WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Results – May 23, 2026 – Penta vs. “All Ego” Ethan Page

Results
May 23, 2026

May 23, 2026
Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Commentary: Michael Cole and Wade Barrett
Results via Mike Tedesco of WrestleView.com

Quick Match Results

  1. Six-Woman Tag Team match – Jade Cargill, Michin, & B-Fab defeated Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, & Rhea Ripley via Jaded (pinfall)
  2. Sol Ruca defeated Becky Lynch via Disqualification
  3. WWE Intercontinental Championship – Penta (c) defeated “All Ego” Ethan Page via Springboard Mexican Destroyer (pinfall)
  4. WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship – Scream Mode (c) defeated The Irresistible Forces via Roll-up (pinfall)
  5. WWE World Tag Team Championship – The Vision (c) defeated Street Profits via Pinfall

Video: WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

Video: WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event highlights from the past.

Six-Woman Tag Team Match
Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, & Rhea Ripley vs. Jade Cargill, Michin, & B-Fab

It’ll be Rhea Ripley starting against Jade Cargill. Cargill immediately backs up and tags B-Fab in to boos from the crowd. Ripley is not happy. Ripley sidesteps a pump kick and goes for a back suplex. B-Fab lands on her feet, but Ripley soon catches her in a suplex attempt. B-Fab twists out and goes for a roll-up, but Ripley holds the ropes before connecting with a stiff clothesline. Alexa Bliss tags in. Ripley throws B-Fab down before Bliss hits a head-scissor takeover. Michin tags in and mocks Bliss. Bliss punches and knees her in the face before hitting a basement dropkick. Bliss takes Michin down and hits an Insult to Injury for a two-count. Charlotte Flair tags in and lifts Bliss to strike Michin down. Michin quickly boots Flair back, but Flair kicks her in the head. Flair hits a snapmare and applies a head-scissor before flipping Michin over several times. Flair kips up and chops Michin back. Michin ducks a clothesline, but Flair comes back with a cartwheel into a clothesline. B-Fab tags in, but Flair smashes her off the top turnbuckle. Bliss then hits B-Fab with a diving crossbody block. Jade Cargill pulls Bliss out of the ring and kicks her down.

Cargill gets in the ring and prepares to square off against Flair. Cargill knocks Ripley off the apron. Michin, the legal competitor, attacks Flair from behind. B-Fab tags in before Cargill does. Michin and B-Fab send Flair into the ropes for some kicks. Cargill then hits a clothesline. Cargill slams Flair’s head off the top turnbuckle and tags Michin in. Michin picks up a two-count. B-Fab tags in and stomps Flair in the corner. Cargill tags back in and strikes Flair in the face. Cargill whips Flair hard into the corner, taking her down. Cargill taunts Flair while doing some push-ups. Flair soon fights back with a chop, but Cargill cuts her off. Michin tags in and hits a vertical suplex for a two-count. Michin applies a front facelock. The crowd chants, “We want Mami!” Flair fights up and knocks Cargill and B-Fab off the apron. Flair boots Michin back and goes to the top rope. Michin quickly cuts her off and taunts the crowd. Michin hits a super hurricanrana for a near fall. Michin sets up for the end, but Flair counters with a back body drop. B-Fab quickly tags in and stops Flair from making a tag. Flair tries to fight her off, but B-Fab hits a short-arm clothesline. B-Fab knocks Bliss off the apron. B-Fab and Flair hit each other with stereo kicks, knocking each other out.

Ripley and Michin tag in. Ripley dropkicks Cargill off the apron before attacking Michin with a knee to the face. Ripley hits Michin with a pair of clotheslines, followed by a kick to the midsection and a facebuster. Ripley hits a basement dropkick and gets the crowd going. Ripley is put on the apron, but she knocks Michin back and hits a missile dropkick. 1… 2… Michin kicks out. Cargill was INSANELY late on trying to get in there for the breakup. The crowd chants, “This is awesome.” Ripley sets up for a Riptide. Cargill is late getting in again. Ripley attacks Cargill before countering out of Michin’s Eat Defeat. Ripley headbutts her and goes for a Riptide, but Michin gets out. Ripley counters Eat Defeat and goes for an electric chair drop, but Michin counters with a poisonrana for a near fall!

