WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results: NBA stars play big role

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>It's not Saturday Night Live, but tonight is Saturday Night's Main Event, where the stars of WWE will battle it out two weeks before SummerSlam. And tonight's card could have a lot to do with what we see in Minnesota.

>We'll take you to Madison Square Garden where all the action takes place. We'll update you through every bump, bruise and we'll be right there when New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson chops it up with the Tribal Chief.

Champions meet: Roman Reigns and Jalen BrunsonShould have been you, Tyrese Maxey. Shoutout Tom Dougherty. I really wish it was the Sixers hanging with the Tribal Chief. Anyway, they'r reliving fun times at the Garden. I don't care for this. But they say Brunson is the newest King of New York. They announced Jalen Brunson who is learly happy to be there. I'm happy for him. Imagine reaching the top of your career and then being honored by WWE in front of 15,000 who love you? Pretty darn cool. And we are Roman Reigns fans, so we have that in common. He hugged KAThausen on way out. NOw he's walking through the fans and he meets up with Roman Reigns. Brunson is joining the Bloodline, huh?

>The Garden loves Roman. Everyone is acknowledging the Tribal Chief as they head to the ring. Brunson looks like he'd fit right in. Dude, ya already won an NBA title. Make the jump! They throw their 1s up in the aisle and they head to the ring. This is Brunson's first time in the Garden since winning the NBA title.

>Roman and Brunson look like they're enjoying this. So ar the fans. Happy for New York, and I don't mind saying that. Roman has the mic, I guess we're going over. Fans chant MVP.

>Roman said "What are we doing out here?" He said this is where greatness acknowledges greatness. He said this city is the home of WWE, it's true. He said fans make him feel like he's home too. Reigns says 53 years was way too long. Reigns said it took everyone on the roster, but there's only one captain. "The Finals MVP. NBA Champion. And the King of New York. But you see, here in the WWE, every champion needs a title. So the Tribal Cheif made some moves." Reigns then gets a WWE Championship for Brunson in Blue and Orange.

>"Not only does he deerve it, this man earned it," Reigns said. He then asked the crowd to acknowledge Brunson and himself as they raised their belts high in the air.

>Of course then Seth Rollins' music played. Not the time or the place, Seth! But it's not Seth. It's Tyrese Haliburton with a chair. Rollins takes a chair from Haliburton and clobers Roman. Rollins sets up a chair in the midle of the ring, setting up a stomp. But Brunson stands in the way. He says no. Rollins isn't happy. He tells Seth it's his house. Reigns hits a Superman punch and a spear and he and Hailburton run away.

>Reigns puts the belt on Brunson, straps his belt on Brunsons shoulder and Reigns picks up the NBA Championship. Very cool.

CM Punk and Cody Rhodes vs. Sami Zayn and GuntherLooks like we're closing the show with the Tribal Chief. Fair enough. First we decide the championship match for CM Punk at Summer Slam. Will it be him against Cody Rhodes, or a fourway with Rhodes, Zayn and Gunther. We'll soon find out.

>They interview Cody Rhodes and CM Punk. They'er playing up their friendship while trading jabs. Punk said it's business. They both say they will watch each others back so they have no excuses at SummerSlam. Cody is headed out first. Why are the good guys out first? The champ should be out last. But Cody is in the ring first. And next is Cola Man Phil. Is this their first time teaming up? Not counting War Games maybe. Cody is sitting Punk style in the ring. I don't think they did in AEW. I don't think they did during their first WWE run. I could be way off. They may have been tag team champs, but I odn't remember it.

>Gunther, who has had a lot of success on Saturday Night's Main Event, is out first for his side. Sami is out next and he looks happy and is shaking hands with fans. But he slaps Punk and the fight is on. Both teams are fighting, Sami and Punk, and Gunther and Cody. They get Sami in the ring and they start working on the arm. Cody and Punk are teaming well, working on Zayn's arm. But Punk gets caught in th ewrong corner and he eats a chop from Gunther. And another. And a third and he falls out of the ring. Two more outside. And a suplex on the barricade. Cody rolls Punk back in and Sami is pounding away.

