Pre-Show Kickoff!

Welcome one and all! The weekend is upon us and, in the words made famous by Elton, Saturday night's alright for fighting--and the WWE is happy to oblige with our latest edition of Saturday Night's Main Event! As of this post, there are currently four matches scheduled for tonight's card! In what will hopefully be his final match, Bill Goldberg returns once again. This time, he challenges mi primo "The Ring General" Gunther for his World Heavyweight Championship in what should be a match. (Yes, I should say nothing if nothing nice). Also scheduled is Seth Rollins taking on LA Knight in singles action. Drew McIntyre will face the legend killer, Randy Orton. And United States Champion Solo Sikoa will have his first title defense against Jimmy Uso in the Uce's first-ever singles title bout.

We'll have all that and maybe a little more tonight, starting LIVE with our program at 8pm! Tonight's show is coming to you from the State Farm Arena in the former home of World Championship Wrestling, Atlanta! We'll transition this article to our live results shortly before broadcast, and any updates to the card will be reflected prior to broadcast (sorry, folks, we have a day job, too!)

Until then, the comments section and the day are yours to seize! See you tonight for our program!

Saturday Night's Main Event Live Results (July 12, 2025) - State Farm Arena - Atlanta, GA

Welcome to Saturday Night's Main Event!

We're welcomed to our show and told it's brought to you by Jimmy John's. We're then shown the arrivals or backstage footage of Seth Rollins & crew, LA Knight, Randy Orton with Jelly Roll, Logan Paul with Drew McIntyre, Solo Sikoa with his new MFT faction, Jimmy Uso, Gunther, and last but most certainly least, Bill Oldberg (who gets the weakest hometown pop I've ever seen and I'm not saying that jadedly, either. Bad mic work?) We then get the retro-themed SNME video package from last time. 

Finally we see Joe Tessitore and Jesse "the Body" Ventura who hype Bill Goldberg and his win in the same arena 27 years ago. Ventura tells us Goldberg needs to win quick and early as he's battling age; he then gives us his quick read on Orton/McIntyre, stating they're both in for a war. Joe throws us to Michael Cole and Wade Barrett, who hype that this is Goldberg's final match. We're off to our first match!

Singles Match: Drew McIntyre w/ Logan Paul vs Randy Orton w/ Jelly Roll

Randy Orton begins his entrance at 8:07pm EST. He's escorted by 4-time Grammy nominated country artist, Jelly Roll. The crowd sings Orton down...hey, why not have Jelly Roll do a cover of Orton's theme if you're going to package them together? Remember how that was a thing at the turn of the century? Anyways, Drew McIntyre is out next at 8:11pm. He's accompanied by Logan Paul. We get our opening bell at 8:13pm. Drew takes Randy to the corner and looks for mounted punches; Orton escapes and executes the move on McIntyre to a pop. Orton follows it up with a clothesline that sends McIntyre over the top rope and to the outside. Orton pursues but is distracted enough by Logan Paul for Drew to escape a backbreaker. McIntyre drops Orton's back across the commentary table and we head to commercial at 8:14pm. Damn you, NBC!

We return at 8:17pm and find Orton trying to fight back, kicking and slugging McIntyre. Drew whips Randy into the corner, again targeting Orton's historical weakness--his lower back. As McIntyre takes control, we're shown Jelly Roll reacting to the violence in the ring. Drew screams "what happened to you" at Orton and begins chopping him. Orton gets mad and fires up, trying to take it to Drew. McIntyre with a Glasgow Kiss to gain some separation. Orton fires off a Power Slam to drop the Scottish Psychopath and pop the crowd. McIntyre flees the ring and Orton pursues. Orton with a snap backbreaker, then begins to work Drew over at the announce table. Orton with a back drop on the table. Orton pursues Logan Paul just long enough for McIntyre to rally and attack Orton from behind.

Orton enters the ring and McIntyre follows him, setting up an Orton draping DDT to a big pop. Orton fires up, calling for an RKO, but is once again distracted by Logan Paul. Orton turns around and walks right into a Claymore from McIntyre at 8:20pm! McIntyre covers but Orton kicks out just in the nick of time. Jelly Roll and Logan Paul have words at ringside. Logan shoves Jelly Roll three times; Jelly Roll shoves Paul down hard and pops the crowd. McIntyre yells "what the hell are you doin' getting involved in my business?" The two exchange words as Orton rolls in the ring. McIntyre turns his attention to Orton and pulls him up for a Future Shock DDT, but Orton hits an RKO out of nowhere! Orton covers and picks up the win at 8:21pm!

