Leighty’s WWE Main Event Review 12.11.25

-Written: 12.13.25
-Source: Peacock
-Run-Time: 56:28

-John Cena retires tonight so I wanted to get this show done so I could watch live. I also reviewed the SmackDown where Cena brought the Ruthless Aggression to Kurt Angle.

-Announce Team: Vic Joseph and Blake Howard

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kit Wilson

-Nakamura on Main Event! Cool! This is Nakamura’s Main Event debut after 10 years in the WWE. Kit gives us a double bicep flex and swivels the hips. Rick Rude would be proud! Nakamura tells him to come on and they lockup. Kit lands a slap to the face which draws an OHHHH from the crowd. Kit with a dropkick and he mocks Nakamura. He tries another dropkick, but Nakamura holds the ropes and then hits a running kick. Nakamura misses a running knee in the corner. Kit with a bulldog off the top rope. They fight on the floor and Kit gets another knockdown. Kit works the ribs with knees and body shots. Back in the ring he continues with body shots and gets a two count. Kit lays the boots on the corner and gives us another pose. He misses a charge in the corner and they just seem kind of off here. Nakamura throws kicks and hits the kick to the back of the head. Basement dropkick. Good Vibrations is blocked. Nakamura back with a kick in the corner and then the sliding throw. Kit flips out of a suplex and hits a sit-out chokeslam. Twist of Fate is countered and Nakamura hits the reverse exploder. Kinshasa is missed and Kit gets the Twist of Fate for two and it was close enough I actually thought they were pulling the trigger on the upset. Kit up top, but misses the elbow. Nakamura lands a head kick and KINSHASA finishes at 6:30.

Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura via pin at 6:30
-It was a little wonky in the middle, but they got things together and the finishing sequence was solid. It was just nice seeing some star power on the show. **

-Back to RAW as Rey Mysterio gets attacked by Logan Paul. The masked man also attacks and hits The Stomp but LA Knight makes the save and wants a match with Logan.

-Peacock commercials!

-Later tonight, SNME and John Cena’s Last Match!

-The Last Time is Now Tournament Video Package! GUNTHER wins!

-Back to RAW as GUNTHER gets his time to hype the match with Cena. GUNTHER has a timer counting down how much time we have left with our hero. He doesn’t want to just beat Cena, but make him tap out. For those wondering, Cena has tapped out 4 times in WWE to 3 different wrestlers: Jericho, Benoit, and twice to Kurt Angle.

-Back to RAW as AJ Styles/Dragon Lee successfully defend their Tag Titles against The War Raiders. New Day want a piece after the match, but the stare down gets interrupted by The Usos. They are back together in the Tag Division. Yep, someone is turning on someone as I bet they want to give them a do over at some point on that one-on-one match they had at Mania XL.

-The Usos vs New Day this week on RAW. It’s been a bit since we’ve seen these teams face each other.

-Peacock commercials!

-Back to RAW as Nikki Bella interrupts Stephanie Vaquer, and demands a rematch. Raquel Rodriguez is out and runs Nikki into the ring post and she wants the match with Vaquer.

-Back to RAW as we join Roxanne Perez and Lyra Valkyria in progress. Roxanne gets the win with Pop Rocks.

-Peacock commercials!

-WrestleMania Vegas commercial featuring the women!

-Maxxine Dupri is working in a warehouse getting mean and learning from Nattie! I’ve liked these vignettes and curious to see what Maxxine looks like the next time she is in the ring.

-Hey, video of Hersey, PA and The Giant Center. I’ve been to Hershey twice and left sad both times. My Uniontown Red Raiders’ basketball team made the PA Class 4A State Championship in 2000 and 2002 and sadly, lost both games. Speaking of my Red Raiders, they are 2 wins away from becoming the 5th team in PA history with 1900 wins in school history.

Rayo Americano (Bravo Americano) vs. Akira Tozawa (w/ Otis)

-Lockup and Rayo starts working on the arm. Rayo with a forearm but runs into boots in the corner. Rana from Tozawa! Rayo ends up on the floor after a backdrop and Tozawa follows out with a suicide dive. Tozawa off the top, but Rayo moves. Bravo grabs the leg, which brings Otis over but Rayo hits a clothesline on Tozawa to take control. We take a break at 2:00

-60 seconds Peacock commercials!

-WWE Shop commercial!

-Back at 3:36 with Rayo dropping a knee to the elbow. Bravo lands a right hand from the floor for good measure. Belly-to-back suplex gets two and right to a reverse chinlock. Tozawa counters a move with a ran and hits The Shinning Wizard. Missile dropkick from the top gets two. TOZAWAMANIA RUNNING WILD as he rips his shirt. Rayo responds with a supe kick, but Tozawa lands a German Suplex with a bridge for two. Rayo hits an elbow in the corner and loads his mask. Head-butt into a pin at 7:04.

Winner: Rayo Americano via pin at 7:04
-Not much to this one. Didn’t even really get a true Tozawa comeback to get the crowd into it and then just kind of ended with the loaded mask. *

-Peacock commercials!

-SmackDown and SNME heading to Montreal!

-We get a rundown of tonight’s SNME card.

-Back to RAW as Logan Paul beats LA Knight and the rest of The Vision are out to beat Knight down.

-Still at RAW as Bron Breakker doesn’t want this nice CM Punk. He wants the guy from 2011 that beat John Cena. He mentions The Rock too, but I don’t think Punk ever beat The Rock. Bron is on his hands and knees and wants to the old CM Punk. If he doesn’t get that version of Punk, he will send him to the hospital. “I’ll take your wife too.” That was Uncle Scott coming out!

-LA Knight pops up on the Tron and says he’s not done yet as officials try to help him. Reed and Pauk go back to finish the job and put him through a table with a powerbomb. Then for good measure, they put Knight on a car and Reed hits a TSUNAMI. Awesome!

-Thanks for reading!

4.0

The final score: review Poor

The 411

This was one of the weaker shows we have had in some time. Both matches were kind of BLAH and even with me being able to forward through commercials and video packages, it still felt long.