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WWE ‘Saturday Night’s Main Event’: Cody Rhodes Retains Title Under Questionable Circumstances Leading to a Surprise Attack

By Michael Fairman

Published

2 years ago

December 15, 2024

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In the premiere of the revitalized Saturday Night’s Main Event, the WWE teamed once again with NBC to bring pro wrestling back to network television in a series of upcoming broadcasts; the first of which aired last night on Saturday, December 14th and streamed on Peacock.

And a throwback it was; emanating from Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on Long Island, which was the site of the first Saturday Night’s Main Event in 1985. Throughout the two-hour card, the WWE and NBC brought back the red white and blue ring ropes, classic WWE logo on the turnbuckles, the referees in bowties, retro 80’s graphics and video packages by design. In addition, the great slo-mo replay of a major move by one of the wrestlers right before a commercial break, plus shining a light on WWE legends Jimmy Hart, Tito Santana, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and Koko B. Ware, who were seated at ringside.

On the announce team front, the recent addition of Joe Tessitore to the WWE, has the voice reminiscent of the late, great Gene Okerlund, during Saturday Night’s Main Event’s hey day, plus the return of Jesse “The Body” Ventura, gave the show it’s retro feel. Later, Ventura on color commentary (with the returning Pat McAfee and WWE legendary announcer, Michael Cole) was also pretty stellar. Jesse has a penchant for rooting for the heels and explaining to us how they were wronged, and he made sense doing it making viewers at home seeing the logic of the bad guys.

Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens

The main event featuring Universal Champion, Cody Rhodes squaring off with former friend-turned-enemy, Kevin Owens, with the return of the Winged Eagle belt, left the WWE Universe with more questions than answers! Here’s why!

During a pivotal point in the match, things had swung Owens’ way. When it looked like he has the championship won, he had knocked out referee Charles Robinson while countering a Cross Rhodes. So, there was no one to count to three after he delivered a Stunner to Rhodes. As Kevin laid atop Rhodes, the crowd counted to almost ten before a second official raced down the ring ramp, and by the time he got there, Rhodes had kicked out so the match continued.

However, the second ref would go down this time by Rhodes on a Cody Cutter that was meant for Owens, but he ducked and knocked out the official. A frustrated Owens threw Rhodes into the ring post and went to the outside of the ring and grabbed a chair. He brought said chair into the ring. Rhodes avoided the chair shot and the chair went down inside the ring. Next, Rhodes delivered a Cody Cutter but used the chair to punctuate the move so Owens landed on it, thus allowing him to retain the title, when the initial ref came to and delivered the three count. Cody actually looked at the chair before doing his finishing move and then tossed it out of the ring so the ref wouldn’t see it in heel fashion.

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On television, the show ended with Rhodes celebrating in the ring. However, moments later things got ugly and it was also captured by social media and the WWE of course. As Cody was thanking the fans for coming out to the venue tonight, Owens snuck back into the ring and attacked the champ. Owens then delivered the banned move, the package pile driver. As the officials and a stretcher came to the ring. Owens picked up the belt and stood on top of Cody signifying his belief that the title should have been his.

Next, Owens walks off with the Winged Eagle title belt, as Paul “Triple H” Levesque came out and the two got into a confrontation over Kevin’s right to take the belt and for how he injured Rhodes. So where does the story go from here? Does this make Owens more unhinged as he feels more wronged than ever? Will Cody be ‘injured’ and unable to defend his title? Is this the beginning of a Rhodes heel turn? Stay tuned.

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Chelsea Green receives her flowers

Sometimes being a heel makes you very popular with the WWE universe and on this night, Chelsea Green, one of the most entertaining women on the roster, became the first ever Women’s United States champion beating Michin in the finals.

Best ring garb of the night, also went to Green for having mini-Chelsea-like emojis all over her outfit! In the match, Piper Niven, Green’s tag partner, also helped her distract her opponent. In the end, Chelsea delivered an avalanche Unprettier to win the title to a big pop. Niven lifted Green up on her shoulder in the ring to celebrate the moment as Chelsea is now a champ! It should be a fun ride for the next several months for those women chasing this belt, with Green’s antics, personality, and in-ring moves front and center.

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More Championship Belts Retained

No belts legally changed hands on the premiere of Saturday Night’s Main Event and that included the triple-threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship, featuring champion Gunther vs. Finn Balor vs. Damian Priest. The match for the most part featured sensational high flying moves from Balor, Priest hitting his Razor’s Edge on the champ, but the champ surviving it all. Gunther once again comes up victorious!

In the Women’s World Championship match, Liv Morgan and Iyo Sky showcased incredible moves with Sky delivering her moonsault multiple times. Throughout the match, the crowed was behind Iyo. However, at a critical point, Morgan got her knees up and quickly turned it into an Oblivion to finish off the “Genius of the Sky.”

