WWE Night of Champions 2026 took place Saturday, June 27, at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in front of over 18,000 fans [1]. The event started earlier than usual at either 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT or 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT, with some disagreement over the exact start time [2, 3, 1].
The card featured six matches including title defenses and a steel cage match between Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker [2, 3]. The main event was a triple threat bout for the Undisputed WWE Championship between Cody Rhodes (c), Gunther, and Sami Zayn [2, 3]. Sami Zayn won the title in the main event by defeating Rhodes and Gunther [3].
In the King of the Ring final, Oba Femi defeated Jey Uso to claim the 2026 King of the Ring crown [3, 1, 4, 5]. After the match, Femi described himself as "the ruler, the destroyer, the bringer of war, the mountain that you cannot climb... the chosen one, the king of the ring" [5]. Iyo Sky won the Queen of the Ring final by beating Liv Morgan [3, 1, 4, 6]. Sky said after her victory, "Liv, I’ll see you at SummerSlam" [6].
Both winners earned the right to challenge for world titles at SummerSlam 2026, scheduled for August 1-2 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis [4, 5, 6].
The Night of Champions event drew attention for its strong card and title changes, setting up high-stakes matches for SummerSlam. Oba Femi and Iyo Sky’s victories mark them as major contenders in upcoming WWE events this summer.
