3 Mistakes WWE Made at Saturday Night’s Main Event XLIV

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The tag team main event was an exciting showing as well, but since it was the Vision’s first defense, a title change wasn’t likely.

The women’s matches, however, left a lot to be desired. WWE made the next three mistakes at Saturday Night’s Main Event XLIV.

#3. The Challenger has pinned the WWE Women’s Champion!

Jade Cargill already has her rematch with Rhea Ripley at next week’s Clash in Italy PLE. She didn’t wrestle a match to earn it, but was simply given it because Ripley was mad.

Since the title match was already in the bag, there was no reason to have Cargill pin Ripley at Saturday Night’s Main Event. The only reason is that she looks good now because she’s losing in Italy.

They could have saved some luster for the champion, however, by having The Queen eat the pin. Alexa Bliss is always pinned in tag team matches, and having her be pinned wouldn’t make sense with the story that’s being told.

Flair getting pinned by Cargill would have sown more tension between her and Ripley, and been the basis for the future match they keep teasing.

#2. WWE books a non-finish between Becky Lynch and Sol Ruca

It’s clear WWE wants Sol Ruca to be seen as a star of the future. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have had an entire contract signing segment and immediate feud with one of RAW’s champions.

Despite the unclear nature of whether the Women’s Intercontinental Championship was on the line or not, it felt like Ruca was going to get a victory to set up the inevitable match for the belt.

Instead of being creative or having a well-paced match, the ending the bookers chose was one of the lamest decisions. Lynch pulled referee Jessika Carr in the way as Sol Ruca went for the Sol Snatcher.

Carr then ended the match and awarded the victory to Ruca because of it. It’s clear that they had Carr as a referee in a Lynch match yet again to further this feud, but why?

It makes it seem like Carr has it out for The Man, even if Lynch causes a lot of the issues. Pulling an official in front of someone else hasn’t led to disqualifications in the past, so this feels more like issues between the referee and a star. If that wasn’t bad enough, the entire contest was less than five minutes.

#1. Penta vs. Ethan Page doesn’t main event

WWE used current Intercontinental Champion Penta on the poster for the latest edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event. Penta’s image was even used as WWE’s cover photo on X leading up to the event.

With the way the match was treated, it felt like it would main event the show. Instead of doing so, it went on third before the Women’s Tag Team Title match.

The World Tag Team Title contest closed the show as the Vision retained over the Street Profits thanks to help from Bron Breakker and brass knuckles.

Ethan Page and Penta tore the house down and had one of the better showings for WWE in 2026. The men’s tag title match simply had a finish and the usual outside interference.

Had Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins won, or one had turned on the other, it would have warranted the closing spot. Since neither happened, and Seth Rollins didn’t come out, it felt like a standard ending to an episode of RAW.