Remember back when SNME meant something? When the matches were must-sees? Well, in this the Blah TKO Era of WWE, SNME has been more Saturday Night’s Mid-Card Event than Main Event. It is the night before Labour Day. Let’s hope tonight’s show isn’t a labour to go through…
Sunday Night’s Main Event, September 6th, 2026 Results
Lil Yachty versus Baron Corbin
Yachty and Williams are sitting on the hood of a car backstage. Yachty is wearing a boxing robe. Williams tries to give Yachty some encouragement. He has trained for this. It is only five minutes. An entourage of who-are-theys accompany Yachty to the ring. Rapper Quavo wishes Yachty good luck as he enters the gorilla position.
If Yachty can survive five minutes Williams gets a United States Championship match tonight. Corbin arrives on a motorcycle. Glad to see Corbin back but he needs more of a character if he is going down the Sons of Anarchy route. Like many WWE superstars there needs to be more meat on those bones. Sell this character to us.
Corbin gives Yachty a chance to back out of the match. Yachty answers with a microphone to the head. The bell rings. Corbin yanks Yachty out of the ring onto the floor. Corbin runs Yachty into the ringside barricades.
Lil Yachty! Lil Yachty!
Yachty’s entourage pulls him away over the barricade but Corbin beats the crap out of them and throws them all over. Corbin’s ear is bleeding. Yachty beats Corbin with a kendo stick. A big clothesline knocks the stick out of Yachty’s hands. More of the entourage enters the ring to assist Yachty. They suffer End of Days. Yachty hits a hurricanrana off the top rope.
Yachty runs into an End of Days. Corbin looks at the clock, smiles and starts punching Yachty instead of pinning him. Another End of Days. With 54 seconds left, Corbin sets up a table in the middle of the ring. As Yachty is about to be slammed through the table from the top rope, he punches Corbin in the “lower abdomen”. The clock runs out.
An angry Corbin chokeslams Yachty through the table.
Winner: Lil Yachty
Trick Williams versus Baron Corbin (c) – United States Championship Match
Williams gives Corbin axe kick after kick and then clotheslines him over the top rope. Williams smashes Corbin’s head against the announce table over and over. Williams goes over to check on Yachty. Corbin throws him into a steel post.
Corbin shoulder tackles Williams off the apron into the announce table. Corbin throws Williams into the steel ring steps.
Both men clothesline each other down in the middle of the ring. They get up and exchange haymakers back and forth. Williams kicks out of a chokeslam. Corbin grabs Williams by the trunks throwing him into a steel post. Corbin and Yachty have a tug-of-war over the championship belt. Corbin kicks out of a Cyclone Boot. Williams flips out of End of Days landing a Trick Shot for the three count.
Winner: …and new WWE United States Champion, Trick Williams.
Oba Femi versus Bron Breakker
Paul Heyman is in the middle of the ring. He says this match will determine who is the future of WWE. Breakker and Heyman shake hands after a stare down. Heyman introduces Oba Femi. After an armlock, Femi pushes Breakker off into a corner. Breakker does the same thing to Femi. They each bounce off the ropes but don’t knock each other down with a shoulder tackle. Breakker gets speed off the rope but Femi knocks him down easily. Breakker bails to the floor.
Femi picks up Breakker dropping him on the ring apron and then bounces his head off of it. Breakker drives Femi into a steel post. Breakker runs off the apron. Femi chops him in the chest shaking the very arena.
Breakker clotheslines Femi to the floor. Breakker drives him spine-first into the ring apron. Clothesline after clothesline stuns Breakker. Femi drops Breakker on the top rope and then hits him with a big boot. Running uppercuts in a corner from Femi. Femi chokeslams Breakker for a two count. Breakker tries his running spear on the floor but Femi slams him down. Austin Theory arrives. He gets slammed on the announce table breaking it. Breakker spears Femi. Another spear in the ring…for two.
Logan Paul comes running down to the ring. He attempts to give Breakker his brass knuckles. The official bans him from ringside. Maxxine Dupri is on the other side of the ring and she hands Breakker another pair of brass knuckles. Breakker misses and is slammed across the ring.
