Best Wrestling Matches at Madison Square Garden

Over the past few years one of the big stories in sports is the decline of the New York Knicks. However, the Knicks aren’t the only organization that calls Madison Square Garden their home who is facing a decline. I’m of course talking about the WWE. The WWE has always considered Madison Square Garden to be their number one arena, whenever they want to have a huge show they know Madison Square Garden is the place to do it. But the WWE’s product has gotten worse and worse over the past five years. Currently they have Kevin Federline feuding with their World Champion. So I thought I would reminisce about my favorite WWE matches that have taken place at Madison Square Garden. Obviously there will be some missing because I haven’t seen every match that has taken place at Madison Square Garden.

October 17th, 1983 – Bob Backlund vs. The Masked Superstar
This match was overshadowed by another match on the card (see the next entry) but was still very good too. Bob Backlund was the current champion and was taking on The Masked Superstar with some old school booking surrounding the match. Previously the Masked Superstar had supposedly injured another wrestler when he used a neck breaker on his opponent. Throughout the match Bob Backlund worked over the Masked Superstar’s arm so that he could lock in his finishing submission move the Crossface Chicken Wing but eventually The Masked Superstar hit Backlund with the neck breaker. The Masked Superstar then took Backlund outside the ring and hit the neck breaker on the concrete and Backlund was counted out. The announcers went on about how Backlund shouldn’t even be able to walk but he managed to get back to his feet and chase off the Masked Superstar.

Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero celebrate after Wrestlemania XX

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