Ripley quickly kicks Michin down and tags Bliss in. Bliss hits a head-scissor into a DDT on Michin for a two-count. B-Fab quickly tags in, but Bliss catches her with a Sister Abigail attempt. B-Fab rolls her up and kicks her in the midsection. B-Fab hits a DDT and covers for a two-count. Michin tags in. B-Fab and Michin go for a double-team DDT, but Bliss counters with a double DDT. Flair tags in to a HUGE ovation. Flair goes to the top rope for a diving crossbody block on Michin and B-Fab. Flair hits Michin with a scary German Suplex and kips up. Flair sets up for a Figure Four Leglock, but Michin kicks her away. Flair nearly hits Ripley. Michin knocks Ripley off the apron. Flair goes for a scorpion kick on Michin, but Michin counters with a Styles Clash. 1… 2… Ripley breaks it up with a running knee. B-Fab attacks Ripley, but Ripley takes her down. Cargill superkicks Ripley down. Bliss comes up and slaps Cargill in the face. Cargill grabs her by the throat, but Flair big boots her out of the ring. Flair and Bliss pose in the ring before B-Fab and Michin take them out.

Every woman is down. Cargill soon tags in, as does Ripley. These two will fight for the title next Sunday at Clash in Italy. Ripley looks intensely at Cargill. They begin trading strikes in the center of the ring before Ripley pushes her off. Ripley avoids a pump kick and headbutts her. Ripley hits Cargill with a Riptide! 1… 2… Michin breaks up the pin. Michin superkicks Flair, and Bliss knocks Michin out. B-Fab rocks Bliss with a bicycle kick. B-Fab sizes Ripley up, but Flair wipes her out with a kick. Flair looks at Ripley, and they go to shake hands, but Ripley stops to superkick Michin. Ripley and Flair look at each other and smile. They hit B-Fab and Michin with chops before doing stereo fallaway slams. Flair and Ripley pose before Bliss joins in. Cargill shoves them all into each other before hitting Ripley with a pump kick. Cargill hits Ripley with Jaded and covers the WWE Women’s Champion for the win.

Winner: Jade Cargill, Michin, & B-Fab via Pinfall.

Pre-show Arrivals

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Brie Bella and Paige are in the building, as are the Irresistible Forces. Sol Ruca and WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch will do battle in a non-title match. The Vision will defend the World Tag Team Championship against The Street Profits. WWE Intercontinental Champion Penta is shown signing autographs earlier today.

Backstage: “All Ego” Ethan Page

Cathy Kelley is backstage with “All Ego” Ethan Page. How determined is he to walk out as the WWE Intercontinental Championship. This isn’t just the biggest night of his career. It’s the biggest night of Cathy Kelley’s career. This is the final interview Page will have without the Intercontinental Championship. This is the biggest night of the Intercontinental Championship’s life. Penta is a hell of a champion, but he’ll be handing him the title in the middle of the ring tonight.

Backstage: Sol Ruca

Cathy Kelley is backstage with Sol Ruca. Is she ready for Becky Lynch? Ruca wonders if Lynch is ready. Ruca isn’t taking this match lightly. All it’ll take is one Sol Snatcher, and Lynch will know the next generation is here. She’s not here to share the spotlight. She’s going to snatch it.

Sol Ruca makes her entrance.

Sol Ruca vs. Becky Lynch

WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch is walking backstage. This is a big night. She’ll prove why Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report, and soon Fort Wayne will say she’s the best of all time.

As Becky Lynch finishes her entrance, she throws the Intercontinental Championship in Sol Ruca’s face before punching her down. Referee Jessika Carr, long a thorn in Becky Lynch’s side, admonishes Lynch. Ruca then clotheslines Lynch down.

The bell rings, and Lynch isn’t happy that the match is starting with her on her back. Ruca spins Lynch around and slams her down. Ruca takes Lynch down and hits a springboard corkscrew crossbody block. Ruca flips over Lynch and hits a big kick. Ruca kicks Lynch back and hits a springboard 450 into a clothesline. Lynch immediately rolls out of the ring to recover. Ruca goes to the apron and does a handstand to avoid a strike from Lynch. Ruca kicks her away and hits a springboard moonsault block to the floor!