>Punk is taking a beating. Hot tags rarely mean anything anymore. I have a feeling these four will make it count. Punk hits a cross body. He's trying to get to the tag. He does. Cody and Gunther now in. I was wrong, that meant little. Cody is taking it to Gunther. He Dusty's Sami, then hits a Cody Cutter on Gunther. Suicide dive on Sami, then another cody cutter on Gunther.

>Cody and Sami are now fighting, and Zayn gets the better of it. Sami goes for a Helluva kick, but Cody moves. Cody tags Punk who comes in with a clothesline, then a neckbreaker. Running kneelift and bulldog. Lots of action in this match. Punk goes to the outside and hits a Macho Man elbow. He goes for the Anocanda Vice and Rhodes slaps Gunther in the figure four. Gunther raked Punk's eyes to get out of it, then Sami saved Gunther. Punk hit with an exploder in the corner. Then the Helluva kick. But Cody hits CrossRhodes. Gunther hits a clothesline. Punk hits a G2S on Gunther and everyone is down. Strong match with a lot of action. Punk and Zayn looking to make tags, but nobody is home.

>Gunther tags in and puts Punk in a sleeper. Punk tags in COdy who hits a Crossrhodes on Gunther. As he's pinned, Sami broke it up by pushing Punk into Cody. Sami is now pounding away on both Punk and Cody. The ref (Charles Robinson) is down. Punk hits Sami with a G2S. Cody and Punk teaming up on Gunther.

>Cody went for a forearm but Gunther moved and Cody hit Punk. Gunther grabs the belt. He lays out Cody with the belt. Gunther with a powerbomb on Cody. Another official runs down but Nick Aldis pulls him out. Then Aldis nails Gunther with the belt. Punk hits the G2S, drapes Cody on Gunther and Cody and Punk win.

CM Punk and Cody Rhodes vs. Sami Zayn and Gunther gradeThat match was really good. Great action, great storylines, I loved it. Grade: 97 out of 100.

CM Punk and Cody Rhodes beat Sami Zayn and GuntherGreat match. Cody and Cm Punk worked well together, it will be fun to see where Nick Aldis vs. Gunther goes (guessing SummerSlam) and Sami Zayn has a lot going on. This match was awesome. I Loved it. Rhodes gives Punk the belt and they embrace. Punk "accidently" whacks Rhodes in the face with the belt as they leave.

Bayley vs. Lyra ValkyraLyra Valkyra doesn't look good. She looks angry. Upset. Depressed. And she's going up against Bayley. This should be fun. They show some clips from Fanatics Fest, including Tom Brady slapping Logan Paul. God I hope that match happens. They show the Sixers owner. He's the only thing I don't like about the Sixers. And I really do dislike him.

>Bayley gives an interview before heading to the ring. SHe looks sad. Lyra looks like she just had a breakdown. It's a shame. Anyway, Lyra is out first and she's not her usual chipper self. My God, she has done a great job of changing her look. I liked her as a good girl, but lets hope she does great here too. Next out is Bayley. I'm glad she gets a match on SNME. These two deserve it.

>They are starting by brawling. Now they hit the outside and continue brawling. Lyra is busted open after taking a big punch. She is continuing with a busted nose. Lyra is bleeding bad. Bayley went for a Twist of Faith, but Lyra fights out. Lyra points to her nose and is now freaking out, ramming Bayley's head into the canvas. They are showing the nose shot a lot. And there is a lot of blood. This is how Becky Lynch caught fire. Bayley throws Lyra to the outside and the ref stops Bayley from attacking. Bayley hits a crossbody on the outside. She is taking it to Lyra.

