5/23 WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Results

5/23 WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Live Results – Welcome to WrestlingAttitude’s live coverage of WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on May 23, from the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Jade Cargill, B-Fab & Michin

Jade and Rhea start, but Jade immediately tells B‑Fab to take her place. Fab charges and misses a bicycle kick. She slips out of a belly‑to‑back suplex attempt. Rhea goes for a suplex and Fab lands on her feet. Fab grabs a waist lock, but Rhea holds the ropes to block the O’Connor Roll. Rhea drops her with a clothesline and tags Alexa.

Alexa hits a satellite headscissors. Michin tags in. Alexa fires punches, a knee, and a dropkick. Alexa follows with the double‑knee drop and the flip senton for a count of two. Flair asks for the tag and Alexa gives it to her. Flair boots Alexa into Michin to knock her back. Flair hits a kick in the corner, then locks in the figure‑four headscissors and rag‑dolls Michin around the ring. Flair struts and chops Michin. Flair hits the walkover clothesline.

B‑Fab tags in and Flair hits a backbreaker, then a flatliner into the turnbuckles. Alexa follows with a crossbody.

Jade pulls Alexa to the floor and hits a super kick. Jade and Flair square up face to face, but Jade turns and knocks Rhea off the apron with a forearm. Michin hits Flair from behind. Michin sends Flair into the turnbuckles and Fab and Jade both tag in. Michin hits a back heel kick and Fab follows with a boot to the head. Jade adds a clothesline. Jade sends Flair into the turnbuckles and Michin covers for a near fall.

Fab tags in and kicks Flair. Jade tags back in and hits an elbow. Jade whips Flair hard into the corner and does push‑ups over her. Flair fires a chop, but Jade answers with a forearm. Michin tags in and hits a suplex for a near fall. Michin clamps on a guillotine.

Flair fires forearms at Jade and Fab. Flair boots Michin, but Michin punches her while she’s on the turnbuckles. Michin sets for a Frankensteiner and hits it, getting a near fall. Michin tries for a powerbomb, but Flair counters with a back body drop. Fab tags in and cuts Flair off from making the tag. Flair throws forearms, but Fab stops her again. Fab hits a clothesline and knocks Alexa off the turnbuckles.

Flair and Fab hit bicycle kicks at the same time and both go down. Michin and Rhea tag in. Rhea hits a dropkick that knocks Jade off the apron. Rhea plants Michin with a face‑buster, then follows with clotheslines. Rhea hits a face‑plant and a dropkick. Rhea whips Michin, but Michin sends her to the apron. Rhea hits a forearm, climbs up top, and lands a missile dropkick for a near fall.

Michin blocks RipTide and Rhea kicks Jade when she tries to interfere. Michin goes for Eat Defeat, but Rhea stops her with a headbutt. Rhea tries RipTide again, but Michin slips out. Rhea blocks a rana and tries for a powerbomb, but Michin counters with a poisonrana for a near fall.

Rhea kicks Michin and Alexa tags in, hitting a satellite DDT for a near fall. Fab tags in and Alexa goes for Sister Abigail, but Fab counters into a rollup. Fab hits a DDT for a near fall. Michin tags in and they set up a double suplex, but Alexa counters with a double DDT.

Flair tags in and hits a double crossbody on Michin and Fab. Flair delivers a German suplex to Michin. Flair goes for the figure‑four, but Michin kicks her away and stops short of Rhea. Michin knocks Rhea off the apron. Michin catches Flair on a handspring attempt and hits a Styles Clash, but Rhea breaks up the cover.

Rhea headbutts Fab and Jade answers with a headbutt to Rhea. Alexa slaps Jade. Flair boots Jade. They hit the heart pose, but Michin wipes out Flair and Fab and then clotheslines Bliss. Jade tags in and waits for Rhea to tag so they can face off. Jade invites Rhea into the ring.

Rhea and Jade trade forearms. Jade misses a bicycle kick and Rhea hits a headbutt, then gets Jade up for RipTide, but Michin breaks up the cover. Michin superkicks Flair. Alexa hits a shotei on Michin. Fab lands a bicycle kick on Alexa. Flair boots Fab when Fab pauses to kick Rhea.