Ruca gets Lynch in the ring and goes for a Sol Snatcher, but Lynch attacks her and goes for a Manhandle Slam. Ruca throws Lynch off and punches away at her in the corner. Lynch boots Ruca back and goes for a clothesline, but Ruca ducks. Ruca goes for a Sol Snatcher, but Lynch pulls Jessika Carr in the way of it! Ruca isn’t happy. Lilian Garcia announces that Sol Ruca won by disqualification.

Winner: Sol Ruca via Disqualification.

A “Becky sucks” chant fires up. Ruca checks on Carr. Lynch gets in the ring and hits Ruca in the back of the head with the title. Lynch hits Ruca with a Manhandle Slam before punching away at her face. Lynch hits Ruca with another Manhandle Slam. Another referee runs down, but Lynch scares him off. Lynch hits Ruca with a third Manhandle Slam before talking major trash to Ruca. Lynch holds up the Women’s Intercontinental Championship and walks off.

Video: Penta

Video: WWE Intercontinental Champion Penta says Ethan Page is an arrogant fool. He’ll find out why Penta has cero miedo.

Video: WWE Intercontinental Championship Legacy

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Video: Becky Lynch, Sol Ruca

Replay: Becky Lynch viciously beat Sol Ruca down after losing the match by disqualification.

Backstage: Becky Lynch, Nick Aldis

WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch finds SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis. Aldis informs her that she’ll defend the title against Sol Ruca next Sunday at Clash in Italy.

Backstage: The Irresistible Forces

Cathy Kelley is backstage with the Irresistible Forces, Nia Jax and Lash Legend. They’re going to win the titles tonight. They’ll make history by making sure Paige and Brie Bella become history.

WWE Intercontinental Championship
“All Ego” Ethan Page vs. Penta (c)

The crowd is buzzing. Michael Cole mentions that there has been only one title change in the history of Saturday Night’s Main Event: in 1992, when Shawn Michaels defeated The British Bulldog.

They lock up and do some standing switches. Penta elbows out, hits the ropes, and kicks Page in the midsection as he tries to roll. Page sidesteps an avalanche and punches Penta down. Page sends Penta into the ropes, but Penta ducks a clothesline and hits a running hurricanrana. Penta hits a clothesline, followed by a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Penta goes for a springboard move, but Page dropkicks him out of mid-air. Page punches away at Penta before knocking him into the corner. Page sends Penta to the opposite corner and charges, but Penta drops him onto the top turnbuckle. Penta hooks the arm, does a springboard, and takes him down, knocking him out of the ring. Penta goes for a baseball slide, but Page moves. Penta quickly kicks him and backs up. Penta charges, but Page hits a back body drop onto the commentary table.

The referee is counting Penta out, but Page stops the count and sends Penta into the ring post. Page punches away at Penta before sending him into the ring post again. Page gets Penta in the ring and starts working on his injured back. Page drops an elbow for a two-count. Page applies a rear chin lock. Penta fights up, but Page pulls him down. Page hits a basement dropkick for a two-count. Page goes back to the rear chin lock. Penta manages to fight up and chops out. Page rocks him with a right hand and sends him into the ropes, but he lowers his head and eats a kick. Penta kicks him in the hamstring and hits a reverse slingblade. Penta hits Page with a running kick in the corner before hitting a handstand slingshot corner dropkick. Page rolls out of the ring to recover. Penta hits the ropes and hits a tope con hilo!

Penta rolls Page into the ring as the referee counts to nine. Penta gets on the apron, but he’s not in the ring. The referee doesn’t want to ruin the match, so he stops counting. Penta goes for a dive and hits. Penta gets Page on the top rope, but Page punches him down to the apron. Penta charges and hits a head-scissor takeover off the top rope. Penta follows up with a springboard DDT for a two-count. Penta sets up for a Penta Driver, but Page elbows out. Page boots Penta back and hits a kick to the skull. Page hits a powerslam for a two-count.

Page fights Penta and sends him to the corner, but Penta hits a slingshot into a backstabber for a two-count. Penta stands Page up, and they start trading chops. Page rocks Penta with some forearms and hits the ropes, but Penta superkicks him. Penta hits the ropes, but Page superkicks him. They trade kicks before knocking each other out. Penta sizes Page up and kicks him in the face. Page stuns him with a Confidence Breaker for a near fall! Page sets up for an Egoplex, but Penta counters into a Penta Driver! 1… 2… Page kicks out! Penta sets up for a Mexican Destroyer, but Page cuts him off. Page puts Penta on the top rope, but Penta fights him. Penta turns him around, but Page rips at his mask. Page hits an avalanche powerslam! 1… 2… Penta kicks out! Page is in disbelief.

