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WWE Saturday Night's Main Event Results: Cody Rhodes Returns, John Cena Beats R-Truth & More

A full rundown with detail on all the happenings from the May 24, 2025 episode of WWE Saturday Night's Main Event.
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John Cena faces R-Truth at SNME
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The second WWE Saturday Night's Main Event of 2025 is a star-studded affair with both men's world champions on the show in match action.

WWE Undisputed Champion, John Cena, will be in a match with R-Truth on the show, but the title that he took from Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas won't be on the line. Truth and Cena have a storied history with Cena being Truth's favorite star since "childhood."

Their relationship took a sharp turn for the worse at the WWE Backlash PLE earlier this month. Cena successfully defended his championship against Randy Orton on that show, but it was Truth that inadvertently helped him do it. Truth ran in the ring to prevent Orton from punt kicking Cena in the head, which led to Cena hitting Orton with a low blow for the win.

After that match, Cena was about to address the media when Truth interuppted again. Cena warned Truth not to talk, but Truth ignored him. Cena then put Truth through a table in front of the entire group of media members. They will collide head-on with R-Truth declaring that he is going to try and save wrestling from Cena.

The other world champion active on the show tonight is Jey Uso. After weeks and weeks of being sucker punched by Logan Paul, Jey will get his hands on him when he collides one on one with the social media star. Jey will be putting his world championship on the line in this match. Paul says he is way more qualified to be a real champion than Jey is.

In other action, Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest will settle their differences inside of a steel cage. This feud has been brewing since before WrestleMania and it comes to a head at Saturday Night's Main Event. Also, Chelsea Green gets her rematch for the WWE Women's United States Championship when she challenges Zelina Vega for the title.

Finally, a huge tag team grudge match will be taking place on the show. CM Punk will team with Sami Zayn to take on Seth Rollins and faction-mate, Bron Breakker. Both sides of this match have been at odds since WrestleMania.

Punk was betrayed by his best friend, Paul Heyman, at WrestleMania 41 and Heyman now manages Breakker and Rollins. Both Punk and Zayn have been victims of attacks at the hands of the Heyman faction on Raw and they'll work to put their own distrust aside to try and take down the Rollins and Breakker duo.

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event start time:

Time: 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST)

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event location:

Location: Yeungling Center, Tampa, Florida

How To Watch Saturday Night's Main Event:

TV Channel: NBC

Streaming: Peacock

The Takedown on SI WWE Saturday Night's Main Event Predictions:

Match Card (Announced):

Jey Uso (c) vs. Logan Paul for the World Heavyweight Championship

Zelina Vega (c) vs. Chelsea Green for the Women's United States Championship

WWE Champion John Cena vs. R-Truth

Steel Cage Match: Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre

Seth Rollins & Bron Breakker vs. CM Punk & Sami Zayn

-The show started off with multiple stars like Drew McIntyre, Damian Priest, R-Truth, and Jey Uso making their way into the building. From there, an old school SNME intro aired before Joe Tessitore and Jesse Venture welcomed the audience inside and at home to the show.

-Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker made their entrance to a pretty big pop. The crowd sung Seth's entrance song and Sami Zayn's entrance followed after that. Right when Zayn's music stopped, a loud CM Punk chant broke out and Punk made his way to the ring.

-Punk and Zayn started the action as soon as they got to the ring. They brawled with Rollins and Breakker in and around the ring until the bell rang and Rollins and Zayn officially started the match.

-Rollins and Breakker kept Sami out of his corner much the earlier part of the match, but eventually he got to Punk. Punk hit the ring with a flurry of punches on both Breakker and Rollins. The action spilled out of the ring and the referee couldn't get control.

-Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker defeated CM Punk and Sami Zayn. With Punk on the outside of the ring, a returning Bronson Reed tackled him through the ringside area barricades. Sami Zayn was shocked at this moment and that distraction caused him to get speared by Breakker. Breakker then made the cover for the win.

