WWE Saturday Night's Main Event Results 7/18 - Women's Tag Team Title On The Line & More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event on July 18, 2026, coming to you live from Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York at a special main show start time of 8 PM ET!

Paige and Brie Bella will be putting their Women's Tag Team Championship on the line for the first time since retaining on the June 22 episode of "WWE Raw" as they defend against Fatal Influence's Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley. Fatal Influence have made it clear that they've had their eyes on the Women's Tag Team Championships over the last several weeks on "WWE SmackDown", with Paige having scored a win against Reid and Henley's stablemate Jacy Jayne on the June 26 episode of "SmackDown" and Reid emerging victorious against Brie on the July 3 episode of "SmackDown".

Although Cody Rhodes is set to challenge CM Punk for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WWE SummerSlam on August 1 and August 2, the two men will have to find a way to co-exist with one another as they join forces to take on Sami Zayn and GUNTHER. Should Zayn and GUNTHER emerge as the victors of the match, then they will be added to the Undisputed WWE Championship SummerSlam match. Zayn and GUNTHER have both taken issue with the SummerSlam match after GUNTHER was involved in an Undisputed WWE Championship Triple Threat Match with Rhodes and Zayn at Night of Champions and Zayn lost the Undisputed WWE Championship to Punk just nine days after winning the title himself at the June 28 Premium Live Event. "SmackDown" General Manager Nick Aldis made tonight's tag team match official on the July 10 episode of "SmackDown" in response to GUNTHER demanding that Aldis call off the SummerSlam match and subsequently attacking him.

Danhausen will be in action tonight as he takes on JD McDonagh of Judgment Day in a No Disqualification Match. With McDonagh and his stablemate AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio have taken issue with Danhausen over the last few weeks after Danhausen had taken money from Dominik, Danhausen tried to curse Dominik in his Number One Contenders Gauntlet Match for the Intercontinental Championship on this past Monday's episode of "Raw" by attempting to blow pyro into Dominik's face from the ring post. The pyro ultimately missed Dominik's face, but he still ended up losing the match and McDonagh went after Danhausen on the entrance ramp.

Bayley will be going one-on-one with her former close friend turned rival Lyra Valkyria. Valkyria turned her back on Bayley after they lost the aforementioned June 22 Women's Tag Team Championship match to Paige and Brie, leading to a verbal confrontation between them on this past Monday's episode of "Raw" wherein Bayley informed Valkyria of their match tonight. Although Valkyria attempted to blindside Bayley from behind, Bayley saw her coming which led to a brawl breaking out between the two women.

Additionally, World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns has invited 2026 Finals Champion and New York Knicks member Jalen Brunson to be a guest on tonight's show.

We are live on the Countdown to Saturday Night's Main Event Pre-Show! Michael Cole and Corey Graves greet audiences at home as Laredo Kid makes his way to the ring. Trick Williams follows.

The bell rings and Williams shoves Kid. He rips off part of Kid's mask, but Kid responds by shoving Williams. Williams shoves Kid, but Kid ascends to the top rope and delivers a missile dropkick to Williams off the ropes. Williams levels Kid with a leg lariat and whips him into the corner, then goes for a pin but Kid kicks out.

Williams delivers a vertical suplex to Kid and rains down right hands on him in the corner, but Kid delivers a Phoenix Splash to Williams out of the corner and clinches in a Half Boston Crab on Williams. Williams fights his way out of it and lands a neckbreaker on Kid, then follows it up with a flapjack and levels him with a chop.

Williams fires off stomps on Kid, then delivers a bodyslam to Kid. Kid rolls up Williams, but Williams kicks out and Kid low bridges him out of the ring over the top rope. He dumps him back in the ring and sets up for a Tornillo on Williams off the top rope, but Williams catches up with a Trick Shot for the win.

Winner: Trick Williams

Oba Femi them makes his way to the ring to join Stephanie McMahon. McMahon asks Femi how he's feeling heading into his SummerSlam Hell in a Cell Match against Brock Lesnar, and Femi says Lesnar is the one who's been hiding instead of him. He says the tides are changing so fast that he's not locked into Hell in a Cell with Lesnar, but Lesnar is locked in there with him. 

We are live on the main show! Michael Cole and Corey Graves greet audiences at home once again as Fatal Influence makes their way to the ring. Paige and Brie Bella follow.