Page hooks Penta’s head and punches away at him. The crowd boos Page as he gets to his feet. Page rips the top turnbuckle pad off, but the referee catches him. The referee goes to put the pad back on as Page takes another one off. Page drives Penta into the exposed turnbuckle and rolls him up for a near fall. Penta sidesteps Page, sending him ribs-first into the exposed turnbuckle. Penta hits a springboard Mexican Destroyer for the win!

Winner: Penta via Pinfall to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

The 23-and-a-half-year no-title-change streak for Saturday Night’s Main Event continues.

Backstage: Scream Mode

Cathy Kelley is backstage with WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Brie Bella and Paige. Bella says they’re going into this match as underdogs. They’ve beaten them before and can do it again. Paige says this was never supposed to happen. Nikki Bella is supposed to be here, but here they are. They’re not supposed to win tonight, but they’re gonna.

Video: Next WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Show

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Video: Street Profits

Video: The Street Profits are excited for tonight’s World Tag Team Championship match. The Street Profits are up, and they want the smoke.

WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
The Irresistible Forces (Lash Legend & Nia Jax) vs. Scream Mode (Paige & Brie Bella) (c)

The bell rings, and Paige dropkicks Lash Legend down before Brie Bella joins in about two seconds too late. Scream Mode takes it to Nia Jax. Bella comes off the top rope with a diving double ax handle. Jax eventually catches Bella with a Samoan Drop for a two-count. Jax puts Bella in the corner and tags Lash Legend in. Bella boots Legend back before tagging Paige in. Legend grabs them by the throats, but they hit her with a double-team codebreaker. Paige covers for a no-count. Jax distracts Paige, and Legend hits a pump kick. Legend punches away at Paige for a two-count. Legend hits some short-arm shoulder tackles, followed by a big splash for a two-count. Jax tags in and strikes Paige’s midsection. Jax puts Paige against the ropes and presses on her. Legend shoves Paige off the ropes. Jax leans Paige against the ropes and hits a nasty chop to the chest before applying a rear chin lock. Paige tries to fight back, but Jax quickly cuts her off. Legend tags in and sends Paige into the corner before talking trash. Legend sends Paige to the opposite corner and clotheslines her down for a two-count. Legend locks Paige in a full nelson. Paige fights up, but Legend throws her down. Legend chokes her on the middle rope before talking trash to Bella. Jax tags in and then just stands there on the apron. The referee reminds her she tagged in, so she sends Paige to the corner and avalanches her. Legend tags in and charges, but Paige pulls the top rope down to get her out of the ring. Legend quickly stops Paige from making a tag and tags Jax in. Jax sends her to the corner and goes for a shoulder, but she hits the ring post when Paige moves.

Bella tags in and hits Jax with a missile dropkick. Bella starts up the YES Kicks to take Jax down. Bella knocks Legend off the apron and knees Jax in the face for a two-count. Jax shoves Bella away and hits a pop-up headbutt. Jax puts Bella on her shoulders and tags Legend in. Jax hits a Samoan Drop, and Legend comes off the second rope with a splash. Jax tags back in. Legend ragdolls Bella, and Jax comes off the second rope with a diving leg drop. 1… 2… Paige dropkicks Legend into Jax to break up the pin.

Paige tags in and comes off the top rope, but Jax catches her. Paige counters with a roll-up, and Bella presses on Paige’s rear end for leverage to pick up the win.

Winner: Scream Mode via Pinfall to retain the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.

WWE Clash In Italy Card Rundown

The commentators run down the matches for next Sunday’s WWE Clash in Italy. The first hour will be on ESPN.

Video: WWE World Tag Team Championship History

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Backstage: The Vision

World Tag Team Champions Logan Paul and Austin Theory are warming up. Paul Heyman says they will deny the Street Profits the World Tag Team Championship. Paul says they’re the greatest crossover talents and Tag Team Champions. If the Street Profits want the smoke, the titles are the smoke. These titles are for them.