A returning Bronson Reed hits Femi in the back with a steel chair. The ref rings the bell. Reed continues smashing Femi with a steel chair. Reed hits a Tsunami on Femi. Reed helps Breakker to his feet. He holds Femi for a spear by Breakker. Reed Tsunamis Femi a second and a third time. Femi is speared again as officials flood the ring. Reed lands another Tsunami.
Winner: Oba Femi by disqualification.
Paul Heyman is interviewed by Cathy Kelly in the back. Heyman has plenty to say but he receives a phone call. “Oh, I want to talk to you directly about what happened…” he says walking away.
Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair and Tatum Paxley versus Michin, Jade Cargill and B Fab
Charlotte slams Michin into Cargill. Charlotte walks over them both and splashes them both from the top rope. Jade kicks out. B Fab pulls Alexa out of the ring throwing her into the steel steps. Michin saves Jade from being pinned by Charlotte. Charlotte heaves Michin into a steel post. Jade almost gets the pin via a roll-up. B Fab stops Charlotte from putting on the Figure Eight. Paxley grabs her from behind. Paxley and Charlotte try duo figure fours. B Fab kicks off Paxley into Charlotte. Jade pins Charlotte with Jaded.
Winners: Michin, Jade Cargill and B Fab
Cody Rhodes versus Randy Orton
Orton’s music plays but he sneaks in from behind. Rhodes isn’t fooled. He catches him in the act. Cody doesn’t even have his robe off. The bell hasn’t rung yet but Cody smashes Orton’s head into the ring apron. Orton’s head is bounced off the announce table. Cody slams Orton over the barricade. They brawl into the crowd. Cody hits Orton with a trash can to the head twice. Orton bashes Cody head with a trash can and then clobbers him in the back with it too. They battle back over the barricade. Orton throws Cody into the steel ring steps.
Orton gives Brandi Rhodes and Cody’s mother an evil stare at ringside. He slides back into the ring and the bell is rung…finally. Cody hit his cutter and wraps Orton in a figure four. Orton blocks the draping DDT, guillotining Cody’s throat on the top rope. Orton chokes Rhodes over the top rope.
Orton bails to the floor. He back suplexes Cody on the announce table twice. Orton is distracted by Brandi at ringside. She throws a beer in his face. Back in the ring, Orton and Cody throw hands. Cody powerslams Orton off the ropes. A Disaster Kick from Rhodes. American Dream punches and a Bionic Elbow.
Orton blocks Cross Rhodes by raking his eyes. Orton powerslams Cody off the ropes. Cody counters the RKO with a Cross Rhodes. Orton barely kicks out. Cody kicks off Orton attempting another RKO. Orton almost hits the official in a corner. Cody charges in and does nail the official knocking him loopy. RKO on Cody. Cody dodges an RKO landing the Cross Rhodes again. Orton rolls out to the floor.
Cody dives through the ropes. He crashes into Orton who crashes into the official…again. Cody smacks Orton’s head off the steel post three times. Cody goes nuts punching Orton in the head over and over again screaming in Orton’s face. Cody rips apart the ring steps. He hits Orton in the head with them.
Orton gets up bleeding from his ear or eye or both it appears. Blood is dripping down his face and onto his chest. Cody keeps hammering on him. Back in the ring, a Super Cody Cutter from the top rope. Orton can barely stand. Cody give Randy two Cross Rhodes, picks him up again then drops him to the mat. Cody circles Randy as he just stumbles around. He stands over a bloody Orton.
Randy! Randy!
Cody is set to deliver a punt but Orton raises his hands begging Cody to stop! Orton grovels at Cody’s feet.
“Forgive me!” he says over and over.
Cody slaps Orton to the mat, backs away looking perplexed. Another official finally arrives. Cody has Orton’s blood on his hands. Cody approaches the official saying it is enough and to call the match. Orton low-blows them both. RKO on Cody. The first official gets back into the ring counting three for Orton. As we go off the air they both stare at each other.
Winner: Randy Orton
Rating
A better than your average modern day SNME with the work rates in the Femi/Breakker and Cody/Orton matches raising the event up.
7.5 / 10
