Posted on 12/13/125 by Colin Vassallo
WWE presents its final Saturday Night’s Main Event of 2025
tonight, live from a jam-packed and sold out Capital One
Arena in Washington, DC. Perhaps tonight’s show is the most
important SNME event of all time and will feature the
retirement match of the 17-time world champion John Cena.
Originally pitched to be a two-hour tribute show for Cena,
the former champion rejected the idea and wanted to showcase
the future of the industry as part of the undercard. The
idea of WWE vs NXT exhibition matches was then planned,
receiving the blessing of Cena.
Headlining the broadcast will be John Cena vs Gunther, who
won The Last Time Is Now tournament to earned the spot to be
Cena’s final dance partner. Also on the show, Bayley takes
on Sol Ruca, WWE champion Cody Rhodes battles NXT champion
Oba Femi, and AJ Styles and Dragon Lee put their WWE World
Tag Team titles on the line against Je’Von Evans and TNA X
Division champion Leon Slater.
A Countdown to Saturday Night’s Main Event will start at 6PM
ET and it will air on all of WWE’s social media properties.
The actual event starts at 8PM ET and airs on Peacock in the
United States and on YouTube internationally. The show will
not be on NBC. A post-show will also be held immediately
following the conclusion, airing on WWE’s social media
channels.
A capacity crowd of over 19,000 will be on hand to witness
the event tonight, marking the largest gate ever for an
arena show in WWE history. The cheapest available ticket on
Ticketmaster is going for $1,230 at the moment.