WWE MSG Live Results - 03/16
WWE returned to Madison Square Garden on Friday night for a live event featuring the top Superstars of RAW and SmackDown. Brock Lesnar, John Cena, AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura were all in action for the event.
The Garden was not sold out, but a live correspondent noted that there were approximately 12-13,000 fans on hand. It was announced that WWE is returning to MSG on Saturday, July 7th and Ronda Rousey will be in attendance.
Here are the results from WWE Live at Madison Square Garden:
– Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were scheduled to face WWE Champion AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura in tag team action, but Owens and Zayn attacked Styles before the bell. They did an injury angle and Styles was helped to the back, leading many fans to wonder if there was something more to Styles not competing. It was announced Kevin Owens would face Nakamura in singles action.
– Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Kevin Owens by disqualification after Sami Zayn interfered. AJ Styles ran out and made the save for Nakamura, which got a huge pop.
– Cedric Alexander defeated Drew Gulak.
– Asuka defeated Mandy Rose with the Asuka Lock.
– Bray Wyatt defeated “Woken” Matt Hardy.
– RAW Tag Team Champions The Bar retained in a Fatal 4 Way over Titus Worldwide, The New Day and Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson.
– WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar defeated Braun Strowman and Kane in a triple threat match, with Kane taking the pin. The Bar came out and attacked Strowman after the match, putting him through a table before Strowman fought back and beat up the champions.
– RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss defeated Sasha Banks and Bayley in a triple threat match. Sasha Banks hit a 619 on Bayley during the match.
Afterwards, Bliss and Mickie James beat down Banks, but Nia Jax ran out for the save. Nia had a brief confrontation with Alexa Bliss and gave Mickie James a Samoan backdrop.
– John Cena and Nikki Bella defeated Elias and Sonya Deville.
– Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Finn Balor defeated The Miz and the Miztourage in the main event.
