Two potential matches for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

In the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer has a report on two potential matches being planned for the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event.

Saturday Night’s Main Event is making its return to NBC with a show from Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York on December 14. Meltzer writes that Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens and World Heavyweight Champion Gunther vs. Damian Priest are both currently slated for the card but not etched in stone:

Right now it appears the Saturday Night’s Main Event on 12/14 will have Rhodes vs. Owens and Gunther vs. Priest but we were told both are currently slated but not etched in stone.

In storyline, Owens has been suspended from WWE programming after attacking Rhodes in the parking lot following Bad Blood on October 5. He showed up on SmackDown two weeks ago despite the suspension and attacked Randy Orton.

Owens furthered the storyline in a social media video last week by teasing that, due to the disrespect that WWE has shown him, he doesn’t know if or when he will be able to bring himself to return.

Gunther vs. Priest would be a rematch from SummerSlam, where Gunther won the World Heavyweight Championship this August.

Saturday Night’s Main Event will air live on both NBC and Peacock on December 14. The classic series, which originally launched in 1985, is returning as a quarterly special as part of WWE and NBCUniversal’s new TV deal for SmackDown’s return to USA Network.

Jesse Ventura, who recently signed a Legends deal with WWE, is expected to make an appearance at the December 14 Saturday Night’s Main Event.