WWE Holiday Tour Results: MSG, New York - 26th Dec, 2022

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WWE at Madison Square Garden results:

*Sheamus & Ridge Holland defeated Imperium in a real good 10 minute tag team bout when Sheamus pinned Fabian Aichner with The Brogue Kick. Holland was worked over for a big part of the bout to set up the hot tag. This was the MSG debut for everyone but Sheamus.

*Hit Row defeated Legado Del Fantasma in a six person tag when Ashante pinned Joaquin Wilde. Lots of antics with B-Fab and Zelina Vega. Vega at one point jumped on Top Dolla's back and was rotated around several times. She sent Fab into the steps. There was a huge family and friends contingent for Hit Row for their MSG debut. Vega gave a ringside kid grief after the bout. Dolla appeared to be limping a bit after the match but that might have been selling. Ashante showed a lot of promise as an in-ring worker. Legado were really good heels.

*Jinder Mahal cut a promo saying he was upset he was disrespected he wasn't in the ladder match later for the Intercontinental title. He challenged anyone to face him. Out came Bray Wyatt to a huge pop. Crowd chanted "This is awesome" chant at the bell. Mahal had both knees taped up. They battled on floor and Bray was cut off returning to ring. He quickly made a comeback and scored the pin with Sister Abigail.

*WWE Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER defeated Kofi Kingston vs. Madcap Moss vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Santos Escobar in a Ladder Match. Towards the end of the bout, Kofi nailed a stomp off the ladder, driving Santos down and after he went to the floor, WWE medical hopped the rail to check on him. He was walked out after the bout by Jamie Noble. This was a well worked ladder match. Lots of GUNTHER vs. Nakamura early. Kofi dove over a bridged Ladder at ringside and hit a tornado DDT on the floor on GUNTHER. The finish saw Moss get chopped off the Ladder, leaving GUNTHER to aim the title.

Karrion Kross pinned Drew Gulak. This was a damn good match with lots of solid wrestling. After the bout, Kross hopped the rail to embrace an older woman sitting ringside. The word was it was his grandmother. This was one of the best Kross matches since he returned.

*Liv Morgan defeated Shayna Baszler in a NYC Street Fight after hitting her with a top rope leg drop onto a table, which did not break. Morgan got some of the biggest pops of the night for her entrance and big moves. Steel chair and Singapore Cane used during the bout. Crowd loved all of this.

Braun Strowman came out and said he was going to teach The Bloodline and Sami Zayn a lesson and told him to come out. Sami came out and said he wasn't coming alone, introducing The Usos. MASSIVE pop for the Usos coming out with Solo Sikoa. Zayn claimed he was not medically cleared to compete so it would be Braun vs. Solo Sikoa, who was making his MSG debut. They battled back and forth. Braun went for a powerslam but the rest of the Bloodline swarmed him. Kevin Owens made the save. Owens ripped them on the mic and said Sami was their b**ch. He challenged them to fight. They turned it into a tag match with Usos vs. Braun and Owens...

Braun and Kevin Owens defeated The Usos in a non-title bout that very much pleased the live audience after Braun did the powerslam as. Kevin hit did the stunner.

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Now if only The Uso's can lose a match when it is for the title. lol