Flair offers her hand and Rhea superkicks Michin when she charges. They both chop Michin and Jade. They hit stereo fallaway slams. Flair and Rhea shake hands and Alexa joins for a hug.

Jade blasts Rhea from behind, hits a bicycle kick, and follows with Jaded for the three count.

Winner: Jade Cargill, B‑Fab, and Michin

Results for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on 5/23, continue after a commercial break.

Cathy Kelley with Ethan Page

Cathy asks Ethan Page about his match against Penta.

Page immediately brushes off the “biggest night of his career” talk. He says it’s actually Cathy’s biggest night of her career, because she gets to interview him right before he wins the title. He says it’s the title’s biggest night too, because the spotlight will finally be on it. Page tells Cathy that since she’s the Intercontinental Champion — she can go ahead and hand the belt to him in the center of the ring.

Cathy Kelley with Sol Ruca

Cathy asks Sol Ruca if she’s ready. Sol says the real question is whether Becky is ready, because Becky has underestimated her from day one. Sol says all it takes is one Sol Snatcher and the next generation arrives tonight.

Becky Lynch vs. Sol Ruca — Non‑Title Match

Becky tosses the title belt at Sol and punches her. Becky sends Sol into the turnbuckles and yells at the referee. Sol fires back with a clothesline and the referee finally starts the match.

Sol hits a spinning face‑plant and a takedown. Sol follows with a springboard crossbody, then flips over Becky and lands a thrust kick. Sol gets sent to the apron but kicks Becky away. Sol goes for a springboard 450, lands on her knees, and clotheslines Becky in the midsection. Sol cartwheels and walks on her hands to avoid Becky. Sol then hits a moonsault off the ring post to the floor.

Becky goes for a uranage, but Sol elbows free and hits an arm drag. Sol unloads with forearms in the corner. Becky kicks her, misses a clothesline, and Sol hits a back heel kick. Sol comes off the turnbuckles, but Becky shoves the referee into Sol’s path and the referee goes down.

The referee calls for the bell.

Winner by DQ: Sol Ruca

After the match, Sol checks on the referee. Becky slides back into the ring from behind and blasts Sol with the title belt. Becky hits a uranage and follows with punches. Becky hits a second uranage, then a third one to leave Sol laid out.

Results for the 5/23 episode of WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event continue after a commercial break.

Penta Backstage

Penta says Ethan keeps running his mouth about his title, but tonight they fight. Penta reminds everyone he is the Intercontinental Champion. He fights with fire, he never backs down, and he fights for his people and for his championship. Tonight, Ethan will learn exactly why Penta has cero miedo.

Becky Lynch & Nick Aldis

Becky is walking in the back and stops when she sees Nick Aldis. Nick says he spoke with Adam Pearce, and he informs Becky that she will defend the Intercontinental Championship against Sol Ruca at Clash in Italy.

Cathy Kelley with Nia Jax & Lash Legend

Cathy is with Nia and Lash in the hallway.

Nia tells Cathy she’s wrong — “former” will not be in front of their names. Lash says Paige and Brie might have been great in their era, but the nostalgia tour ends now.

They explain why they should be the champions, and they promise to make history by making Paige and Brie history.

Penta vs. Ethan Page — Men’s Intercontinental Championship

Penta goes for a waist lock and Page switches out. Penta switches back. Page switches again. Penta fires elbows to break free and does. Penta kicks Page when Page tries to roll through. Penta misses a corner splash and Page unloads with punches. Page kicks Penta and lands another punch, but Penta answers with a headscissors takedown. Penta follows with a clothesline and a tilt‑a‑whirl backbreaker.

Penta goes for a springboard move, but Page cuts him off with a dropkick. Page throws punches. Page hits a forearm and an Irish whip, but Penta reverses and sends Page into the turnbuckles. Penta hits a slingshot armdrag and sends Page to the floor. Penta misses a baseball slide but connects with a thrust kick.

