him back, they kick each other, and they both hit bog boots to knock each other down.

Penta superkicks him, Ethan hits the Confidence Breaker, gets a 2-count, Penta blocks a suplex, hits the PENTA DRIVER, covers, and gets 1-2-KICKOUT! Penta calls for the Destroyer, Ethan blocks him with a knee strike, sets him up on the top, they trade shots on the ropes, Ethan pulls him over his shoulder, and plants him with an AVALANCHE POWERSLAM, and covers for 2.99! Ethan with several punches, exposes the turnbuckle in one corner, referee Orengo catches him, takes the padding back, so Ethan exposes another turnbuckle, sends Penta crashing into it behind the ref’s back, and rolls him up for 1-2-KICKOUT! Ethan Page is livid! Penta blocks the corner, side-steps Page making his shoulder crash into it, Penta hits the SPRINGBOARD MEXICAN DESTROYER, and covers for the 1-2-3!! WINNER, and STILL, the INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION: PENTA!!!

Penta celebrates his big victory, and still! The Women’s Tag Team Champions get interviewed next, and they write off everybody calling this their come-back tour. Brie Bella and Paige vow to leave as the retaining champions. We get a video package from Street Profits, and they want the smoke.

Nia Jax and Lash Legend head to the ring as the challengers for the next title match of the night, Brie Bella and Paige head out with the titles, Lilian Garcia does the proper title match SNME introductions, and Dan Engler will be the referee for this title match.

* WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: The Irresistible Forces vs. Brie Bella & Paige {C}

The bell dings, the champs side-step Nia, double dropkick to Lash, double bulldog to Nia, Paige hits a running kneelift, and gets a 1-count. Brie tags in, diving axe handle, another diving axe handle, Nia catches her in mid-air, plants her with a Samoan drop, and covers for 2. Lash tags in, Brie ducks the bicycle kick and tags out. Paige and Brie both hit a double Codebreaker, Paige covers and Lash kicks out before even a 1-count. Nia distracts Paige, allowing Lash to hit the bicycle kick and covers for 2. Lash hits short-arm shoulder tackles, hits the big jumping splash, and covers for 2.

Nia tags in, drapes Paige over the middle rope, slams her head into the turnbuckle, chops her across the chest, then puts her in a double wristlock. Paige fights out, Nia backs her into the corner, Lash tags in, hammer throw into a corner, clotheslines her, and covers for 2. Lash puts Paige in the full nelson, hangs her in the ropes, slap to the chest, Nia tags in, splashes her in the corners. Lash tags back in, and Paige lowers the ropes. Lash gets back in to block the tag, she tags out, Paige side-steps Jax, and makes the hot tag.

Brie hits Jax with the missile dropkick, delivers the Yes Kicks, knocks Legend off the apron, hits the running knee in the ropes, and covers for 2. Nia hits the pop-up headbutt, tags out, hits the Samoan drop, Lash hits the diving splash, tags out, holds Brie in place, Nia hits the diving legdrop, covers, and Paige dropkicks Legend sending her crashing onto Jax to break the count. Paige gets the hot tag, Nia catches her in mid-air, Paige counters with the sunset flip, and Brie helps hold her in place to get the victory! WINNERS, and STILL, the WWE WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: BRIE BELLA & PAIGE!

Cole and Barrett remind us that WWE Clash in Italy airs at 2 PM ET next Sunday with the first hour airing on ESPN, then they run down the card for the PLE. We get a video package narrated by Wade Barrett talking about the unity that the tag titles could bring, leading us to tonight’s tag team title main event. Cathy Kelly is working hard to get all of these backstage interviews, this time asking Paul Heyman about the match tonight, and they say they’re greatest tag team in the world. Lilian Garcia does the prope SNME title match introduction, and Chad Patton will be the referee for the final match of the night.

* World Tag Team Championship: Street Profits vs. The Vision {C}

Montez Ford and Austin Theory start the match. The crowd is all over Logan and their disdain for him, so much that Ford rolls him up in a quick schoolboy. Theory puts him in a side headlock, and he hits a shoulder block. Ford with a side headlock, Theory reverses, Ford leapfrogs, and Theory tags out. Logan teases a test of strength, and just kicks Ford in the gut, then puts him in a side headlock, and hits a shoulder block. Ford kips up, floats over in a corner, backflips, armdrags, and hits a dropkick. Ford dropkicks him again, tags out, double flapjack to Paul, double flapjack to Theory onto Paul, and Ford clotheslines Paul out the ring.

Paul Heyman regroups with his team, they start to leave, the Profits chase them down, and they fight down the aisleway and at ringside. Dawkins and Paul get back in the ring, Dawkins hits the corkscrew splash in the corner, jumping enzuigiri, and covers for 2. Dawkins fights off both men, but Paul hits a European uppercut to rock him, knocks Ford off the apron, pummels Dawkins, and The Vision is now in control. Theory gets tagged in, assists Paul with a splash, delivers the butterfly suplex, covers for 2, and beats him down. Paul tags in, they hit a double shoulder block, Paul puts Dawkins in a chinlock, Dawkins battles out, reaches for the tag, and Paul clotheslines him. Theory tags in, double team attack, shoulder thrusts in a corner, and the crowd gets to the champs. Dawkins gets a boot up, crawls to his corner, Dawkins sends Paul out the ring, and Paul pulls Ford off the apron. Dawkins fights off both men, hits a neckbreaker, and makes the hot tag!

Ford hits a diving spinning back elbow, knocks Paul off the apron, clotheslines Theory, hits a lariat, another punch to Paul, runs into a boot, and counters the Rolling Thunder with a powerslam, followed by a standing moonsault for a 2-count. Theory hits a back elbow, Ford slips off his shoulders, Paul makes the blind tag, Theory hits a big forearm shot, Paul hits the slingshot somersault lariat, and covers for a near-fall. The crowd chants “Logan sucks!” Theory tags in, Ford launches Paul out the ring, rolls Theory up for 2, back elbow to Theory’s jaw, Dawkins tags himself in, Ford lands on his feet off a suplex, and they hit the double team back suplex. Ford takes Paul out on the floor, he runs back to his corner to tag in, they hit the Doomsday Blockbuster, Ford covers, and Paul breaks up the count! “This is awesome! This is awesome!”

All four men are down, Paul punches Dawkins, Ford pops up for a jumping enzuigiri, Dawkins sends Paul out the ring, and Ford runs corner to corner for the tope con hilo! BRON BREAKKER RUNS DOWN, but Ford leapfrogs over him allowing Dawkins to pounce Breakker over the announce table!! Ford sends Theory back into the ring, Dawkins plants him with The Anointment, Ford connects with FROM THE HEAVENS, covers, 1-2-NO as Heyman put Theory’s foot on the bottom rope and got the ref’s attention! Ford goes after Heyman for his interference, he leaps off the steel steps, and Paul punches Ford with the loaded right hand with brass knuckles on!! Paul throws Ford back into the ring, Dawkins hits Paul with a tope con hilo, and Theory covers Ford for the 3-count! WINNERS, and STILL, the WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: THE VISION!!

We get replays of the chaotic finish. The Vision leave Saturday Night’s Main Event as the World Tag Team Champions still. Bron Breakker wants more though as he rushes back to the ring, hits Dawkins with the SPEAR, and also hits Ford with the SPEAR!! Breakker kips up, exits the ring, and now he’s satisfied. The Vision all get back in the ring to pose for the cameras and close out the show.