WWE’s Saturday Night Main Event is taking place tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York!
Fans eager to tune in to the show tonight are in luck, as it will be broadcast live on Peacock. The actual event is being held at MSG on Saturday night (July 18), with doors opening at 6:00 p.m. ET and the event getting underway at 8:00 p.m. ET.
WWE Champion CM Punk will join forces with Cody Rhodes against Gunther and Sami Zyan, per the official WWE website. OTC Roman Reigns and The King of New York Jalen Brunson will also be present to “join up for an acknowledgement fit for The World’s Most Famous Arena” after Reigns invited Brunson on social media and he accepted.
How to watch in the United States and internationally
To watch in the United States, you can tune in live on Peacock beginning tonight at 8 p.m. ET/5p.m. PT. You will need to have a Peacock subscription in order to watch the event. International viewers will be able to watch on Netflix.
Tonight is a big deal because it marks the first time the WWE Saturday Night Main Event has returned to MSG in almost 20 years!
Complete match card
There are four matches signed, including one title match and the special appearance from Jalen Brunson.
- CM Punk and Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther and Sami Zayn
- The Women’s Tag Team Championship will feature Paige and Brie Bella defend their title against Fatal Influence (Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley)
- No Disqualification match: Danhausen vs. JD McDonagh
- Bayley vs. Lyra Valkyria
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Countdown pre-show information
WWE is broadcasting a countdown tonight that will start at 7:26 p.m. ET, per the official WWE X account. You can check out the broadcast here and be sure to tune in at that time. There will actually be a match featured during the countdown show, with U.S. Champion Trick Williams taking on Laredo Kid.
WWE only announced the surprise match on Saturday morning via X. Below is where you can stream live on YouTube at the designated time as well.
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