Two new world champions were crowned in Saturday night’s main event at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City.
The four-match card serves as a simple reset for WWE for the promotion at the end of the year after Seth Rollins vacated the World Heavyweight Championship due to injury.
Jade Cargill defeated Tiffany Stratton to win her first WWE Singles title and become WWE Women’s Champion. And CM Punk finally recaptured the World Heavyweight Championship (and retained it for over five minutes), defeating Jey Uso for the vacant title without Rollins to spoil the celebration.
Elsewhere, Cody Rhodes closed the chapter on his feud with Drew McIntyre by successfully defending the Undisputed WWE Championship, and Dominik Mysterio retained the Intercontinental Championship in a triple threat against Penta and Rusev with his usual moves.
Andreas Hell and Arda Okal perform from Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Is Jey Uso’s title window closed?
,@cm Punk Now 7 times world champion!! pic.twitter.com/9ofxGabPtl
– WWE (@WWE) 2 November 2025
The match for the vacant World Heavyweight title started with suspense, but ended in a very close fight. The second half of the match saw a lot of downs and both wrestlers used each other’s finishing moves. In the end, Punk landed several GTS finishers before pinning Uso to claim the championship.
I can see Punk retaining the championship into the next year, maybe even until Seth Rollins returns from injury. Could Rollins challenge Punk to regain the title at WrestleMania or SummerSlam? Punk’s match against the challengers for the first time will be interesting.
As for Uso, you have to wonder if he now plays the role of gatekeeper or even has a rivalry with his brother Jimmy Uso. Whatever happens next, it looks like this chapter of Jay’s time in the World Heavyweight Championship picture is closed. Him moving to SmackDown and feuding with the MFT faction would be a logical and interesting next step. — okal
A new face of WWE’s women’s division has emerged
@Jade_Cargill Is the absolute champion!#SNMEpic.twitter.com/wZfiHyCZNd
– WWE Australia (@WWEAustralia) 2 November 2025
It was a glorious squash match, as Cargill defeated Stratton to become WWE Women’s Champion. Cargill’s heel turn brought immediate reward and he easily defeated Stratton with several powerful moves. Stratton entered the match with a knee injury, giving him an excuse to completely dominate. However, she has now surprisingly lost consecutive matches.
Last month, she lost to Women’s World Champion Stephanie Walker by just over 10 minutes, and her loss to Cargill came in less than six minutes after being undefeated for most of the year.
The past month makes you wonder if she’s fallen out of favor with WWE as champion. Or is there a serious injury that will require him to take some time off? Either way, she has always been misunderstood as a babyface and she could use some time to reinvent herself and recast herself as the heel she’s always wanted to be.
As far as Cargill is concerned, given his size and power advantage compared to the rest of the division, this is a fair way to book him. There is no need for him to refine through matches, so it suits his look and character. The heel turn also gave them a much-needed boost, which exposed the division. It will be interesting to see how WWE and Cargill handle this title run. Kargil now has the responsibility of taking the division on his shoulders. –hel
A tournament will decide Cena’s final opponent
,@JohnCenaThe final opponent will be determined by “The Last Time Is Now Tournament”. Who would that be?! pic.twitter.com/OUDyKRxzCK
– WWE (@WWE) 2 November 2025
During Saturday Night’s Main Event, WWE announced that there would be a 16-man tournament, featuring veterans, rising stars, and even competitors from outside the WWE universe, for a chance to become John Cena’s ultimate opponent.
“And probably some faces that don’t even work here” is a line from the promo video that will have wrestling fans hoping for Edge and Chris Jericho. The line absolutely guarantees that we will get a surprise, and it will probably be a worthy surprise. For those hoping The Rock will be the final opponent, it seems unlikely that “The Great One” would enter a tournament and compete three or more times and then face Cena.
I’m not a fan of tournaments determining Cena’s final opponent, but it does provide intrigue for the show leading up to Cena’s final match. Competitors who reach the semi-finals or finals will enhance that talent even if they do not win. So, even indirectly, Cena is improving the stock of wrestlers.
No matter who wins the privilege of facing Cena, that match should be special on all fronts. John Cena has definitely earned that. — okal
Cody Rhodes may move on after bad match with Drew McIntyre
He did it! @codyroads Retained the Undisputed WWE Championship 🏆 pic.twitter.com/E6mQzbyiz3
– WWE (@WWE) 1 November 2025
A rematch for the Undisputed WWE Championship began the show with the warning that if Rhodes was disqualified, he would lose the title.
Rinkle didn’t necessarily add anything to the match. Instead, it was a slow and awkward affair in which McIntyre spent the early part of the match trying to get Rhodes disqualified while the champion fought back with the lead.
Neither element helped the match.
In the closing stages, McIntyre brought the belt into the ring and handed it to Rhodes. But Rhodes saw through McIntyre’s plan to provoke him into using it and threw it away. That moment allowed McIntyre to drill Rhodes with a Flash Claymore Kick for a near fall.
Things took a strange turn when Rhodes went to the corner for a disaster kick but fell awkwardly, injuring his knee. But it was a move that allowed Rhodes to defeat Cody Cutter. But McIntyre reversed the Crossroads attempt and pushed the champion into the referee. Instead of using the referee bump to gain the upper hand, Rhodes hit McIntyre with a DDT on top of the title belt, before hitting the Crossroads to pick up the victory.
These two have had better matches and feuds than ever before, and Rhodes will be eyeing a new challenger heading into WrestleMania season. However, this feud may have done McIntyre more harm than good. As great as he has been over the past year, these bouts with Rhodes haven’t made him the reflective force he appears to be. Instead, he has been routinely outclassed. The ongoing story is that McIntyre is letting down his own shortcomings, but the matches with Rhodes could have been better. –hel
Dominic Mysterio is ready to win the title for a long time
,@DomMysterio35 Getting creative pic.twitter.com/VABGD45aUL
– WWE (@WWE) 2 November 2025
The question heading into this match was: “How will Dirty Dom get his way in again?” And he did just that when Rusev locked Penta in the Accolade Submission. Mysterio hit the bell on the timekeeper’s table, causing Rusev to believe the match was over and released the submission hold before Penta tapped out.
When Mysterio re-entered the ring with the Timekeeper’s Hammer – which has been a focal point of his gimmick in recent weeks – Penta caught Mysterio attempting to hit him, but he hit Rusev instead. Mysterio took advantage of this by eliminating Penta and performing a Frog Splash on Rusev to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title.
Mysterio’s performance has been fantastic. He is fast approaching “love to hate” status. World title contender is certainly in his future, but his rise has been gradual and inevitable. He may not lose the Intercontinental Championship until another big star comes along who would benefit greatly from a victory over Mysterio. — okal
