Luke Harper made his return to in-ring competition under the WWE banner at a RAW live event on Saturday night in Rochester, NY at the Blue Cross Arena. He battled and beat Mojo Rawley in a singles bout. This marked his first match since November 2018.
Harper hasn’t been seen on TV since the August 21st episode of SmackDown Live in Brooklyn, New York the night after the SummerSlam pay-per-view event where he and Rowan lost the SmackDown Tag Team Titles to The New Day. Rowan suffered a suffered a torn bicep and thus the reason Harper was taken off of TV.
He did work working some NXT live events in the latter part of 2018. During this time, Harper also underwent surgery due to a wrist injury. Since then, Rowan made his return to television at the Royal Rumble PPV where he was paired with WWE Champion Daniel Bryan.
Rochesters own WWE Luke Harper. I really am here with my son. Great father son event (I think). Go Harper pic.twitter.com/QuKvxOMdcy
— richard tantalo (@ChiefTantalo) March 10, 2019
#WWERochester @LukeHarperWWE returns! pic.twitter.com/3BxJX3D0T5
— Wrestlevision (@Wrestlevision) March 10, 2019
WWE Rochester, NY Results
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection (Bayley & Sasha Banks) defeat Nia Jax & Tamina
- Harper defeats Mojo Rawley
- Drew McIntyre defeats Dean Ambrose
- Dana Brooke & Natalya defeat Alexa Bliss & Lacey Evans
- WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor defeats Bobby Lashley
- WWE RAW Tag Team Champion The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) defeat Bobby Roode & Chad Gable – Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match
- WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defeats Ruby Riott
- No Disqualification Match: Braun Strowman defeats Baron Corbin