Fallon Henley looks to attack Paige, but Paige sees her coming and dumps her out of the ring over the top rope. The bell rings and Paige delivers a Thesz Press to Lainey Reid. She rains down right hands on her, but Brie and Henley tag in. Henley rocks Brie with a forearm, but Paige and Reid tag back in.

Reid delivers a leg drop to Paige and lands a back elbow on the back of her neck, but Henley tags in and rocks Paige with a forearm in the corner. She fires off stomps on her in the corner and tags out to Reid.

Reid wears down Paige with a submission hold, but Paige powers up to her feet. Henley tags in, but Paige manages to escape Henley and Reid to tag in Brie. Brie delivers a Russian Leg Sweep to Henley and fires off the Yes Kicks on her, then ascends to the top rope and lands a missile dropkick on Henley.

Brie cinches in the Yes Lock on Henley, but Henley gets her foot on the bottom rope to break the hold. Henley then lands a jawbreaker on Brie and tags out to Paige, but Jayne hops up on the apron. Paige sends Jayne crashing onto the floor with a right hand and fires off a right hand on Paige's spine, but Reid tags in.

Brie sends Henley crashing into one of the barricades, and Reid looks to deliver a springboard moonsault to Paige. Brie pulls Paige out of the ring, but Paige sends Reid crashing into the corner shoulder first. Henley holds onto Reid to help Paige from levelling her, but Brie flies off the ring steps to level Henley on the outside. Paige rolls up Reid, but Jayne helps Reid reverse the fall on Paige from the ring apron to get the win as Reid holds onto Paige's trunks.

Winners (and new): Fatal Influence

The bell rings and Danhausen looks to curse McDonagh. McDonagh slides out of the ring, but Dominik distracts Danhausen and McDonagh blindsides Danhausen from behind. McDonagh sends Danhausen crashing into two of the barricades and repeatedly into the announce desk, then dumps him back in the ring and delivers a suplex to Danhausen.

McDonagh flies off the middle rope as Dominik whips his shoe onto Danhausen's custom New York Knicks' NBA jersey. McDonagh whips Danhausen into the corner spine first, but Danhausen rains down right hands on McDonagh. McDonagh lands a Brainbuster on Danhausen and takes Danhausen's custom New York Knicks' NBA jersey from Dominik. He looks to land a moonsault on Danhausen off the ropes after draping Danhausen's custom New York Knicks' NBA jersey across his chest, but Danhausen moves out of the way and levels McDonagh.

Danhausen delivers a Saito suplex on Dominik, but Dominik and McDonagh fires off stomps on Danhausen. McDonagh rips Danhausen's custom New York Knicks' NBA jersey off him once Danhausen has put it on, but McDonagh and Dominik pull a chair from under the ring. Dominik and McDonagh encounter three Minihausens, but quickly take them out.

Dominik and McDonagh sets a table up in the corner, but Danhausen's cloning machine break open to reveal Karl Anthony Towns inside. Danhausen curses Dominik and McDonagh in the ring, and Towns chokeslams McDonagh. He chokeslams Dominik through the table before Towns curses McDonagh and Danhausen follows it up with a Danhausen Death Drop for the win.

Winner: Danhausen

Lyra Valkyria then makes her way to the ring. Bayley follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Bayley slaps Valkyria and delivers a suplex to her off the ring apron, but Valkyria sends Bayley crashing into the ropes and fires off shoulders on Bayley's midsection in the corner. Bayley responds with a dive to Valkyria through the middle rope and dumps her back inside, but Valkyria responds with a Hip Toss to Bayley and stomps on her face using the bottom rope.

Bayley lands a back body drop on Valkyria and delivers a Sunset Flip to her, then cinches in a Boston Crab on Valkyria. Valkyria escapes the hold with a right hand to Bayley, but Bayley ascends to the top rope. Valkyria rocks Bayley with a forearm and ascends to the top rope, then delivers a leg drop to Bayley as Bayley is draped through the middle rope.

Bayley cinches in a crossface on Valkyria, but Valkyria escapes and sends Bayley crashing into the bottom rope. Valkyria cinches in a Bulldog Choke on Bayley, and Bayley fades.

Winner: Lyra Valkyria

After the match, Valkyria sends Bayley crashing into the ring post and cinches in the Bulldog Choke on Bayley outside of the ring. She delivers Night Wing to Bayley on one of the ring steps.