The ref raised Morgan’s hand in victory as she retained her championship, but Liv’s nose was noticeably bleeding after getting what looked like a knee to the face earlier in the match from Sky. As she and her cronies, Judgment Day’s Dominik Mysterio and Raquel Rodriquez, were walking on the ramp towards backstage, Rhea Ripley showed up and confronted Morgan, setting up what looks to be a title shot in the near future for the former champ.

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Drew McIntrye Gets Clean Win

The opening bout of Saturday Night’s Main Event, featured Drew McIntyre who wants to take out all members of the Bloodline. So, he started on this occasion with the honoree Uce, Sami Zayn. Both wrestlers put on an amazing offenses that featured moonsaults, Helluva kicks, and Claymores. In the end, the Scottish Warrior delivered his patented Claymore at just the right time for Zayn to get caught in it and lose the match.

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Overall, we give grade the show/card a B, and look forward to the next one on January 25th from San Antonio, Texas airing on NBC and streaming on Peacock.

So, what did you think of ‘Saturday Night’s Main Event’? What did you think of the finish of the Rhodes vs. Owens match and its aftermath? Comment below, but first check out the Michael Fairman Channel’s ‘What’s Up? Wrestling’ post-show with ‘TV Insider’s’ Scott Fishman as we recap and share reactions to last night’s special broadcast and card.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Will Ava Tie the Knot With Drew?

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1 day ago

November 13, 2026

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On the Friday, November 13 episode of General Hospital, Drew (Cameron Mathison) convinces Ava (Maura West) they need to get married, to each other! Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) hopes to get the DNA results on Jude (Will Traval) she has waited for, and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) secretly co-conspire to find out who in Port Charles had the infamous tick!

Here’s what went down: Drew explained to Ava that they needed to get hitched ASAP, that way, they couldn’t be forced to testify against each other in the Jack Brennan case. After initially being kind of sick of the thought of marrying Drew, he made her change her mind, by throwing out the fact that if she lands in jail Sonny (Maurice Benard) will have Avery (Ayla Bullington) all to himself.

Next, Ava heads to GH to ask Lucas (Van Hansis) to be her witness in marrying Drew. Lucas has already figured out the reason Ava is marrying Drew because it has something to do with Brennan’s death. Explaining she hates the idea of getting married to Drew, she has run out of other options. Lucas agrees to help her, but firmly tells Ava nobody would believe it was a real marriage anyway.

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CAN MOLLY AND JOE STOP THE WEDDING?

At the same time, Drew asked Martin (Michael E. Knight) for a post-nuptial agreement. Martin was not happy to hear that Drew was going to marry Ava, warning that prison was a better option than tying himself to a woman like Ave Jerome.

Eventually Ava, Lucas, Drew, and Martin gathered at the city clerk’s office. Lucas comes up with a way to derail or stall the nuptials by saying that they need to wait for Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) and Avery to show up, as they should be a part of this, too.

Lucas may have saved the day, because Molly (Kristen Vaganos) and Joe (Jonathan Bennett) went to Drew’s office to serve him his warrant, but found the office door open. Next, Joe found a sticky note on Drew’s folder that revealed Drew had obtained a marriage license. A light bulb goes off in his head and he realized Ava and Drew are getting married, so he and Molly rush off to City Hall to try and stop it.

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IS JUDE THE TRUE BABY DADDY?

Elsewhere, after receiving a text message that the DNA results are in at the hospital, Brook Lynn ends her discussion over Jude and baby Phoebe with Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and runs out of the Quartermaines.

Once Brook Lynn gets off the elevator at GH, she sees Jude and Britt Kelly Thiebaud) looking might close. She quickly heads back towards the elevator sight unseen and was clearly shaken by what she saw. Earlier at the doctors and nurses hub, Elizabeth helped Dante by confirming by an ear gesture they had worked out; that the patient with the tick was Ava Jerome.

You can check out the scenes where Lucas gets a visit from Ava and he learns she wants him to be her witness in marrying Drew at City Hall.

Now weigh-in: do you think Ava and Drew will tie the knot before Joe and Molly make it to City Hall? What do you think the DNA results will show once Brook Lynn gets her hands on them? Have they been tampered with? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly Fears Escalating Tensions Between Sonny and Josslyn: ‘I’ve Already Lost One Kid Because of That Man. I Won’t Lose Another’

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2 days ago

November 12, 2026

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On the Thursday, November 12 episode of General Hospital, as battles line are drawn by Carly’s (Laura Wright) ex-husband, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and her daughter, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy), she realizes things are about to get a whole lot worse, and she expressed her fears to Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart).

