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WWE Saturday Night's Main Event Results: Gunther, Ripley & Breakker All Retain

Was Gunther able to walk out of Saturday Night's Main Event with the World Heavyweight Championship around his waist?

Rick Ucchino

Gunther vs. Jey Uso
Gunther vs. Jey Uso / WWE.com

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event live from the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas Saturday night.

The World Heavyweight Championship was on the line as Gunther defended his title against a game Jey Uso. In the end, the Ring General proved to be too much as he stole the main event spotlight and walked out with the World Title still around his waist.

Nia Jax had her sights set on walking out of WrestleMania 41 with both the Women's World Championship and WWE Women's Title. The Irresistible Force had to get past Rhea Ripley first if she was going to make those dreams become a reality. Spoiler alert, things did not go Nia's way.

Sheamus has long dreamed of winning the Intercontinental Championship and that dream will continue for another night as he came up short, yet again, against Bron Breakker.

Jacob Fatu is an absolute mad man, but you probably knew that already.

Last but certainly not least, Kevin Owens went off the deep end yet against during his contract signing with Cody Rhodes. He attempted a package piledriver on Shawn Michaels and ended up receiving Sweet Chin Music.

Here's everything you may have missed on Saturday Night's Main Event:

Saturday Night's Main Event Full Match and Segment Results:

* The NBC feed of the show had both English and Spanish commentary running to start the program. The Peacock feed was fine. All audio issues were fixed by the first commercial break.

  • WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase is in the house tonight! The Million Dollar Man was seen arriving at the arena, along with multiple other Superstars, to kick-off the show.
  • Jesse 'The Body' Ventura and Joe Tessitore set the stage for show tonight. Ventura is most intrigued by the Intercontinental Championship match. The Body says if Sheamus beats Bron Breakker to become a Grand Slam Champion, he'll punch his ticket to the WWE Hall of Fame.
  • WWE brought in some old school ceiling mics for Lilian Garcia to do the introductions for the Woman's World Championship Match. Nia Jax didn't want to wait to get started. She gave Rhea Ripley a head butt as The Nightmare was being introduced and the opening contest was underway.
  • Rhea Ripley defeated Nia Jax to retain the Women's World Championship. This was a fun first contest that allowed the Nightmare to showcase her strength at multiple points throughout the match. Ripley connected on both a code red and a powerbomb to the former WWE Women's Champion, before she finally hit Riptide for the victory.
  • Both Alundra Blayze and Mark Henry were shown in the audience and received nice reactions from the San Antonio Crowd.
  • Jesse Ventura joined Michael Cole and Pat McAfee on commentary for the Intercontinental Championship Match.
  • Bron Breakker cut Sheamus in half with a spear on the outside of the ring as the match went to commercial break. The Celtic Warrior attempted to dive off the ring steps when the IC Champ caught him midair and drove him to the ground.
  • Bron Breakker defeated Sheamus to retain the Intercontinental Championship. Breakker survived 16-Beats of the Bodhrán and a Celtic Cross that had many in attendance believing Sheamus was about to win the title. He then connected on a Brogue Kick but Bron got his foot on the bottom rope before the referee finished the three count. Sheamus went for another Brogue Kick, but Breakker ducked and hit a spear for the win.
  • Shawn Michaels is introduced for tonight's contract signing between WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens.
  • Ted DiBiase, Dory Funk Jr and 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan were all shown in the crowd, and again, each legend got a nice pop from the audience.
  • Kevin Owens comes out for his Royal Rumble contract signing wearing a 'Cody Sucks Eggs' T-shirt.
  • Cody Rhodes is out next and walked right up to Kevin Owens. They both stare at one another with hatred in their eyes.
  • Shawn Michaels said he had one job and that was to get two signatures on the Royal Rumble contract. Rhodes signed first, but Owens instead grabbed a microphone. He said he had a real problem with something Cody said on SmackDown. KO doesn't take the easy way out 10 times out of 10. He didn't back at Bash in Berlin when Rhodes injured his knee, because Owens claimed to care more about their friendship than Cody ever did.
  • At the Royal Rumble, Owens promised to take everything from Cody Rhodes. His Championship, the posters, the marquees, the fanfare. Everything that should have been his over the past 10 years. Just then Shawn Michaels chimed in and said that KO sounded jealous.
  • After unleashing another rant, this one aimed at HBK, Owens finally signed the contract and forcefully slapped it into the chest of Shawn Michaels. Both competitors then hung up their respective Championships for next week's ladder match.
  • Owens then got a cheap shot in on Rhodes, and as Michaels got in his face, Kevin kicked the Hall of Famer and attempted a Package Pile Driver. Rhodes broke it up with a Superkick. Shawn Michaels then showed him how it's done by hitting KO with Sweet Chin Music!
  • Braun Strowman defeated Jacob Fatu via DQ. These two behemoths were engaged in a good ole fashioned hoss fight. Neither man gave an inch until Fatu gave Strowman a Samoan Drop through the announcers desk. He rolled Braun into the ring and delivered five straight hip attacks. He went for a sixth, but the ref stopped him so he could check on Strowman. A pissed off Fatu through the referee out of the ring, which forced the DQ.
  • After the match was called off, Fatu continued the assault. He hit two more hip attacks on Strowman, which busted him open. He then grabbed a chair which he ended up smashing off the head of a security guard who had rushed the ring. Dozens of WWE officials could stop Fatu as his proceeded to hit three moonsaults on the Monster Among Men before Tama Tonga finally got him to leave the ring.
  • The San Antonio crowd was chanting for Jacob Fatu as he walked back to gorilla.
  • Michael Cole announcesd that podium area where Jesse Ventura and Joe Tessitore have been stationed all night is now called the Okerlund Position, named for the late great Mean Gene Okerlund.
  • Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard are in the house.
  • It's 'Main Event' Jey Uso time!
  • Gunther defeated Jey Uso to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. Gunther had a beautiful shotgun drop-kick, powerbomb combo that should have put Jey away, but he was able to kick-out at two. The San Antonio crowd practically willed Uso to get back into the match. He caught Gunther with a top rope powerbomb for a close two count. He then hit a spear for an even closer two count.
  • Jey then hit a Superkick, another spear and an Uso Splash, but Gunther kicked out again! Uso went for another spear, but Gunther caught him this time. The Ring General hit back-to-back powerbombs to get the win.

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Rick Ucchino
RICK UCCHINO

Rick Ucchino has been covering professional wrestling since 2019, but his broadcast career has spanned over 15 years. He can be heard every weekday morning on 700WLW radio in Cincinnati, OH. You can also read his work over on SI's Cincinnati Reds Talk. Follow Rick on X and Instagram: @RickUcchino

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