Due to the coronavirus pandemic, WWE’s next scheduled event at Madison Square Garden has been postponed for a second time.
The house show was originally supposed to take place on Sunday, March 22. It was first rescheduled to Saturday, June 27 before being postponed again. A new date for the show hasn’t been announced.
“The WWE live event which was originally scheduled for Sunday, March 22 at Madison Square Garden, and previously rescheduled for Saturday, June 27, has been further postponed,” Madison Square Garden announced. “Additional information will be made available in the near future. Original tickets will be honored for the new event date.”
The original March event was going to be part of WWE’s Road to WrestleMania 36 house show tour. It was supposed to feature an appearance by D-Generation X (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, X-Pac & Road Dogg).
Madison Square Garden is scheduled to host NJPW Wrestle Dynasty on Saturday, August 22. The latest update on that show was NJPW announcing on April 3 that the ticket on-sale dates have been delayed to May.
The Undertaker will be making an appearance when SmackDown comes to Madison Square Garden next month.
WWE has announced Undertaker for the September 10 episode of SmackDown at MSG. Raw is also taking place at MSG on September 9.
Undertaker was most recently on WWE television during the build to Extreme Rules. Undertaker & Roman Reigns defeated Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre in a no holds barred match at the pay-per-view.
The last time Undertaker appeared at MSG, he teamed with Reigns & Braun Strowman and defeated Baron Corbin, Elias & Kevin Owens in a six-man tag match at a house show in July 2018.
MSG announced last week that the semifinals of King of the Ring will be held on Raw on September 9 and SmackDown on September 10. The finals of the tournament are taking place at Clash of Champions on September 15.
These are the first WWE TV episodes at MSG since 2009. WWE’s last televised event at the arena was their Live from MSG Network special in October 2015.
WWE held their annual post-Christmas house show at Madison Square Garden last night.
– Finn Balor defeated Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre in a triple threat match
Balor hit a dropkick and the Coup de Grace before pinning Ziggler.
McIntyre started to lay out both after the match and cut a promo about how he’s not excited to be in Madison Square Garden like everyone else. He said Ziggler and Balor were in the way of hin getting a shot at the Universal Championship. Ziggler attacked McIntyre and Balor hit McIntyre with the Coup de Grace.
– Apollo Crews won a 10-man battle royal for a future Intercontinental title shot
Crews last eliminated Jinder Mahal to win.
– Elias defeated Bobby Lashley in a guitar-on-a-pole match
There was an Elias performance before the match. He hit an elbow drop off the top rope on Lashley and then got the guitar to win.
After the match, Lashley accidentally took out Lio Rush with a spear and Elias gave Lashley a guitar shot.
– Natalya & Ember Moon defeated Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan
Natalya submitted Morgan with the Sharpshooter.
– Aleister Black, Ricochet, Pete Dunne, Velveteen Dream & Matt Riddle defeated Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong
Gargano was originally on the face side when this match was announced, but he turned heel and was replaced by Riddle. Going into the show, it had been advertised as the faces vs. Ciampa & The Undisputed Era.
Ricochet pinned Cole after hitting the 630.
– Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose defeated Seth Rollins in a steel cage match to retain his title
At one point, Rollins gave Ambrose a superplex off the top of the cage and then hit a Falcon Arrow for a near fall. Rollins tried to escape through the door, but Baron Corbin got involved and slammed the door on his head. Ambrose then won by leaving through the door.
– Raw Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode & Chad Gable defeated The Revival and AOP in a triple threat match to retain their titles
Drake Maverick interfered a few times during the match. Roode and Gable retained with their double-team moonsault/neckbreaker finisher.
– Sasha Banks & Bayley defeated Mickie James & Alicia Fox
Banks hit a backstabber on Fox, with Bayley then hitting the Bayley-to-Belly for the win.
– John Cena defeated Baron Corbin
Corbin said he had a match with Braun Strowman. Strowman never came out and they did a 10 count and announced Corbin as the winner, but Vince McMahon then made an appearance at the show. He said this was Madison Square Garden and Corbin would have to wrestle — then revealed Cena as Corbin’s opponent.
Vince said Cena is someone who has had more Madison Square Garden moments than Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino, and Steve Austin combined.
Cena won with the Attitude Adjustment and his new lightning fist finisher. He cut a promo after the match and thanked the fans for allowing him to be part of the show.
– Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defeated Nia Jax to retain her title
Jax started by hitting power moves, but Rousey came back and used an armbar to retain.
There was a brawl after the match where the faces in the women’s division stood tall over the heels, with Rousey hitting a crossbody off the top to the floor.
