Evening Daily News Update: January 24, 2026 – Saturday Night’s Main Event Edition
By Kat Bourne on 24 January 2026
Happy Saturday evening to you all. To say the least, it’s another depressing news day in a long, long series of them. Please take care of yourselves, take mental breaks from absorbing all of the bad in the world and be kind to each other. There’s also a lot of rough weather heading towards a lot of you, so be careful and stay warm.
Tonight, it’s Saturday Night’s Main Event on Peacock in the US and YouTube internationally at 8 pm ET. A title shot against Drew McIntyre at the Royal Rumble is on the line in a match between Randy Orton, Trick Williams, Damian Priest and Sami Zayn. WWE Women’s Team Champions RhIyo defend against Roxanne Perez & Liv Morgan of Judgment Day, Cody Rhodes battles Jacob Fatu and AJ Styles goes head-to-head with Shinsuke Nakamura for perhaps the last time.
WWE’s AAA Lucha Libre streams on YouTube at 10 pm ET with three title matches. AAA Tag Team Champions Psycho Clown & Pagano defend against the Motor City Machine Guns, Tokyo Bad Boys and NGD. AAA Latin American Champion El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. faces Mecha Wolf and AAA Cruiserweight Champion Laredo Kid defends against both Octagon Jr. and Mini Vikingo.
AEW has Collision at 8 pm ET on TNT and HBO Max. The CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Claudio Castagnoli defends against Roderick Strong while TBS Champion Willow Nightingale defends against Julia Hart. There are also THREE matches with members of the Don Callis Family.
Two of the Blog of Doom’s finest have new reviews out for you. Niz tackled a three-hour SmackDown with matches like Carmelo vs Ilja and the Wyatts vs the MFTs. No, it wasn’t a rerun, it just felt like it. Garth reviewed this week’s JCW Lunacy including a whole lot of Big Vito and of course Vince Russo. Yes, I’m describing an actual show airing in 2026.
Here’s a look back at a 2020 battle between Io Shirai and Sasha Banks.
YouTube Flashback: Honorary Uce!
Watch as the Bloodline is helpless against the comedic stylings of Sami Zayn.
That’s it for tonight. Head to the comments and let’s discuss all of the wrestling things in the world, football, basketball, or which Bond movie you’re streaming on Netflix. I’ll see you all tomorrow night.