Page grabs Penta and sends him onto the announce table with a back body drop. Page stops the referee’s count, sends Penta into the ring post, then rolls him in just to break the count again. Page sends Penta into the ring post a second time.

They return to the ring and Page hits a knee and a kick to the back. Page drops an elbow for a count of two. Page clamps on a reverse chinlock. Penta fires forearms, but Page sends him back to the mat. Page boots Penta in the head for another two count. Page goes back to the reverse chinlock.

Penta punches free and lands a chop. Penta kicks Page, kicks the back of the leg, and hits the wrap‑around bulldog. Penta adds a kick and a leg sweep. Penta hits the headstand hesitation kick in the corner. Penta follows with a flip dive onto Page and both men are down on the floor.

Penta goes up top and hits a crossbody. Penta runs into a boot from Page. Page climbs the turnbuckles, but Penta chops him. Penta sets for a super rana, but Page shoves him to the apron. Penta chops him again, hits the rana from the apron, and follows with a tornado DDT for a close call. Penta goes for the Penta Driver, but Page escapes.

Penta with an Irish whip but Page catches him with a boot, then a kick from the turnbuckles. Page follows with a powerslam for a two count. Page lands a forearm. Page sends Penta into the ropes, but Penta floats over and hits a lungblower for a two count. Penta chops Page, Page fires a forearm, and they trade chops back and forth. Page hits another forearm, Penta answers with a thrust kick. Page fires a thrust kick and more forearms. Both men hit bicycle kicks at the same time and both go down.

Page charges and runs into a thrust kick, but he recovers and hits the Confidence Breaker for a close call. Penta slips out of a suplex attempt and hits the Penta Driver for a count of two. Penta sets for the Destroyer, but Page blasts him with a jumping knee. Page puts Penta on the turnbuckles, but Penta tries to counter with a move off the top. Page grabs the mask and hits a powerslam off the turnbuckles for another near fall.

Page unloads with punches and the referee checks on Penta. Page pulls off the turnbuckle pad and the referee goes to fix it, giving Page the opening to rip off a second pad. Penta charges and runs straight into the exposed turnbuckle, and Page covers for a close call.

Page charges next and goes into the exposed turnbuckle himself. Penta springs to the ropes and hits a springboard Destroyer for the three count.

Winner: Penta

Cathy Kelley with Brie & Paige

Cathy asks Brie and Paige for their reaction to what Lash and Nia had to say earlier.

Brie says people have been counting them out for years, and it hasn’t stopped them before. When Nikki couldn’t be here, Paige stepped in without hesitation, and from that moment on they’ve had each other’s backs. They trust each other, and that belief is what keeps them moving forward.

Paige says none of this was supposed to unfold this way — Nikki was meant to be in this match, not her. Everyone keeps insisting they aren’t the team that’s supposed to win tonight. Paige says that’s exactly why they will.

We will return after a break with more results from the 5/23 episode of WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event.

Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford Backstage

Angelo says tonight is about fixing everything that’s gone wrong and finally taking the titles. Ford looks him in the eye and asks if he’s locked in, if he’s truly ready. He wants to know if he can trust Dawkins when it counts. Dawkins nods, and Ford says this is the night they get the smoke.

Paige & Brie Bella vs. Nia Jax & Lash Legend — WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match

Nia misses a corner splash and Brie and Paige hit a double dropkick on Lash. They follow with a double bulldog on Nia, and Paige covers for a quick two count. Brie comes in with a missile dropkick, then heads back up and lands a double sledge. Brie jumps again, but this time Nia catches her out of mid‑air and plants her with a Samoan drop for a count of two.

Lash tags in, but Brie meets her with a boot and a series of forearms. Lash swings for a bicycle kick and misses, allowing Paige to tag. Lash reaches for a double chokeslam, but Paige and Brie fight her off and Paige dives into a cover. Nia charges at Paige but misses, though the distraction gives Lash the opening to land a bicycle kick. Lash hammers Paige with punches and gets a close call.

