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WWE Saturday Night's Main Event 2024: Date, Start Time, Match Card, How To Watch & More

The return of the 1980s classic event is making its return to WWE.

Steven Muelhausen

Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens
Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens / WWE.com

For the first time in over 16 years, the iconic WWE Saturday Night's Main Event returns from the site of the inaugural event on May 10, 1985, the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, N.Y.

Like the first event when WWE champion Hulk Hogan won by disqualification over "Cowboy" Bob Orton, the title will be the featured match on the bill as Undisputed titlist Cody Rhodes battles rival Kevin Owens.

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They met at August's Bash In Berlin with Rhodes narrowly retaining the belt. A little over a month later after October's Bad Blood, Rhodes and Owens were having a conversation by the former's tour bus. Out of nowhere, Owens attacked him and left him lying.

Things were tense between the two with them for a while while Owens was banned from SmackDown appearances, but it has got physical between Rhodes and Owens when things escalated on the Dec. 6 edition of SmackDown, when the former Universal champion came up from behind to attack "The American Nightmare" and his injured ankle. The two ended up needing to be separated by security.

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There will be elements of nostalgia added to the show on Wednesday, with WWE CCO Paul "Triple H" Levesque posting a social media video with Rhodes teasing a major surprise. Rhodes also chimed in with a tease. Will it be the famed Winged Eagle Belt that Hogan made a household name on past SNME's and that Rhodes has been wanting to don in the past?

The show will also have three other championship matches on the docket. Gunther puts the World Heavyweight Championship at stake in a triple thread match against Finn Balor and Damian Priest. Originally, it had been scheduled for Gunther versus Balor, but Priest was added on the Dec. 9 episode of Raw. Gunther and Priest squared off at Survivor Series. Balor, though, interfered in the bout by attacking Priest which helped Gunther retain.

We'll also see Liv Morgan defend the WWE Women's World Title against Iyo Sky, the finals to determine the first Women's United States Champion as the participants will be decided on the Friday, Dec. 12 SmackDown. And Drew McIntyre returns to action against former rival Sami Zayn.

A special guest appearance will be made by Jesse "The Body" Ventura as he'll be commentating on the show.

Here is everything you need to know about WWE Saturday Night's Main Event 2024.

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event 2024 Start Time

Date: Saturday, Dec. 14 Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event begins at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. 

How to Watch WWE Saturday Night's Main Event 2024

North America: Peacock, NBC   Everywhere but North America: WWE Network

Where is Saturday Night's Main Event 2024?

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event 2024 takes place at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, N.Y.

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event Match Card

WWE Undisputed Championship Match: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens

WWE World Championship Match: Gunther (c) vs. Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor

WWE World Women's Title Match: Liv Morgan (c) vs. Iyo Sky

WWE Womens's United States Title Match: TBD

Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn

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Steven Muelhausen
STEVEN MUELHAUSEN

: Steven Muehlhausen is a veteran combat sports writer for various outlets including Sporting News and Yahoo Sports. He can be reached at stevemuehlhausen@yahoo.com and followed on Twitter @SMuehlhausenJr.

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