>This has been a good match. Lyra is banged up. Her face is bloody, Bayley locks in a Boston Crab. Lyra fights out. This match has been physical. Every time Lyra tries to get into the match, Bayley stops it. Lyra hit a neckbreaker from the middle rope. Lyra hits a legdrop on the back of Bayley's neck but only gets a two count. She's bleeding and looks furious. This is way better than I expected, and I expected a good match from these two. They're slugging it out. Lyra gets the better of it. Bayley hits a suplex. Sunset flip bomb into the buckle. Bayley locks in the crossface right over the nose. That has to hurt. But Lyra fights out. Bayley goes for a roll up, but Lyra ducked her head and Bayley hits the top rope, throat first. Lyra locks in a submission choke on Bayley. She chokes her out and Lyra wins. What a match.

Lyra Valkyria beats Bayley by submission That match featured none of what I expected. Hard hitting, they beat each other up good. Lyra kicks Bayley out of the ring before going to leave. She stops. She picks up Bayley and pushes her into the post. Then locks in the submission choke. It's the one Jon Moxley does. The ref breaks it up and Lyra goes to get the steps. She breaks them up, puts Bayley head first on the steps, then picks her up and hits her finish on the steps. Bayley is beat up bad. Sore winner, Lyra Valkyria.

Lyra Valkyria vs. Bayley gradeCards on the table, I love both of these wrestlers and that match was way better than I expected. Grade: 93 out of 100.

Danhausen vs. JD McDonaghThis is sadly the match I'm most looking forward to. I really enjoy Danhausen, anything he does is great. The main event should be fun, but I want to see how much human monies Danhausen makes tonight. Before McDonagh wrestles, he gives an interview while flanked by Dom Mysterio and Liv Morgan. They're such a cute family. Looks like only Dom is coming out with him, Liv went back. Dom has a Danhausen Knicks jersey. That doesn't belong to him, it belongs to Danhausen.

>Danhausen is dressed in Blue and Orange in favor of the Knickshausens. He enters the ring and we are ready to go. Danhausen is very happy. He's very nice and very evil you know. I would imagine this is his first time wrestling in MSG, but I'm not certain about that. McDonagh said he wasn't scared, but he immediately rolls out. Now Dom is trying to distract Danhausen and it works. McDonagh is pounding away on the nice ghoul. This is not a good start for Danny, as McDonagh continues to bounce his head off the table. Dom joins in on the fun, and remember this is a no disqualifcation match! You'd think the ghoul would have the edge, but so far he does not.

>McDonagh hits a snap suplex. Then a flying elbow but only gets a two count. Dom is shining his shoes with Danhausen's jersey. That's uncalled for. And Danhausen can do nothing because McDonagh is in complete control. McDonagh is a great wrestler. I'm glad he's getting to show it here and he continues to take apart Danhausen. Danhausen battles back and hits some massive chops. Now he does the 10 punches in the corner, but McDonagh fights out and hits a brainbuster. But McDonagh can't put him away.

>The jersey is back in the ring as McDonagh drapes it over Danhausen before missing a moonsault. Danhausen is Hausing up. He puts the jerseon on. The fans go nuts. But McDonagh slaps him. And again. Now Danhausen is fighting back. He hits an inverted atomic drop. He hits a suplext on Dom. Flying elbow on McDonagh. McDonagh rolls up Danhausen but only gets two. Then he goes for a suplex, but Danhausen turns it into a stunner. Only gets a two count.

>Danhausen is in control. He goes for a move, but Mysterio interferes again. Both men are beating up poor Danhausen. Mysterio is holding him while McDonagh headbutts him. They take the jersey off him. They tear it off. That's a shame. He treasured that. Probably could have sold it for human monies too. Especially at Fanatics Fest. Danhausen has the jersey and he heads to the back. No DQ, is there a countout? The miniHausens are there. A bunch of them. And they are attacking Mysterio and McDonagh. But the bigger men have little problem with the Mini-Hausens. They are beating them all up. Poor guys. Danhausen put a cat into the cloning maching. Will a bibger KAT come out? No spoilers, but they are in Knick Country.