Lash drives through Paige with a shoulder tackle and follows with a splash for a count of two. Nia tags back in and buries a headbutt into Paige’s midsection. Nia grinds Paige against the ropes with her hip, then throws her into the turnbuckles. Nia lands a chop and clamps on a cobra clutch.

Paige fights with punches, but Nia rams her into the turnbuckles again. Nia repeats it and tags Lash. Lash hits a forearm and an Irish whip. She sends Paige across again and levels her with a clothesline for a two count. Lash slams Paige’s arm into the mat and locks in a full nelson. Lash drives Paige face‑first into the canvas, then chokes her on the ropes. Nia tags in as Lash lands a chop. Nia remembers she’s legal, whips Paige into the corner, and crushes her with a splash. She does it a second time.

Lash tags in and charges, but she misses the splash on Paige draped on the middle rope and spills over the top to the floor. Lash drags Paige back toward her corner and Nia tags in. Nia whips Paige again, but Paige moves and Nia hits the ring post shoulder‑first. Brie tags in and hits a missile dropkick. Brie fires off chest kicks.

Brie knocks Lash off the apron with a knee, then hits a running knee on Nia for a close call. Nia answers with a pop‑up headbutt. Lash tags in, Nia hits a Samoan drop, and Lash follows with a splash from the turnbuckles. Lash tags Nia back in, and Nia climbs while Lash bearhugs Brie in place. Nia drops a leg for a near fall.

Brie crawls across the ring and Paige tags in. Nia catches Paige coming off the turnbuckles, but Paige rolls her up and Brie drops down behind her to anchor the leverage long enough for the three count.

Winners: Brie Bella and Paige

Cathy Kelley with Logan Paul, Austin Theory & Paul Heyman

Cathy asks them for their thoughts heading into the match.

Paul says the Street Profits can talk all they want, but the result will be the same — the reigning and defending tag team champions will deny them the titles once again.

Logan says they aren’t just champions, they’re the greatest crossover stars the industry has ever seen, and the greatest tag team champions walking the planet.

Results for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on 5/23 continue after a commercial break.

Austin Theory & Logan Paul vs. Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins — Raw Tag Team Championship

Ford and Theory open the match. Ford snatches a quick rollup for an early two count. Theory answers with a side headlock and a shoulder tackle. They tie up again and Ford grabs a headlock of his own. Theory reverses and hits another shoulder tackle. Logan tags in and immediately calls for a test of strength. Ford accepts, and Logan cheap‑shots him with a kick to the ribs. Logan follows with a side headlock and a shoulder tackle.

Ford pops back up, floats over in the corner, and flips out clean. Ford fires off a pair of armdrags and a dropkick. He hits another dropkick for good measure, then nails Theory with one as well. Dawkins tags in and he and Ford hit a double flapjack on Logan. They turn around and give Theory a double flapjack right onto Logan. Ford clotheslines Theory over the top rope, and Dawkins knocks Logan off the apron.

Logan decides they’ve had enough and starts heading up the aisle Money Inc.’s style, but Ford and Dawkins cut them off. Dawkins grabs Logan and throws him back into the ring. Dawkins hits an Irish whip and crushes Logan with a twisting splash in the corner, then follows with an enzuigiri for a count of two. Dawkins boots Logan and knocks Theory off the apron with a punch. Logan fires back with an uppercut to Dawkins and knocks Ford off the apron as well. Logan unloads with punches on Dawkins.

Theory tags in and Logan launches off Theory’s back with a splash. Theory follows with a butterfly suplex. Theory drops into push‑ups, then stomps on Dawkins’ hand. Logan tags in and they hit a double shoulder tackle. Logan clamps on a reverse chinlock. Dawkins fights with elbows and forearms, but Logan cuts off the tag with a clothesline. Theory tags in and drills Dawkins with punches.

Theory drives Dawkins into the turnbuckles and follows with shoulders and elbows. He sends Dawkins across the ring, but Dawkins gets a boot up. Dawkins knocks Logan to the floor, but Logan yanks Ford off the apron to block the tag. Theory boots Dawkins, Logan tags in, and he hammers Dawkins with punches. Theory tags back and Logan tries another splash off Theory’s back, but misses. Dawkins hits a neckbreaker on Theory that spikes Logan with a DDT at the same time.

