SEScoops.com reader Buzzard Follower sent in this live report from Saturday night’s WWE live event from Madison Square Garden in New York City:
– They were still selling CM Punk merchandise and a few chants broke out, but not for long.
1. The Usos def Rybaxel and The Brotherhood. The Usos pinned Ryback. After the match the Rhodes brothers shook hands and rose the Usos hands in victory. Ryback then cut a promo about how New York sucks and he was going to turn his career around. Lots of Cody and Uso chants, Goldust was hardly in the match and this was the best match of the night.
2.The Miz and Justin Gabriel ended in a no contest after Ryback attacked both of them. After the match, Gabriel hit a 450 splash on Ryback. Miz got a great ovation during his entrance but other than the 450 by Gabriel crowd was silent the whole time.
3. AJ Lee w/Tamina def Cameron to retain the Divas title with a Shinning Wizard. Originally scheduled as a dance off which drew massive boos from the audience, AJ attacked Cameron pre match then left Cameron called her back and the match started. Notes: Some boring chants and one guy yelling “your father is a murder” to Tamina.
4. Kofi Kingston def Damien Sandow with the Trouble in Paradise. Sandow came out to boos and got on a mic and said he was going to come back out to the ovation us “underachieving degenerates are supposed to give him” he then came out to a loud chorus of boos. Sandow got a mixed reaction at first and Kofi got a decent pop too. During the match crowd was still quiet no one could follow that opening match. Also a kid in a yellow shirt around 10-11 ran up and punched Sandow on the back. he was not thrown out but security stayed in front of him the rest of the night.
5. Daniel Bryan def Kane with his Knee Plus running knee. Triple H came out before the match to loud boos and CM Punk chants. He cut a promo on how MSG was the worlds most famous arena (got a pop) and how the greats like Sammartino, Morales, Backlund, Hogan, Hart, Micheals, Austin and himself have all headlined this arena (all the names got cheers except for himself). He then said Daniel Bryan will never headline MSG or Wrestlemania and that he would never be WWE Champion. Kane came out to boos. Bryan came out to the loudest pop of the night the building felt like it was shaking with all the Yes! chant. Triple H knocked out 2 refs to help Kane. This was also the 2nd match the crowd was invested in the whole match. Post match, they teased Bryan and Triple H would get into an altercation. Stephanie came out (w/Fit Finlay and Dean Malenko) and said it will never happen and Finlay pushed Bryan around before Bryan kneed him and then hit a suicide dive on Hunter and Kane who looked like fell into Steph. More yes chants and some Punk chants. Also some Iceman chants for Malenko.
Intermission
6. The Ascension w/ Vickie Guerrero def Los Matadores w/El Torito. This match was very boring the crowd was not into much. The Ascension hit a clothesline chopblock combo for the win. Vickie and El Torito had some run ins with each other outside. Post match, El Torito hit Vickie with the “gore” to her ass.
7. Dolph Ziggler def Alberto Del Rio w/the Zig Zag. This match got some response and it was a fun match with a few false finishes. Both men hit their signatures and Del Rio would go into a tirade every time Ziggler kicked out. Ziggler got the 2nd loudest pop of the night.
8. John Cena and Batista def Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt with the after Cena hit Orton with the Attitude Adjustment. Batista came out to massive boos and Bryan chants and got into a few fans faces sticking his figure out to one of them he looked PISSED. Orton came out to a decent reaction that was mixed Wyatt came out alone to a nice response the arena never went fully dark as he had an Undertaker like blue light (not the lantern but he did have that) on his way to the ring. Cena got a mixed reaction similar to Orton. Cena pushed Orton into Wyatt and Wyatt landed on the guardrail. Cena went for a tag but Bastista stepped down and flexed. He came back in and hit Cena with the Batista Bomb. Orton went for the pin and Cena kicked as Dave walked out he came back out to get into a fans face before leaving again. Orotn went for the punt and ran right into a sister Abigail from Wyatt. Wyatt went to attack Cena but Cena through him out of the ring and hit Orton with the AA. After the match, Cena went around and high-fived some fans as the show ended.
It was a good show but the crowd was quiet for half of it. Orton and wyatt had promos on the screen early in he show. Pictures of Hogan and Sheamus got loud cheers even though they were not there. No bad chants but Batista seemed to get into it with a few fans. WWE returns to MSG on July 12th.