Jesse Ventura confirmed for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event broadcast team

Jesse Ventura

At the beginning of 2024, Jesse Ventura was still estranged from WWE. Fast forward to the end of the year and “The Body” will officially be part of the much-heralded return of Saturday Night’s Main Event to NBC.

Announced on Friday’s episode of the Bill Simmons Podcast, Ventura will be part of the SNME broadcast team, returning to network TV next Saturday (December 14) in prime time. He also said he will be doing all four episodes a year.

“It’s ironic because it means my career has gone full circle. And here’s the part I don’t understand: they couldn’t control me before, why do they think they can control me now?,” he said.

Ventura said the entire SNME will be a throwback to the classic look and feel of the 1980s with no entrance ramp or lights, but that wrestlers will come in through the crowd as they used to. The show will emanate from Long Island, New York’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum as the original did back in May 1985.

Ventura said this past April that he and WWE were “talking again” about signing a Legends deal. He attended a July Raw in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Legends deal was signed in October.

Here’s the current card for the return show:

  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against Kevin Owens
  • Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan defends against IYO SKY
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Finn Balor
  • Women’s United States title tournament finals