Ford tags in and comes off the turnbuckles with an elbow. He knocks Logan off the apron. Ford blocks a kick, but Theory lands a punch. Theory goes for his rolling move, but Ford catches him with a powerslam and a standing moonsault for a close call. Ford goes for an O’Connor Roll, but Logan tags in behind him. Theory hits a forearm and Logan drills Ford with a buckshot lariat for a near fall.

Theory tags in and they whip Ford, but Ford sends Logan to the apron and rolls up Theory for two. Ford hits a back elbow and Dawkins tags. Ford flips out of a belly‑to‑back suplex. Dawkins sends Theory into Ford for a German suplex. Ford dives through the ropes and wipes out Logan. Ford tags back in and they hit a Doomsday Device, but Logan breaks the cover.

Logan swings at Dawkins, Ford hits an enzuigiri, and Dawkins clotheslines Logan over the top. Ford launches with a flip dive over the ring post.

Bron Breakker storms out, but Ford leapfrogs him and Dawkins blasts Bron with a POUNCE. Dawkins hits the Anointment and Ford follows with a frog splash, but Paul Heyman puts Theory’s foot on the rope. Paul backs away from Ford, and when Ford jumps off the steps, Logan cracks him with brass knuckles. Dawkins dives onto Logan, but Theory is already covering Ford for the three count.

Winners: Austin Theory and Logan Paul

Bron slides back into the ring and levels Dawkins with a spear, then turns and cuts Ford in half with another one.

Logan, Theory, and Bron regroup in the ring, standing tall over the fallen challengers.

We go to credits.

–– Here is what’s in store for Saturday Night’s Main Event on May 23 ––

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: PENTA vs. Ethan Page
Non-Title Match: Becky Lynch vs. Sol Ruca
WWE World Tag Team Championship Match: The Vision vs. The Street Profits
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: Paige & Brie Bella vs. Nia Jax & Lash Legend
Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Jade Cargill, B-Fab & Michin

5/23 WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Preview

World Tag Team Champions Austin Theory and Logan Paul of The Vision defend their titles for the first time since beating The Usos on March 30. Their challengers are Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins of The Street Profits. The two teams have been fighting for weeks on Raw, including a wild brawl after Ford and Dawkins beat Theory and Paul on May 11 with help from former Vision leader Seth Rollins. Later that night, Dawkins was open to teaming with Rollins, while Ford refused to trust him. Those tensions hang over tonight’s title match.

Intercontinental Champion Penta puts his title on the line for the first time since surviving the Six Pack Ladder Match at WrestleMania 42 Night Two. He faces Ethan Page, who pinned Penta on May 4 after Rusev chokeslammed the champion and fed him to Page for the finish. A heated confrontation followed on May 11 involving all four men — and now Penta and Page settle it with the title at stake.

Women’s Tag Team Champions Paige and Brie Bella defend against Nia Jax and Lash Legend of The Irresistible Forces. Paige and Brie won the titles from Jax and Legend at WrestleMania 42 Night One and then beat them again in a rematch on May 1. Tonight, the former champions get one more shot at reclaiming the gold.

In six‑woman tag action, Jade Cargill, Michin, and B‑Fab take on Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, and Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley. Cargill has kept her focus on Ripley ever since losing the title to her at WrestleMania 42 Night Two. On May 15, Flair and Bliss beat Michin and B‑Fab by disqualification, but Flair showed doubts about teaming with Ripley while Bliss insisted they needed her. Tonight, all six women collide with major tensions in play.

Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch competes for the first time since retaining against IYO SKY on April 27. She faces Sol Ruca in a non‑title match. Ruca confronted Lynch during her Raw contract signing on May 4 and left her laid out with a Sol Snatcher. Ruca then called Lynch out again this past Monday, challenging her to put the title on the line. Lynch questioned whether Ruca was ready to stand across from her. Tonight, they meet in the ring.

5/23 WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Results