John Cena will wrestle his final match on tonight's WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLII special. This show is taking place out of the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 13, 2025. It will air at 8 p.m. ET on Peacock in the United States and YouTube internationally (though there will be a pre-show countdown at 6 p.m. ET if you're interested in spending two hours listening to analysis and commercials)
This post here will be updated frequently throughout the night to reflect live coverage of WWE Saturday Night's Main Event, including all the match results, rundowns of the promos, and any other interesting or noteworthy things that take place. Keep refreshing for updates to find out all the winners and more!
Preview & Predictions for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLII:
On tap for today's event, obviously, the biggest focal point is John Cena's retirement. There had been some speculation that this would open the show, which is not true, thankfully. That would have been a nightmare trying to convince fans to keep watching for the NXT talent that haven't been properly built up for the casual audience. I could tell you how great Oba Femi, Sol Ruca, Je'Von Evans, and Leon Slater are, but the lapsed fan who doesn't watch NXT has no idea.
I would anticipate Sol Ruca probably beats Bayley, but since Zaria is going to be accompanying her, there is a solid chance that leads to some kind of issue between them. As a general sense, this event could be all three NXT losses with the "they put up a good effort" mentality, which I think would be a mistake, but WWE is far from immune to complete messes.
Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater will have a great match with AJ Styles and Dragon Lee, but the champs are retaining the titles. I can't imagine those belts are changing hands. I'd be down for it, but it's just not a good prediction to make.
Oba Femi shouldn't lose to Cody Rhodes if they want to make a big statement about how he's someone to look out for in the future, but I have my doubts WWE will go in that direction, or that they'll only have Femi win because of some outside interference from Drew McIntyre to push that story along, which will mean Femi doesn't get as much of a boost. I'd still rather that happen than for Femi to lose, though.
And with Cena against Gunther, I feel like it has to be either The Ring General winning by making Cena tap out, or the story will be how Cena "never gives up" and how he can overcome the odds one last time to hit an Attitude Adjustment and win. I'm torn, 50/50, but if I absolutely had to pick, I'd say Cena loses.
Here are your results for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event 42:
- Cody Rhodes defeated Oba Femi by disqualification due to interference from Drew McIntyre, who attacked Rhodes. Femi and Rhodes both laid out McIntyre in retaliation (since Femi lost the match) and shared respect in the ring after.
- Sol Ruca defeated Bayley by pinfall.
- World Tag Team Champions AJ Styles & Dragon Lee (c) defeated Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater by pinfall.
- The Miz came out to complain about not being part of the show. R-Truth then also came out, followed by Joe Hendry, and the two of them beat down The Miz before R-Truth counted a pinfall with Hendry over for a buffer comedy segment.
- John Cena's Final Match: Gunther defeated John Cena by submission
What are your thoughts on WWE Saturday Night's Main Event 42? Drop your reactions in the comments below and spark a discussion!