WWE World Tag Team Championship
Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. The Vision (Austin Theory & Logan Paul) (c)

Montez Ford will start the match against Austin Theory. The crowd is loudly buzzing for this match. They circle the ring, and Ford briefly gets in Logan Paul’s face. A “Logan sucks” chant fires up. Theory covers Paul’s ears. Ford rolls Theory up for a near fall. They take a few moments before Theory takes Ford down and taunts the crowd. They lock up, and Ford applies a side headlock. Theory fights out and applies a side headlock. Ford whips him off, drops down, and leapfrogs him, but Theory runs over him with a shoulder tackle. Theory taunts the crowd.

Logan Paul tags in, and the crowd loudly boos him. Paul signals for a test of strength before kicking Ford in the midsection. Paul takes Ford down as he gets up, but Ford kips up. Paul sends him to the corner, but Ford slingshots over him and does some flips. Ford hits a pair of arm drags and dropkicks him out of the ring. Paul and Theory regroup at ringside. Paul gets in the ring, but Ford dropkicks him down. Theory meets the same fate. Angelo Dawkins tags in. The Street Profits hit a double-team flapjack on Paul before giving Theory one onto Paul. Theory is sent over the top rope. The Street Profits stand tall in the ring.

Paul Heyman meets with his team at the ringside, and they start to head up the aisleway. The Street Profits cut The Vision off and punches them back down to the ringside area. Dawkins gets Paul in the ring and hits a spinning avalanche in the corner. Dawkins kicks Paul in the head for a two-count. Paul reverses a whip, but Dawkins holds on and boots him back. Theory goes for an attack, but Dawkins knocks him down. Paul floors Ford with his titanium-loaded right hand. Paul punches away at Dawkins as the crowd chants, “Logan sucks.” Theory tags in. The Vision hits a version of Poetry in Motion before Theory hits a butterfly suplex for a two-count. Theory does some push-ups before stomping on Dawkins’ hand. Paul tags back in, and The Vision hits a double-team shoulder tackle before posing. Heyman smiles smugly at ringside. Paul applies a rear chin lock to Dawkins. Dawkins soon fights up and forearms him in the face. Paul hits a short-arm clothesline before taunting Ford. Theory tags in and takes Dawkins down. The crowd chants, “Fire Logan,” in tribute to Joe Hendry’s song about Paul. Dawkins takes Theory down and sends Paul out of the ring. Paul pulls Ford off the apron before Dawkins can make the tag. Paul attacks Dawkins in the corner before tagging Theory in. They go for Poetry in Motion before taking them down with a neckbreaker/DDT combo.

Ford tags in and hits a diving back elbow on Theory. Ford knocks Paul off the apron before hitting the ropes and wildly taking Theory down. Ford punches Paul off the apron again and goes after Theory. Theory goes for a rolling thunder dropkick, but Ford counters with a powerslam. Ford hits a standing moonsault for a two-count. Theory quickly elbows Ford in the ear and lifts him, but Ford goes for a roll-up. Paul blind tags in. Theory punches Ford, and Paul hits a Buckshot Lariat for a near fall. Another loud “Logan sucks” chant fires up. Ford hits Paul with a back body drop to the apron and rolls Theory up for a two-count. Dawkins tags in and hits a pounce into a German Suplex from Ford. Ford wipes out Paul with a dive to the floor. Ford tags in, and The Street Profits hit a blockbuster Doomsday Device! 1… 2… Paul breaks it up!

The crowd loudly chants, “This is awesome!” Dawkins powers Paul up, but Paul rocks him with a right hand. Ford kicks Paul in the head, and Dawkins clotheslines Paul over the top rope. Ford gets a head of steam and dives OVER the ring post to hit The Vision with a somersault senton! Ford picks up the World Tag Team Championships. Bron Breakker runs down, but Ford leapfrogs a Spear, and Dawkins pounces him over the commentary table!

Dawkins hits Theory with the Anointment. Ford follows up with a Frog Splash! 1… 2… Heyman puts Theory’s foot on the bottom rope! WOW! Ford threatens Heyman, so Paul knocks him out with the brass knuckles! Dawkins hits Paul with a somersault senton. Theory covers the unconscious Ford for the win.

Winner: The Vision via Pinfall to retain the WWE World Tag Team Championship.

The Vision stands tall in the aisleway. Breakker isn’t satisfied and runs into the ring to hit Dawkins with a Spear. Breakker then sizes Ford up for a vicious Spear. Breakker kips up as the crowd barks. Breakker leaves the ring and stands with The Vision. The Vision gets back in the ring and raises their arms in victory.

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