WWE Live Event results from Madison Square Garden - July 12, 2014
WWE returned to the Madison Square Garden in New York City for the Live Event show. Featuring in the roster for the night was WWE World Heavyweight champion John Cena, Bray Wyatt, Jericho and Orton while the returning WWE Hall of Famer, Ric Flair, made his first appearance on TV.
Here are the results from last night.
- Alexander Rusev and Kofi Kingston started the night as they engaged in a singles bout. Rusev inflicted a crushing defeat which generated a lot of heel heat in the process. Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter came out to a good reaction. Swagger challenged Rusev to a match to which the Belgian Brute accepted. Rusev beat Swagger with The Accolade.
- Nikki Bella and Natalya teamed up to face NXT Divas Charlotte and Sasha Banks. The women of the WWE emerged victorious in the match.
- Bo Dallas continued his winning streak after defeating Zack Ryder.
- The Usos went up against Rybaxel and Goldust and Stardust in a three-team match. With the Tag-Team titles on the line, the Samoan brothers defeated the opposition teams to retain their belts.
- United States champion Sheamus had his title on the line as he went one-one-one against Alberto Del Rio. The Mexican Export used crutches to deceive the Celtic Warrior and attacked him even before the bout started. But Sheamus got the better of Del Rio to retain his title.
- Adam Rose and Fandango had a dance off according to the audience’s vote. Fandango attacked Rose and seemed to get the better of him, but Layla and Summer Rae came out to help Rose.
- Chris Jericho defeated Randy Orton in what was another classic match between the two superstars. The Wyatts tried to distract Y2J as the lights went out, but they didn’t appear and Jericho hit the Codebreaker to pick up a victory.
- Nature Boy Ric Flair announced his arrival in the WWE after he came out with his team of lumberjacks for the Cena vs Bray Wyatt main event match of the night. Triple H came out next with his set of lumberjacks. Flair and Hunter both cut promos and Flair got a huge pop. During one point at the end of the match, Triple H Pedigreed Cena while Flair delivered punches to Bray as a result of which the Eater of the Worlds started to bleed. Finally, Cena got the win to retain the WWE titles. After the match, Cena hit The Game with an Attitude Adjustment as he and Flair celebrated to close the curtains on the night.