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Saturday Night’s Main Event Looks Underwhelming

 


Saturday Night's Main Event is this Saturday taking place from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Is this the weakest card since the legendary show returned a year and a half ago? As of right now, three matches have been  announced with the biggest matchup being the Intercontinental Title tilt between Penta and Ethan Page. This doesn't scream main event of a special event to me. No disrespect to those wrestlers, because I do think they're both very talented. Does this sell a show though? Even with the additions on Monday, I don’t think so.



The return show featured Cody Rhodes defending the WWE Undisputed Championship against Kevin Owens in the main event. It was supported by an undercard featuring a World Heavyweight Title triple threat match, the finals of the Women's Intercontinental Championship tournament and a Women's World Championship match. We saw Goldberg and John Cena's last match on Saturday Night's Main Event last year. We've also seen many World Championship matches or matches with more important stakes than the Intercontinental Championship. 


Every SNME outside of the most recent one, has featured at least one World Championship match. Which featured a number one contender match with two former WrestleMania main eventers, a former World Heavyweight Champion and one of the future faces of the company. You could make the argument that Penta and Ethan Page may main event WrestleMania in the future, I'd disagree with you but you could make the point. 


This show doesn't have the juice for me. They have added Paige and Brie Bella, two probable Hall of Famers defending the Women’s Tag Team Titles against The Irresistible Forces Nia Jax and Lash Legend. I don't mean to just dog on Penta and Ethan Page, because The Vision's Logan Paul and Austin Theory defending the World Tag Team Championships against The Street Profits doesn't exactly entice me to watch. Nor does Rhea Ripley,  Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss facing Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab. 





They also added Becky Lynch against Sol Ruca in a present vs future match but Becky Lynch has “just another guy syndrome” or man in her case. Once again, no disrespect to any of these wrestlers. 


Saturday Night's Main Event deserves a World Championship match. Whether it's the Women's or the Men's. Keep in mind, I'm the guy who won't watch Star Wars projects if they don't have lightsabers for me. World Championships like lightsabers carry weight. 





There's five matches on the card right now, which is more than the last Saturday Night’s Main Event that we got.


Give me your thoughts in the comment section, or hit me up on social media. Do you think this is a strong card or do you agree that WWE should have built it better? I kind of forgot it was happening, I think everyone's full steam ahead to Clash in Italy.

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