{"id":137372,"date":"2025-06-30T22:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=137372"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:13:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:13:23","slug":"updated-evolution-ii-saturday-nights-main-event-cards-following-wwes-double-taping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/06\/30\/updated-evolution-ii-saturday-nights-main-event-cards-following-wwes-double-taping\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Evolution II, Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event Cards Following WWE&#8217;s Double Taping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a packed weekend in Saudi Arabia, WWE was right back at it, building the cards to their next big weekend of show&#8217;s, July&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.statefarmarena.com\/events\/detail\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event\/Evolution II doubleheader<\/a> on July 12 and 13 respectively. With just under two weeks until these shows and not much having been announced prior to Night of Champions, WWE wasted no time during its Raw\/SmackDown double taping in starting to build out these upcoming WWE cards.<\/p>\n<h2>Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event Card<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>World Heavyweight Championship: <\/strong>Gunther vs Goldberg<\/li>\n<li>Seth Rollins vs LA Knight<\/li>\n<li>Randy Orton vs Drew McIntyre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Going into the final WWE card of June, the only match announced for July&#8217;s Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event was that Goldberg would be challenging Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship in what will be the former champ&#8217;s retirement match. WWE continued to build to that match on Monday when Gunther came out to address a hype video package of Goldberg&#8217;s streak that played earlier in the night. Gunther said the video package was like much of Goldberg&#8217;s matches, over in under three minutes. Gunther said he could beat Goldberg in three minutes but he didn&#8217;t want to. He wanted to outclass, outwrestle, and embarrass Goldberg in front of his friends and family in Atlanta. Ouch.<\/p>\n<p>As Gunther posed the question of who would be next for him after he dispatched Goldberg on the SNME WWE card, he was met in the ring by Seth Rollins. Rollins reminded Gunther that his Money in the Bank briefcase was an all-out assault on both champions before CM Punk arrived causing the Visionary to retreat. As Rollins taunted Punk, he was met by LA Knight and the two brawled through the crowd and into the concourse. Turns out this was a precursor to set up Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event second announced match, Rollins vs Knight.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137396\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-137396 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuuvTJAXkAABBqV-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"LA Knight vs Seth Rollins Saturday Night's Main Event graphic\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuuvTJAXkAABBqV-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuuvTJAXkAABBqV-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuuvTJAXkAABBqV-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuuvTJAXkAABBqV-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuuvTJAXkAABBqV.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LA Knight and Seth Rollins are set for a grudge match at Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event.<br \/>Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Rumored Matches<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Intercontinental Championship:\u00a0<\/strong>Dominik Mysterio vs AJ Styles &#8211; Mysterio showed Styles a doctor&#8217;s note saying he wasn&#8217;t yet cleared to give him his title match but could that change in two weeks time?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WWE Evolution II Card<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NXT Women&#8217;s Championship:\u00a0<\/strong>Jacy Jayne vs Jordynne Grace<\/li>\n<li><strong>Raw Women&#8217;s Championship:\u00a0<\/strong>IYO SKY vs Rhea Ripley<\/li>\n<li><strong>SmackDown Women&#8217;s Championship:\u00a0<\/strong>Tiffany Stratton vs Trish Stratus<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/06\/30\/did-wwe-vacate-the-womens-tag-team-titles-massive-announcement-made-for-evolution-ii\/\" target=\"_self\">Women&#8217;s Tag Team Championship:<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Raquel Rodriguez\/Roxanne Perez vs Charlotte Flair\/Alexa Bliss vs mystery team from Raw vs mystery team from NXT<\/li>\n<li><strong>Women&#8217;s Battle Royal:\u00a0<\/strong>winner receives world title match at Clash in Paris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rumored Matches<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Women&#8217;s Intercontinental Championship:\u00a0<\/strong>Becky Lynch vs Lyra Valkyria vs Bayley &#8211; Bayley and Valkyria drew in a match to determine the #1 contender for the IC title, which seemingly means, we&#8217;re headed to a triple threat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Much like Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event, there really hadn&#8217;t been much movement on the Evolution II card save for the NXT Women&#8217;s title match and a few teases in recent weeks. That all changed during the double taping as WWE announced four matches for the all-women&#8217;s PLE. It started in the opening moments of Raw as Rhea Ripley kicked off the show only to be interrupted by IYO SKY. Adam Pearce had granted SKY champion&#8217;s advantage letting her choose her opponent and SKY chose Ripley. SKY said she wanted to compete against the best and believed that to be Ripley. Respect was exchanged between the two competitors as Ripley told SKY whatever happens at Evolution II, she asked for it.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out champion&#8217;s advantage was the theme of the evening as Nick Aldis had granted Tiffany Stratton the same. And much as the rumors heading into the night had suggested, Stratton challenged WWE legend Trish Stratus to a one-on-one match following their tag team victory at Elimination Chamber. Should Stratus win, she&#8217;ll become an eight-time women&#8217;s champion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137397\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-137397 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuumtazWgAAO_kz-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"IYO SKY vs Rhea Ripley Evolution match graphic\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuumtazWgAAO_kz-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuumtazWgAAO_kz-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuumtazWgAAO_kz-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuumtazWgAAO_kz-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/GuumtazWgAAO_kz.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rhea Ripley accepted IYO SKY&#8217;s challenge for a world title match at Evolution II.<br \/>Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pearce and Aldis weren&#8217;t done however as the two teamed on an announcement of a battle royal with the winner receiving a title shot at Clash in Paris and a women&#8217;s tag team match involving all four brands as it was made official on Raw that Roxanne Perez will be taking Liv Morgan&#8217;s spot as champ alongside Raquel Rodriguez. On SmackDown, the two learned of one of their challengers as the unlikely duo of Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss defeated the Secret Hervice and B-Fab and Michin to be the SmackDown representative in the match. Tuesday will likely see the NXT representative chosen with the final spot being determined on next Monday&#8217;s Raw.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> for more on WWE cards, Evolution II, Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event, and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>YouTube<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>WWE Speed<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>).<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a packed weekend in Saudi Arabia, WWE was right back at it, building the cards to their next big weekend of show&#8217;s, July&#8217;s Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event\/Evolution II doubleheader on July 12 and 13 respectively. With just under two weeks until these shows and not much having been announced prior to Night of Champions, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2418,"featured_media":137398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,2192,25,26,4,3,320],"tags":[168,1750,8442,7482,8409,3041,8487,76,8618,238,3108,8488,9074,8489,7092],"class_list":["post-137372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-smackdown","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","category-wwe-women","tag-alexa-bliss","tag-charlote-flair","tag-iyo-sky","tag-la-knight","tag-raquel-rodriguez","tag-rhea-ripley","tag-roxanne-perez","tag-seth-rollins","tag-tiffany-stratton","tag-trish-stratus","tag-wwe-evolution","tag-wwe-raw-womens-championship","tag-wwe-saturday-nights-main-event","tag-wwe-smackdown-womens-championship","tag-wwe-womens-tag-team-championship"],"modified_by":"Marilee Gallagher, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137443,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137372\/revisions\/137443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}