Kat Reviews Main Event

Happy Thursday! Time for another 20-30 minutes or so of WWE action with our Thursday night dose of Main Event, exclusively on YouTube.

Thursday night is here again and so is WWE Main Event. It’s the most slept-on WWE show, but it’s an easy half hour of just matches.

Thursday night means Main Event! Tonight, Main Event is even shorter than usual. With WWE doing a Raw broadcast immediately followed by a SmackDown taping to give the crew some rest after the wicked international travel schedule, the Main Event taping time was cut a little short. We’re doing two matches tonight instead of the standard three. That’s great for me! That’s great for you as well, if you’re one of those people that complain about my reviews being too long.

Good evening, Doomsters! Last week, I jumped into Main Event and a lot of you enjoyed it. Let’s look at this week’s easy thirty minutes of action!

The last week in WWE: Main Event / SmackDown / Lucha Libre AAA / Raw / NXT / Evolve Succession III

As Raw and SmackDown were Monday and Tuesday this week, both shows and all three of tonight’s matches were at the 02 Arena in London, England. Vic Joseph and Blake Howard are on commentary, Mark Nash is our ring announcer for the opener and Alicia Taylor for the following two matches.

Jacy Jayne (with Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid) vs Candice LeRae

These two have never had a singles match together before, only sharing the ring once in this year’s Royal Rumble. This is Jacy’s first Main Event appearance since moving up to the main roster though she does has a Main Event win over Brinley Reece in June 2024. Would you believe this is only Candice’s third match in 2026? She last competed on SmackDown in February. She’s been a regular for Main Event over the years, last appearing in a loss to Zelina Vega in September. I don’t like her chances her when comparing her spot on the card compared to Jacy right now.

Jacy yells at Candice in the corner, Candice shoves her away. Jacy runs into a set of knees and a dropkick and powders out to her Fatal friends, giving LeRae a chance to take her down with a baseball slide. Henley and Reid pull  her off the apron and Jacy knees her to the floor. Jacy gets a two count on a neck breaker and Lainey cheap shots Candice again. Candice gets a bit of a comeback with some kicks and a senton, diving onto Henley and Reid. Back in the ring, Candice turns right around into a Rolling Encore and a defeat.

Jacy Jayne pins Candice LeRae. Nothing amazing, mostly by the numbers. A good win to keep Jacy warmed up.

WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Sol Ruca vs Nattie

The Women’s I-C Title has never been defended on Main Event and that does not change today. Sol has only competed on Main Event twice before with a win over Tatum Paxley and a loss against Alba Fyre in 2024. This is Nattie’s first Main Event match of 2026, but she has to be in the front runners of people with Main Event matches in history alongside Miz just from being the two people who have been active on the roster since Main Event’s start. Her first match on Main Event was way back on the series’ 25th episode, teaming with Layla to defeat Aksana and Alicia Fox in 2013.

Nattie attacks to start the match and Sol spins Nattie out, dropping a kick to Nattie’s head and splashing her in the corner. Sol tries for an early Sol Snatcher and the Low Key Legend dodges out of the ring to the boos of the crowd. Sol dropkicks her into the announce table and they return to the ring, Nattie slugging her. Nattie works over Sol and hooks on the surfboard, quite the thing to hook on Sol Ruca of all people. Sol powers out of it, rolling over and dropkicking Nattie for a near fall. Nattie smacks Sol down with the Anvil Line and a series of dropkicks, commentary noting how much time she’s taking to gloat to the crowd. Sol uses this time to sweep the leg. Sol tries for another Sol Snatcher, Nattie ducks under and tries for a Sharpshooter. Sol sweeps that into a near fall and the women trade pin attempts. Nattie hits a clean side Russian sweep on the champ but Sol boots her, this time landing a beautiful Sol Snatcher for the pin.

Sol Ruca pins Nattie. This was a good one! Nattie is as good as anyone for the Raw newcomer to battle. Both women looked good here. Take a few minutes and watch this one.

Nattie offers a handshake after the match and Sol accepts.

Los Americanos (Rayo and Bravo Americano) vs The LWO (Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde)

After the big Americano mask vs mask match, our only two Los Americanos appearances have been on Main Event. I don’t love that for them. These two teams battled right here on Main Event back on the June 4th episode with the Americanos winning in five minutes. Blake and Vic remind us that the Street Profits won the tag titles on Monday and that perhaps one of these two teams could challenge them. Yes, I like the idea of the tag teams of Raw competing for the tag titles. I’m not so sure that is a thing that will happen, but it is nice to have hopes.

The Americanos wishbone Wilde into the ring post. Del Toro tries to fly but is kicked down and rana-ed to the mat by Rayo. Bravo comes in for a hot tag and is able to grab onto both opponents, having Wilde in a fireman’s carry while swinging Del Toro with the big swing. Impressive! Del Toro hits a flying dropkick on Bravo hits a big splash, turning 45 degrees in air to adjust, on Wilde and gets the pin.

Bravo Americano pins Joaquin Wilde, Los Americanos defeat the LWO. This was a showcase for the Americanos more than anything else and it was a fun three or four minutes of action. The swing/fireman’s carry at the same time was something cool.

The easiest half hour of wrestling on television again this week. Sol and Nattie had a heated little match and the Americanos were fun. You could do worse things with your half hour than skimming through this show.

I’ll see you again next Thursday for Main Event. With Raw airing live and SmackDown being taped immediately after, I feel like we might be in for an even more abbreviated episode next week.