Your Winner, Randy Orton! (8 minutes)

After the Match

Logan Paul attacks Orton from behind. The crowd loudly chants for Jelly Roll and good ol' Jelly Roll enters the ring. The two exchange words; Jelly slugs Logan, and Logan flees the ring. Jelly checks on Randy Orton--and eats a Claymore outta nowhere from Drew! Multiple officials charge the ring and yell at Drew while others check on Jelly Roll. Orton tries to exit the ring to pursue but officials dissuade him.

After the Match II

After a bit, we're sent to another commercial break. When we return, we see Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul arguing with GM Adam Pearce in the back. We also see many of the Superstars from tomorrow night's Evolution ppv in the audience. Rhea Ripley gets a big pop. Jade Cargill is shown before Naomi attacks her. Naomi lays into Cargill as commentary reminds us that these two face off tomorrow night in a No Holds Barred match. Naomi generally dominates until GM Nick Aldis shows up. "I had a feeling that you two couldn't wait until tomorrow night...speaking of tomorrow night, I've made an arrangement...allow me to introduce to your special guest referee." Out comes Bianca Belair! We're then shown DDP and Doug Dillinger in the audience before a video hypes Bill Goldberg's legendary streak nearly thirty years ago.

United States Championship Match: Solo Sikoa(c) w/ MFT vs Jimmy Uso/u>

Jimmy Uso is out first at 8:37pm. We head to commercial break. We return and Solo Sikoa begins his entrance at approximately 8:41pm. He's accompanied by MFT--My Family Tree, composed of...oh god damnit. Uh...JC Mateo, Tama Tanga, and Tonga Loa. Blame Triple H for lack of creativity with the damn names. I'll fix it in a sec. We get our bell at 8:44pm and Sikoa speaks to Uso. He tells him "you're not coming back, you understand me?" The two begin to slug it out. Cole mentions that this is Jimmy's first singles championship singles match in 15 years--he was part of one other singles championship match, but it was a multi-man match. The battle spills outside and Jimmy Uso hits a Suicide Dive to wipe out Sikoa. Uso enters the ring, avoiding the MFT. The action returns to the ring. Uso heads up to and leaps off, looking for a strike; Sikoa catches him and hits a Spinning Sikoa counter, covering for two. We head to break.

Back from break at 8:50pm. Solo Sikoa is still in control, per Cole. Sikoa sets Jimmy up for a suplex on the apron but Jimmy blocks it with a leg. They keep calling Jimmy Uso "Big Jim." Okay. Uso and Sikoa battle on the apron. Solo shoves Big Jim into the ringpost. Big Jim fires back and hits a Suplex onto the hardest sign of the ring! We get replays of Big Jim. I'm going to type Big Jim every damn time they call him Big Jim. If I have to suffer, so do you, dear reader. Uso heads up to as Sikoa rolls into position in the ring. Big Jim with a crossbody lateral press off the top, covering for two. Sikoa kicks out of Big Jim's cover! Uso recovers and drops the champ, then Big Jim heads up top and hits the Big Jim Uso Splash! Jimmy covers but Solo gets the shoulder up in time.

Jimmy Uso posts up in the corner, eying Solo. Sikoa slowly rises. Uso charges in and Sikoa clocks him with a big right. Solo with a Spinning Solo on Big Jim! Sikoa goes for a Samoan Spike but Jimmy dodges it. Uso with a Superkick! Uso heads up top but Sikoa rolls out of the ring. MFT check on him. Uso adjusts and hits a corkscrew off the top! Big Jim wipes out the entire MFT to a big pop! The official begins the countout count. Jimmy rushes to send Sikoa in the ring. Tama Tonga looks for a clothesline but Uso ducks under. Uso steps on the apron. He kicks Tonga. Solo grabs him through the ropes and back rolls him up. Tonga pushes on Solo's rear, giving him the leverage he needs to pick up the win at 8:54pm!

