WWE will make its long-awaited return to Madison Square Garden in September for a couple of Raw and Smackdown Live episodes. It will take place on September 9th and 10th that will bring an end to a long wait. It was more than a decade ago that the last time WWE aired the flagship show from this infamous venue with enriched pro-wrestling history.
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Now, hosting a show at Madison Square Garden does mean that WWE will have to come up with a solid lineup to please the New Yorkers. Unless this, it may not be possible for them to sell out the show, entirely. For now, the venue itself is advertising four main-event matches for both WWE Raw and Smackdown to move tickets.
Madison Square Garden has recently added double main events for the Raw and Smackdown tapings, featuring Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and more. It includes a huge six-man tag team match, too. Here’s a look at the currently promoted matches with the tagline that the match card could change depending on the scenario,
“WWE returns to MSG with LIVE TV for the first time in 10 years with MONDAY NIGHT RAW & SMACKDOWN LIVE!
MONDAY NIGHT RAW DOUBLE MAIN EVENT: SETH ROLLINS, BRAUN STROWMAN & RICOCHET VS. THE O.C.’S AJ STYLES, LUKE GALLOWS & KARL ANDERSON
–6-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
Welcome home, WWE RAW & Smackdown Live! #WWEMSG pic.twitter.com/8rIq7nHgXD
— MSG (@TheGarden) July 15, 2019
–BECKY LYNCH VS. NATALYA VS. ALEXA BLISS– TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
–SMACKDOWN LIVE DOUBLE MAIN EVENT:
KOFI KINGSTON VS. RANDY ORTON– WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
–ROMAN REIGNS VS. DANIEL BRYAN
– SPECIAL ATTRACTION MATCH
–PLUS MORE OF YOUR FAVORITE WWE SUPERSTARS INCLUDING REY MYSTERIO
DREW MCINTYRE
THE MIZ
LACEY EVANS
BARON CORBIN
THE USOS
KEVIN OWENS
FINN BALOR
DOLPH ZIGGLER
BAYLEY
CHARLOTTE FLAIR
CESARO
*CARD IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
The last time WWE hosted Monday Night Raw at Madison Square Garden was in 2009 that witnessed a tremendous main event featuring several legends. D-Generation X, Chris Jericho-Big Show and John Cena-The Undertaker competed in a huge triple threat match. This time around, we hope superstars from both Monday Night Raw and Smackdown Live to come up with a stacked card.
WWE did not return to Madison Square Garden for the past 10 years since there’ve been issues with a live broadcast from the arena. But recent ROH and NJPW G1 Supercard event was a sellout at “The World’s Most Famous Arena” forcing WWE to arrange a TV taping. As a backup, WWE used Barclays Center to broadcast TV episodes. But MSG brings nostalgia which will be a big thing for the New York residents.
