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WWE Championship Match Now Official For Saturday Night's Main Event

The main event is set! Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens will fight for the WWE Championship in Long Island, New York.
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Cody Rhodes has the fight he wanted with Kevin Owens
Cody Rhodes has the fight he wanted with Kevin Owens | wwe.com

After their heated promo exchange this past Friday night on SmackDown, we knew that Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens were going to fight. We just didn't know when.

We do now.

WWE took to social media Monday afternoon to announce that the American Nightmare will be defending his Undisputed WWE Championship against Owens on December 14 at Saturday Night's Main Event.

Rhodes is dead set on getting revenge after Owens delivered a 'banned' piledriver to Randy Orton a couple of weeks back on SmackDown, leaving The Viper with a serious spinal injury.

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Cody left it up to KO to pick the time and place and he apparently decided to wait until next month when WWE invades the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island, New York - instead of challenging Rhodes at this Saturday's Survivor Series: WarGames Premium Live Event.

The WWE Championship match will likely serve as the marquee headliner as Saturday Night's Main Event makes it's return to NBC, 33 years after the original show left the airwaves.

Rhodes and Owens being booked for SNME in lieu of Survivor Series should not come as a shock. The stars are expected to be out to mark this first primetime NBC special, part of WWE’s new five-year domestic media rights partnership that saw SmackDown move to the USA Network.

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RICK UCCHINO

Rick Ucchino is the Assistant Editor & Content Coordinator for The Takedown on SI. He also works full-time for 700WLW Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio as a local news and sports anchor, in addition to his time covering the Cincinnati Bengals for Sirius XM. Rick has been on the professional wrestling beat since 2019, having provided coverage for a number of outlets, including Fightful, SB Nation’s Cageside Seats and the Bleav Podcast Network. With an educational background in theater, creative writing and journalism, Rick focuses primarily on the storytelling aspect of pro wrestling, but he’s no stranger to the squared circle himself. He had the privilege of training with former WWE & WCW cruiserweight Jimmy Wang Yang for nearly two years and retired early due to back issues with a perfect 1-0 record in singles competition. Rick is a married father of two incredibly adorable children, who are budding pro wrestling fans themselves. Much to the chagrin of their mother. You can reach Rick at rwucchino@gmail.com

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