Your Winner AND STILL United States Champion, Solo Sikoa! (10 minutes)

After the Match

MFT swarm the ring and begin beating down Jimmy Uso. Solo Sikoa hits the Samoan Spike on Big Jim. Jaco Fatu returns and hits the ring to a big pop! Fatu decimates MFT, and begins to hit running hip attacks on them repeatedly. The big Tama Tanga enters the ring and steps over the top rope. The two stand face-to-face. Jacob Fatu looks up and begins to unload on Tama Tanga, who we're told is over seven feet tall. Tanga charges Fatu, who drops down and pulls the top rope, causing the big man to fall out. Fatu hits a Suicide Dive to wipe him out then celebrates in the ring. Michael Cole then tells us Bill Goldberg's father-in-law died a few weeks ago, and mentions Billy knew someone who died in the Texas floods recently. Why? Who the F knows. Maybe to excuse Goldberg's lack of physical ability tonight.

Exclusive Interview with Randy Orton & Jelly Roll

We return from break at 9:04pm and get clips of McIntyre's attack on Jelly Roll after Orton/McIntyre. We get an exclusive interview backstage. Orton apologizes to Jelly Roll for having him in harms way. Orton then tells Cathy that it was a bad call for having Jelly Roll out there. Roll states he's a grown man and that "they've greatly underestimated me...I want 'em both, anywhere, anytime." Orton tells Cathy he's got a word for her--SummerSlam. Looks like Orton/Roll vs McIntyre/Logan. Orton calls their team RK-Roll. We're shown the Steiner Brothers in the crowd! Yes!

Singles Match: Seth Rollins w/ the Oracle vs LA Knight

Seth Rollins comes out at approximately 9:06pm, accompanied only by "the Oracle" Paul Heyman and his Money in the Bank (MitB) case. Cole teasingly wonders if Rollins will cash his case in tonight on Gunther. LA Knight is out at 9:08pm to a quick pop. A minute and a half later and we get our bell. Knight comes out swinging, taking a quick lead. Rollins tries to fire off a Falcon Arrow but the Megastar is having none of that. The action spills to the outside, with Knight staying on fire. The crowd repeatedly "yeah's" every strike. Knight slams Rollins head into the announce table repeatedly to more yeah's. Knight taunts Rollins, strongly in control, as we go to break at 9:11pm (never forget).

We're back a 9:15pm. Rollins and Knight jockey for control, with each man exchanging blows. Rollins hoists Knight up and drops Knight's ribs across Rollin's knees. Rollins heads up top and hits a Frog Splash off the top, covering for two. Knight favors his ribs, the target of repeated attacks from Rollins. The crowd tries to get behind the Megastar, chanting weakly. Rollins talks smack in Knight's face, firing him up far better than the weaker chants. Knight unloads rights on Rollins. Rollins drops Knight with a shot to the ribs. Rollins wants a Stomp but Knight dodges it. Knight goes for the BFT but Rollins avoids it. Knight drops Rollins with strikes then heads up on the middle ropes. Knight with his leaping elbow strike, then covers for two.

Knight begins to stomp away at Rollins in the corner. Knight looks for a BFT but Rollins shoves him off and rolls out to the apron. Knight pulls him up to his feet on the apron by the hair. Rollins with a shoulder thrust through the ropes, gaining some separation. Seth heads up top but Knight rallies and attacks him on the turnbuckles. Knight with a chop. Knight climbs up to the top rope, looking for a Superplex. Seth shoves him off. Knight charges across the ring, hops up the turnbuckles, but again can't execute a Superplex! Rollins slips underneath, picks Knight up, and hits a Buckle Bomb on the opposite corner! Knight looks for a Suplex but, again, his injured ribs cause the move to falter. Rollins drops Knight. Rollins with a springboard Senton, then follows it up with a springboard Moonsault. Seth tweaks his knee as he lands and the ref checks on him. Knight closes the gap but the ref blocks him. Heyman and the ref check on Rollins.

The ringside doctor comes out to check on Rollins. The ref talks into her mic and then speaks with Knight off camera. Not sure if this is a work, folks, but if you're looking for a time stamp its approximately 80 minutes after the start of the show. The ref and Rollins say something discretely. Rollins rises; Knight closes the gap, hits his BFT finisher, covers Rollins and picks up the win at 9:21pm. This doesn't look good, but let's hope it's a work. Cole shows us replays and we see where Rollins' knee buckles a bit as he lands. We're told Rollins told the ringside doc that he could continue, setting up the end. Thoughts and prayers.