After Sonny came to see Carly to get her daughter to back off of him; especially when Josslyn lit into him in front of nuAvery (Ayla Bullington), Carly is terrified that Sonny could retaliate against Josslyn. Realizing, Josslyn is in danger, Carly won’t sit by and let anything happen to her. She tells Valentin, “I’ve already lost one kid because of that man. I won’t lose another.”

Viewers won’t soon forget the devastation Carly felt when Morgan (Bryan Craig) died in a car bomb explosion back in 2016 because of Sonny’s dealings in the mob in a complex story involving Julian (William deVry) and Olivia Jerome (Tonja Walker).

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SONNY IS READY FOR WAR

Meanwhile in the aftermath of his visit with Carly, Sonny told his brother Ric what went down when Josslyn disrespected him in front of his own daughter and hurt Avery. Since Josslyn already make it known that she no longer considers herself part of Sonny’s family, he’s decided to treat her accordingly.

Sonnys first step in payback is to take away her support system at JJE by approaching Hudson Parker (Troy Lennon Appel) again, but this time in a much less-friendly way.

Ric points out that this would go against every move Sonny made as a legitimate businessman in Port Charles and would mean he’s back in the mob? Sonny doubles down, saying Josslyn changed the game when she involved Avery. While he showed concern of how bad Carly would feel over all this year, he said he is ready to finish what Josslyn started.

At the Metro Court, Ava (Maura West) is listening to Avery explain what happened between Sonny and Josslyn and how much she hates Josslyn right now, which Ava seems to be OK with.

WILL JOSSLYN’S WORLD BLOW UP ON HER?

Speaking of Josslyn, she is on the pier still after her talk with Hudson and still crying over her confrontation with Sonny and Avery overhearing it, and what she told her sister. Lucas comes across her at the pier while out for his run.

Explaining how badly she feels for what she said about Sonny to Avery, Lucas says that eventually Avery will discover the truth about Sonny. He explains to Josslyn that even though Avery hates her now, she will come to realize that what she said about her father was the truth, and that Josslyn was not lying to her at all.

So, what do you think about Sonny ready to play dirty to take down Josslyn? How will Carly ensure her daughter does not wind up dead? Who do you think is in the right here? Is Josslyn’s vendetta against Sonny justified, at the cost of the relationships with her family? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Katie Kicks Bill to the Curb … for Now

Published

3 days ago

November 11, 2026

Michael

The future isn’t looking so bright for longtime loves Katie Logan (Heather Tom) and Bill Spencer (Don Diamont), when on the Wednesday, November 11 episode Katie wants Bill to leave and give her some space, and to stay away from her!

Katie explains she wanted none of this, but now her insecurity and fear of Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Bill has made it impossible. Bill pleads his case, “I was just trying to help” by speaking with Brooke. Katie tells him, well he didn’t, far from it, it’s all backfired in his face.

Bill insists to Katie that everything he did was for her and her sisters. Katie isn’t buying it. In her mind, Bill has always wanted to stick it to the Forresters. So what changed? She then asks him point blank, if he is still attracted to Brooke? Bill says “no,” but Katie said she wishes she could believe him. He tries to explain that him getting together with Brooke was to broker peace between the Logan sisters.

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THE TRUST IS BROKEN

Katie speaks to how she is building her own company, making something of herself, and Bill says to her, “You don’t have to lose the people that you love to prove that you can win.”

Next, Katie is convinced Bill was flirting with Brooke because he texted Brooke a Stallion emoji (she has a point, no?). That reminded Katie of the worst time in her life when he was having an affair with her sister!

She points out how Brooke destroyed her life and took Will away from her and he was sent to boarding school, so why shouldn’t she strike back? Bill tries to point out again, that Katie is going to lose her sisters. But, a defiant Katie fires back, “If they can’t accept me for who I am … so be it!”

Next, Bill says he doesn’t buy it and becomes very emotional calling his wife, “my Katie”. However, now in a puddle of tears, Katie says those words can’t fix everything. Seeing he is not getting anywhere, Bill walks towards the door and says, “I will hate being apart from you, but I’ll do it for you.”

He vows to never stop fighting for them. Katie’s says, “Goodbye, Bill.” The music swells, Bill exits, and Katie crawls into a ball on the couch in a dramatic overhead shot to end the episode.

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WEDDING BELLS?

In the same episode, it should be noted that Taylor (Rebecca Budig) asked Deacon (Sean Kanan) to re-propose to her, and this time she accepted.

It looks like Taylor or Deacon are headed down the aisle at some point, but not so fast, because Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) was flirting with Deacon, and she won’t take this news lying down.

Check out the emotional scenes featuring Heather Tom and Don Diamont below.

Now weigh-in: were you touched by the moments when Bill left his house to give Katie the space she says she needed over her feelings of betrayal by her husband and her sister, Brooke? How does this all end? Will Katie end up destroying everything in the process on her way to the top? Will she have a mental or physical crisis in days to come? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.