>Myserio and McDonagh set up a table and look to put a Mini-Hausen on but the machine opwens and it's KATHausen. Karl-Anthony Towns is in the house, without a doubt. He's the center with clout! He makes his way to the ring weaing a Championhausen shirt. KAT hits a chokeslam on McDonagh. Then one on Mysterio through a table. KAT curses McDonagh, who hits the inverted DDT and Danhausen wins. KAT isn't known for assists, but he handed one out there.

Danhausen pins JD McDonaghHe needed help from Karl-Anthony Towns, but Danhausen earns a huge win over his rival JD McDonagh. Danhausen Death Drop does it, as Danhausen, KAT and Mini-Hausens celebrate at hte Garden. Very cool for KAT, very cool for Danhausen, great match.

Danhausen vs. JD McDonagh gradeIt would have been better if it was Tyrese Maxey helping Danhausen, but KAT was pretty darn cool too. I enjoy that stuff. Grade: 91 out of 100.

Brie Bella and Paige vs. Fatal InfluenceIf you're going to start the show, you might as well do it with the champs. First, Stephanie McMahon and Joe Tessitore are getting us ready. Then they kick it to Wade Barret and Michael Cole before the challengers come out. Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid are out first, with Brie Bella out next, followed by her tag team partner. I smell a title change here.

>Fatal Influence have made Smackdown a lot of fun. They're not very nice, but they darn sure are entertaining. They just seem like mean girls, and who better to dethrone the champs than mean girls? We are off and Reid is pounding away on Paige until she makes the tag and they hit a double codebreaker on Reid. Henley is in now and she's finding little success too until she nails a huge forearm on Bella. But Bella fights back and tags in Paige.

>Paige is now in trouble as Fatal Influence is doubleteaming her and she's taking a lot of abuse. The bad girls work well together. Paige has to get out of the corner, but she's stuck. She tries to tag out, but has no luck. Fatal Influence is doing a good job of keeping her in the corner. As I said that she starts to fight back and tags Bella who is a house of fire. She hits a few clothesline and hits a side Russian legsweep. Then she does the Yes kicks. Hits knee lifts on both her foes then a dropkick from the top on Henley, but only gets two.

>Paige was going to work on Henley, but Jacy Jayne gets involved and she gets knocked down. Paige throws out Henley and how she's battlign it out with Reid Fatal Influence has the edge.

>Paige went for a rollup on Reid, but Jayne pulled her back, putting Reid on top and we have new tag team champions.

Sami Zayn unhappySami Zayn isn't happy that Cody Rhodes and CM Punk got handed SummerSlam main event matches and he didn't. Gunther joins the interview and tells Zayn not to mess up SummerSlam for him. Poor guy. They then cut to stars like Trick Williams and O'Shea Jackson, who are in the crowd.

Fatal Influence beat Paige and Brie BellaThey cheated, but they got the win. We have new tag team champions. Decent match.

Fatal Influence vs. Paige and Brie Bella gradeNot a bad match. Not a great one either. New champs and that's exciting. Grade: 83 out of 100.

Live from Madison Square GardenI've been to the Spectrum. I've seen WWE at whatever the Xfinity Mobile Arena has been called over the years. I saw WWE at MetLIfe and Lincoln Financial Field and I probably watched most of my WWE wrestling at the Wildwood Convention Hall. But I've never been to MSG. Wrestling always feels bigger there. The first match I ever remember watching, Hulk Hogan and Iron Shiek, was at the Garden. Lets hope tonight is a memorable and fun card. It should be.

Peacock is better than ESPN UnlimitedI miss watching wrestling on Peacock. I never get booted off Peacock. ESPN Unlimited, at least on Comcast, it never goes to commercials without freezing. And believe me, there are a lot of commercials on ESPN Unlimited.

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