Saturday Night’s Main Event Expected to Air with a Flexible Runtime – John Cena’s Final Match with Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event will not be restricted by a fixed runtime, giving Cena all the time he needs for one of the most heavily discussed bouts of the weekend.

Bryan Alvarez reported to his X subscribers that Cena vs. Gunther is currently scheduled to open the show. Because the event has no predetermined end time, production is prepared to allow the match — and any post-match developments — to run without constraint.

“At this point, there is no set runtime for Saturday Night’s Main Event, so everyone will get all the time they need. Cena vs. Gunther is currently scheduled to open the show and Cena will get as much time as he wants.” Alvarez wrote.

Dave Meltzer also confirmed plans for the match to kick off the event. He noted that because the show is airing exclusively on Peacock in the United States rather than on NBC, WWE is not facing the same hard cutoff they dealt with during Goldberg’s retirement match in July, which had to end by 10 p.m. EST to meet network requirements.

Meltzer added: “The plus is they will have full time for the match to go as long as it should and to not rush the post-match. The bad is that tons of people will tune out after the Cena stuff is over. Also, not being on actual television there is no hard ‘out’ at 10 p.m. as they can go as long as they want.”

Saturday Night’s Main Event will take place at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, with Cena’s clash against Gunther now positioned as the opening segment.

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event lineup

• John Cena vs. Gunther
• Cody Rhodes vs. Oba Femi
• Bayley vs. Sol Ruca
• World Tag Team Champions AJ Styles & Dragon Lee defend against Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater

Saturday Night’s Main Event Expected to Air with a Flexible Runtime

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