-After the match, it looked as if Reed was going to continue his feud with Rollins and attack him, but Rollins embraced him with a hug -- much to the surprise of Paul Heyman and Breakker. Punk tried to attack the group, but Reed caught him and crushed him with a Tsunami.

-Chelsea Green made her entrance to the ring with The Secret Hervice. After, Zelina Vega walked down carrying the WWE Women's United States Championship.

-Zelina Vega defeated Chelsea Green to retain the WWE Women's United States Championship. Both women wrestled one another with holds to start things off and neither got the upper hand. Finally, Green took over thanks to Hervice interference. Vega hit a 619 on Green to turn the tide in the match and followed that with a right hand. The match ended when Vega hit Green with a top rope Pop Rocks-esque finisher. Vega then covered for the win.

-After the match, Vega celebrated with the crowd as a bloody Chelsea Green looked on in disbelif from the ring.

-A video recap aired that chronicled John Cena's retirement tour thus far in 2025.

-WWE announced that Vikingo would face Chad Gable at the AAA/WWE Worlds Collide event.

-John Cena made his entrance to a loud and positive reaction from the audience. Truth walked out next to Cena's music and was dressed like his opponent.

-Cena took over early in the match with punches and did his five moves of doom. He dominated nearly all of the match until R-Truth got his one and only hope spot.

-John Cena defeated R-Truth. Truth hit an AA on Cena, which called for a big pop from the audience. Cena kicked out at two and got right back on offense. He left to get his belt and was about to use it on Truth, but thought better of it. Instead, he low kicked Truth and hit the AA for the victory.

-After the match, Cena hit Truth with the belt and then left as the audience gave him a mostly positive reaction.

-Jey Uso was shown walking backstage and he ran into John Cena. Cena sarcastically wished him good luck in his championship match against Logan Paul, but then said it would be funny for a YouTuber like Paul to beat Jey for the world title when Jey comes from such a respected wrestling family.

-Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest made their entrances ahead of their Cage Match. Drew beat up Priest to start the match, which featured multiple climbs to the top of the cage by both guys in an effort to escape. The crowd chanted this is awesome after McIntyre hit a Claymore on Priest, but Priest kicked out of the pin attempt.

-Drew McIntyre hit Damian Priest with the South of Heaven -- Priest's finisher -- and covered, but didn't get the victory.

-Damian Priest defeated Drew McIntyre in a Steel Cage Match. Priest used a steel chair inside the cage to help him win the match. Priest slammed Drew's throat onto the top of the chair and then crushed Drew with a Conchairto. From there, Priest walked out the door of the cage to win the match.

-After the match, Drew was helped out of the ring by a stretcher, but refused that assistance. Jesse Venture, who was a special guest commentator was livid at Priest for walking out the door of the cage to get his win.

-Jey Uso and Logan Paul both made their entrances and the match began soon after. Things were 50/50 until Jey got the upper hand by countering a Paul slingshot clothesline into a superkick. From there, he went for a cover, but John Cena ran to the ring and pulled the referee out to stop the count.

-Jey Uso defeated Logan Paul to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. With the referee out of the ring, Cena beat up Jey, but that prompted Cody Rhodes to run down and make the save. Cody beat up Cena and hit him with Cross Rhodes. From there, Jey speared Paul and connected with a splash off the top rope before covering for the win.

-After the match, Cody spoke on the microphone and said he was ready to fight. He said he had a partner in Jey and that Cena had one in Logan Paul. Cody then said it would a tag team match between those two teams at Money in the Bank. The show then immediatley went off the air.

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Zack Heydorn has been covering the pro wrestling industry for a decade and writes news, features, and interviews for The Takedown On SI. He also hosts and cohosts a variety of WWE and AEW shows on YouTube. Heydorn is a former Assistant Editor of PWTorch and Managing Editor of SEScoops. Zack is also the author of the Hybrid Shoot book Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin, which is available on Amazon. You can follow Zack on X and Bluesky.

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