WWE Night of Champions 2026 Live Updates, Results and Highlights

Despite his recent comments about no longer caring about the fans, Uso entered to a big ovation from the Riyadh audience, even running it back to their approval.

Oba Femi got the major superstar entrance, complete with his normal light show and deafening chants of "OBA!" as he strutted to the squared circle.

Michael Cole presented the match as a legitimate sporting event, adding gravity to a match that already carried significant stakes, with the winner to challenge for one of the two world titles at SummerSlam.

Femi started hot, overwhelming Uso with his size and strength advantage. The former world heavyweight champion responded with a pair of tope suicidas. Femi regained control, though, driving Uso down with a backbreaker.

The Ruler tried for his Fall From Grace powerbomb, but Uso snuck out the back, delivered a pair of superkicks, and added the top-rope splash. Femi kicked out at one, goozled his opponent, and dropped him with a chokeslam for a two-count.

Earlier today, Liv Morgan and Iyo Sky arrived ahead of their Queen of the Ring final. So did Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker, ahead of their hotly anticipated Steel Cage Match, and Trick Williams and Ricky Saints, before they battle for the US Championship.

Sami Zayn received a hero's reaction as he was shown contemplating a potentially historic night. Gunther and Cody Rhodes both received clear boos, with the response to the latter being particularly surprising following mostly positive overseas crowds.

A video package welcomed the viewing audience on ESPN and Jey Uso's entrance replaced pyrotechnics as the show wasted little time getting to the night's opening contest.

Unaware that he had not been entered into the King of the Ring tournament, Danhausen joined Michael Cole for a quick backstage interview as part of the Night of Champions pre-show.

The very nice, very evil Superstar, who has been all over the news due to his link to the new NBA champions, the New York Knicks, poked fun at Tiffant Stratton's "S.G.T. Slaughter" video and claimed that if he won King of the Ring, he would get a crown, a cape, and take a page out of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's book with a new catchphrase, "Danhausen 3:16 says I just cursed your ass!"

More hilarity from the most consistently entertaining guy on the roster right now.

Women's United States champion Tiffany Stratton will defend her title against Jade Cargill Saturday afternoon, and the titleholder showed plenty of confidence when backstage interviewer Byron Saxton caught up with her.

"Jade and I have a lot of history, and that's a good thing, because tonight, I'm going to play to her strengths and weaknesses," Stratton said.

Chalking up her last defeat at the hands of Cargill to a knee injury, Stratton added, "I know how to win when it matters," supremely confident in her ability to leave Riyadh with the gold.