Your Winner, LA Knight. (11 minutes)

WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Saturday Night's) Main Event Match: Gunther(c) vs Bill Goldberg

After a commercial break and a full rundown of tomorrow night's Evolution, we finally get our World Heavyweight Champion Gunther's entrance at 9:33pm. At 9:34pm, we get Goldberg's iconic entrance. Dillinger knocks on his door; we hear what was probably Goldberg punching or headbutting his door. He's escorted out by his son, several old timers. Goldberg is visibly limping in the back and it becomes even more pronounced as he makes his way down to the ring. He clearly looks in pain. Dude, this is why I'm negative about this match. If you can't go, that's fine! Just don't try to go. We mercifully get a commercial break at 9:36pm. We return at 9:40pm and get our official introductions Goldberg gets a nice pop for his final match. Gunther is announced next. Hey, why isn't Gunther on Fubar? It's on Netflix; he's the Raw champ and Raw's on Netflix...just saying! We get our bell at 9:42pm. Our ref is "Little Naitch" Charles Robinson, who also refereed "hundreds" of Goldberg's matches per Michael Cole, including his win over "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan to win the WCW Championship decades ago.

The match starts with a lot of jawing and pandering. Gunther starts us off with some chops about a minute and a half into it. Goldberg laughs them off and lays into Gunther. Goldberg takes Gunther into the corner and hammers him until the ref warns him. Goldberg looks with a whip-pullback into a shoulder thrust to drop the champ. Gunther fires back with big blows, dropping Goldberg. Gunther heads up top but Goldberg pops up and rips him down. Gunther flees to the outside, the crowd booing. Goldberg follows and Gunther takes control and begins focusing on Goldberg's knee. Gunther with chops to the challenger. Goldberg fires back with rights. Goldberg whips Gunther towards the barricade. Gunther rolls through. Goldberg limp-runs for a Spear but Gunther sidesteps it and Goldberg goes through the barricade! We're sent to break at 9:45pm.

We return at 9:50pm. Yep, a 5-minute breather for Goldberg commercial break. Gunther's in control, hammering Goldberg's knee with strikes. Gunther repeatedly takes time to intimidate and mock Goldberg, slapping his head and trash-talking him. Goldberg rises and punches Gunther; Gunther kicks his knee. Goldberg hits a Spinebuster on Gunther. Goldberg limps over and kicks Gunther in the gut with his bum knee. Goldberg hits body-shots on Gunther in the corner. Gunther fires off a series of chops to get out of the corner. Goldberg again takes him back into the corner and stomps on him. Goldberg is severely winded and limping incredibly badly. Gunther blocks an Irish Whip attempt. Goldberg with a back-body drop on Gunther. Goldberg posts up for a Spear; the camera changes behind the ref and we see Goldberg hit a Spear on the ref accidentally. Great camera work to mask his lack of speed.

Gunther attacks Goldberg as he checks on the ref. Gunther takes Goldberg's brace off and kicks Goldberg's knee. Gunther uses the brace as a weapon since the ref's still down. Gunther smacks Goldberg's knee, then smacks the back of Goldberg's head. Gunther hoists the brace up, taunting the crowd. The crowd's in it, just not much. Gunther approaches Gage Goldberg and tells him "sit your ass down." Gage asks "what do you mean?" So Gunther tells him to sit his ass down again and smacks him. Gage hops the rail but security "holds him back." Gunther lazily enters the ring. Goldberg hits a Spear on Gunther to a pop. Goldberg tries to lift Gunther up--and does! Jackhammer from Goldberg! A new ref hits the ring and Goldberg covers! Goldberg covers and gets the two! Thank god Gunther got the shoulder up in time. Gunther pops up and slaps a Sleeper on Goldberg. Goldberg tries to fight out of it and lasts in it for about a minute before submitting. We get the final bell in Bill Goldberg's 28-year career at 9:56pm. We see Gunther head up the aisle briefly and that's all she wrote, folks.
Your Winner AND STILL World Heavyweight Champion, Gunther! (14 minutes)

After the Match: Goldberg says Bye, Bye, Bye

We do quickly return after several previews for other things, long enough for Goldberg to address the Atlanta crowd. He apologizes for what he claims is his first loss in Atlanta. He thanks everyone for everything, and then we're out again.