Well, let’s try out something new. Main Event is all of thirty minutes and it is our one hole in WWE coverage outside of the stuff on A&E that is currently airing. I have thirty minutes. Let’s watch Main Event. If this is something that people are into (or if I stay into it), we’ll keep it going. If not, you never saw any of this.

The last week in WWE: SmackDown / Lucha Libre AAA / Raw / NXT / Evolve

Then, Now, Forever, Together. Now on Thursday nights!

The faces in the Main Event intro video are mostly faces you won’t see on this show, a long running tradition in Main Event’s 716 episode history.

Jordynne Grace vs Kiana James

We had this match previously right here on Main Event two weeks ago with Jordynne winning in five minutes. Jordynne has had five appearances this year on Main Event, including a loss last week to Giulia.

This match was pre-SmackDown so Mark Nash is on the microphone while Blake Howard and Vic Joseph join us on the commentary table. Kiana does not have her big ass purse with her this week. For those of you that complain about the ring mat being covered in ads, Main Event has a nice clean mat for you. Slim Jim isn’t paying for Main Event time! Grace is able to avoid Kiana’s attempts to break lose from a grapple, rolling her into a two count. Grace smacks Kiana with a knee to the face and a bulldog for a two count and powers her into a slam before missing a Vader Bomb. James slams Jordynne into the corner and stomps her down, taking in the crowd heat.

Kiana smashes Jordynne with shoulders in the corner as Blake tells us about all the people who haven’t credited Kiana for helping them advance in the company. Jordynne nails a big spine buster and a jackhammer that only gets a 1.5 count. Kiana slides out of a powerslam and takes Jordynne down with a set of knees. Jordynne powers Kiana up, Kiana slips out but still takes a big elbow. Jordynne powers her up again and Kiana pokes her in the eye, landing the 401K for the pin.

Kiana James pins Jordynne Grace. A good match between two women that have good chemistry. Now let’s find them some things to do on SmackDown, especially with Rhea down.

Otis (with Akira Tozawa) vs Harlem Lewis

Lewis started in NXT and wrestling in 2024 as well, appearing on NXT, LFG, Evolve and Level Up. He has one Raw appearance in August 2024, losing to Odyssey Jones. Remember him? Big Otis is 6-1 this year on Main Event, his only loss in the qualifying matches for the WrestleMania ladder match that they pulled out of their asses. He might be the top star of the Main Event scene right now.

We’re on to matches from before the Raw taping, so Alicia Taylor is our ring announcer for the remainder of the program. No Maxxine Dupri with the boys tonight, so she must’ve been very busy having a conversation with Austin Theory. Lots of chants for big Otis as the match begins. Harlem charges Otis who humps his way out of it. Harlem hooks a headlock, Otis slugs out. The big men trade right hands and Harlem even scoops Otis up for a Samoan drop which is quite impressive! Harlem runs and Otis ROLLS under, regaining momentum and splashing him in the corner. Otis rips the shirt and hits the Catepillar for the three.

Otis pins Harlem Lewis. This was fun! This was my first exposure to Harlem and he looked good, especially picking big Otis up on his shoulders. Otis is an easy pick to get a crowd going before Raw starts.

Main Event’s also an easy watch if you hate the gigantic amount of ads on WWE programming. Two ads between each match and they’re for stuff like WWE Shop and Sunday Night’s Main Event.

Raw is in London Monday. The Street Profits get a shot at the Vision’s World Tag Team Titles. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria get their Women’s Tag Team Title match against Paige & Brie Bella. That’s a 2 p.m. ET start time.

Bayley & Lyra Valkyria vs Kali Armstrong & Layla Diggs

Kali has been in NXT since 2024 and has frequented Level Up and more recently Evolve. She was the first Women’s Champion of this version of Evolve  in April (or May for TV purposes) and held it until October’s Evolve Succession when she lost it to Kendal Grey. Layla joined NXT in 2023 and been in matches for NXT, Evolve and LFG, most recently Tuesday night losing in the Speed Championship tournament to Arianna Grace.

Bayley hasn’t competed on Main Event this year, but Lyra’s been here three times this year with wins over Ivy Nile in January, May and June. The duo have another shot at the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles this coming Monday on Raw.

The crowd is very into wooing with Lyra’s theme. The NXT stars attack during the entrance to big boos which, to be fair, is very smart. Bayley springboards Lyra into both women and we start the match properly with Kali and Bayley. Kali knocks Lyra off the apron again and goes to work on Bayley, hitting some big right hands. Kali and Layla double suplex Bayley and Layla takes over, emoting and moonsaulting onto Bayley for a two count.

Layla tags Kali back in, setting up with a big impressive set of spears on Bayley in the corner. Layla hits Bayley with a Shining Wizard for another two. They’re beating Bayley down (or she’s happy to make them look good, knowing Bayley). Bayley walks right into a Pele Kick and both women crawl to their corners, Bayley finally getting that hot tag and Layla coming in as well. Lyra takes down both women before trying for Nightwing. Layla distracts the ref and Kali uses the distraction to hit a pretty spinebuster, Bayley barely breaking the pin. Bayley and Layla battle outside and Lyra leaps the running Kali and tags in Bayley, hitting Nightwing before Bayley drops the elbow for the three.

Bayley pins Kali Armstrong, Bayley & Valkyria defeat Armstrong & Diggs. Hey, this was a LOT of fun. I don’t think I’ve seen Armstrong or Diggs in action before and both impressed me, especially Kali. She might be a big deal on the main roster sooner than later. Go and watch this match.

And that’s our show. In and out with three matches in half an hour. A very easy watch. I recommend it, especially the tag team match.