WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event: A Preview of the Upcoming Matches
This weekend, WWE’s revived Saturday Night’s Main Event makes its way to Salt Lake City, Utah, for a card that is entirely comprised of championship matches. Three of those are world titles, with Cody Rhodes defending against Drew McIntyre, Tiffany Stratton defending against Jade Cargill after the latter’s heel turn, and CM Punk battling Jey Uso for the World Heavyweight Championship that was vacated after Seth Rollins suffered an injury. Dominik Mysterio’s triple threat defense of the men’s Intercontinental title rounds out the card, which may or may not see a fifth match added this week on or before “SmackDown.”
As with any wrestling event, some of the matches will be viewed as must-see, while others could have fans planning bathroom breaks or fast food runs. In this article, we’ll take a look at the biggest draw and the biggest dud as we look ahead to the 11/1/25 edition of WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Draw: Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill
Let’s be real about this — there isn’t much heat to the announced SNME card so far. Punk vs. Jey is babyface vs. babyface; the two men have made a show of respecting each other and the actual heels aren’t in the match (at least not officially). Dominik Mysterio has heat just for being Dominik Mysterio, but his triple threat men’s IC title defense mostly just feels like a way to prevent either Rusev or Penta from losing another one-on-one title match. And while there’s something interesting stuff going on with Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre, I don’t think anyone expects Drew to walk away with the gold.
Fortunately, SNME got the heat it needed this past Friday when Jade Cargill turned heel on Tiffany Stratton and got booked in a WWE women’s title match. All of a sudden, SNME has a one-on-one babyface vs. heel contest where the face has a legitimate grievance, but the heel is a legitimate threat to take the championship. That last part really shouldn’t be understated — WWE has run four SNME shows since bringing the concept back at the end of last year, and thus far the event has yet to feature a challenger dethroning a champion (there have been 11 total title matches, one of which featured the crowning of an inaugural champion, and the other 10 of which have all seen the reigning champion successfully defend). The promise of a potential title change is by far the most interesting thing this weekend’s SNME has going for it, especially with the Cargill heel turn so recent and the Cargill/Stratton rivalry so much fresher as a result than it had been previously. 
Dud: CM Punk vs. Jey Uso
The WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match on Saturday is guaranteed to crown a new champion, barring any interference from The Vision or Jimmy Uso or a less-hurt-than-reported Seth Rollins (It’s happened before!), and I honestly couldn’t care less. I know that it is not the fault of the people involved that Seth Rollins is hurt, and so this audible had to be called, but it doesn’t change the fact that Saturday feels like table setting, despite the massive stakes for the contest. 
Do I think Jey Uso and CM Punk can have a perfectly cromulent World Heavyweight title match? Yes, I do. Do I think that either of them could be the face of the “Raw” brand without really changing anything about the current product? You bet. Do I care? Absolutely not. I just wish it didn’t feel like The Vision and Seth Rollins were hanging around in the background of all of this.
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