CM Punk and Cody Rhodes then make their way to the ring. Sami Zayn and GUNTHER follow.

Punk wastes no time firing off right hands on Zayn as Zayn poses on the ring rope and Rhodes goes after GUNTHER. The bell rings and Rhodes tags in. Punk holds him in place for Rhodes to land a double ax handle on Zayn off the middle rope, but Punk tags back in.

GUNTHER tags in on his side and fires off chops on Punk, but Zayn tags in and fires off right hands and left hands on Punk. Punk responds with a crossbody to Zayn off the top rope, but Rhodes and GUNTHER both tag in.

GUNTHER and Rhodes exchange right hands with one another, but Rhodes delivers a scoop powerslam to GUNTHER and delivers a Disaster Kick to him. He delivers the Bionic Elbow to Punk, then sends Zayn crashing into the announce desk on the outside.

Rhodes sets up for Cross-Rhodes on GUNTHER, but GUNTHER escapes. Zayn rolls up Rhodes, but Rhodes kicks out and Zayn catches him with a Blue Thunder Bomb. He sets up for a Helluva Kick, but Rhodes moves out of the way and tags out to Punk. Punk ascends to the top rope and cinches in the Anaconda Vice on Zayn as Rhodes locks in the Figure Four Leg Lock on GUNTHER.

GUNTHER rakes Punk's eye to break the Anaconda Vice that Punk has locked in on Zayn, and Zayn helps GUNTHER escape the Figure Four Leg Lock. He catches Punk with a Helluva Kick in the corner, but Rhodes delivers a Cross-Rhodes to Zayn. GUNTHER levels Rhodes with a lariat, but Punk delivers a GTS to GUNTHER and looks to tag out to Rhodes only to find Rhodes is down on the floor.

GUNTHER looks to cinch in a sleeper on Punk, but Punk catches GUNTHER with a sleeper of his own. Punk accidentally sends Rhodes crashing off the ring apron and GUNTHER catches him in a sleeper, but Rhodes tags in and delivers Cross-Rhodes to GUNTHER. He goes for a pin, but Zayn sends himself and GUNTHER crashing into Punk and Rhodes to break the fall.

Zayn fires off right hands on Rhodes and Punk, but Punk delivers a GTS to send Zayn crashing out of the ring. Punk and Rhodes fire off right hands on GUNTHER, and Punk holds GUNTHER in place for Rhodes to land a Cody Cutter on him. GUNTHER moves out of the way and Rhodes delivers the Cody Cutter to Punk.

GUNTHER grabs the Undisputed WWE Championship belt and hits Rhodes with it while the referee is down, then delivers a powerbomb to Rhodes and goes for a pin. Nick Aldis pulls the referee out of the ring to break the fall, and Aldis then hits GUNTHER with the Undisputed WWE Championship belt. This opens the door for Punk to deliver a GTS to GUNTHER and place Rhodes on top of him to pin him for the win.

Winners: CM Punk and Cody Rhodes

Roman Reigns and Jalen Brunson then make their way to the ring. 

Reigns says some fans must be wondering why he's in the ring, and Reigns says it's rare air for greatness to acknowledge greatness. He says 53 years was way too long for the New York Knicks to win another NBA finals, then says while it took an entire team for the Knicks to win, there was only one captain: Brunson.

Reigns says every champion in WWE needs a championship and presents Brunson with a custom blue and orange World Heavyweight Championship belt complete with custom Knicks side plates. Reigns says Brunson earned a championship and says it's time for Madison Square Garden to acknowledge him.

Seth Rollins' music hits, but Tyrese Haiburton instead appears. Rollins sneaks up behind Reigns and fires off stomps on him, and Haliburton hands Rollins a chair he brought to the ring with him. Rollins tells Brunson to stay out of the way and sets up for a Curb Stomp on Reigns with Reigns' head laid on a chair, but Brunson steps in front of Rollins.

Reigns sneaks up on Rollins with a Superman Punch and spears Rollins, but Rollins rolls out of the ring to escape. Reigns and Brunson stand tall in the ring staring down Rollins and Haliburton, with Reigns holding up the NBA Finals trophy and Brunson holding up Reigns' World Heavyweight Championship belt as the show goes off the air.