On Wednesday night the stars of WWE stepped into the spotlight at Madison Square Garden where they delivered some hard hitting action for the fans in attendance.
Former WWE World Champion John Cena made his return at the event after spending a few months away from WWE, and he managed to defeat Baron Corbin.
But Cena didn’t call it a night after his match with Corbin, instead he stuck around he made it a point to watch some of WWE’s brightest up and coming stars.
During the show UK Champion Pete Dunne teamed up with NXT North American Champion Ricochet, Aleister Black, Matt Riddle and Velveteen Dream to defeat the team of Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole, Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly.
Cena kept a close eye on the NXT stars, as fans in attendance noticed that he watched their entrances.
John Cena watching all the #WWENXT guys do their entrances and now watching the match is my favorite thing about #WWEMSG so far pic.twitter.com/vp0c0ISmLs
— Diva Incarnate (@WWEDemonDiva) December 27, 2018
Johnny Gargano seemed thrilled to perform at Madison Square Garden, as he called it a dream come true, and he also shared a special moment with Cena backstage.
Big Match John & Big Match Johnny just hanging out at the World's Most Famous Arena.
Wrestling at Madison Square Garden has always been a childhood dream. Tonight that dream came true.
Thank you. pic.twitter.com/ekIhE5d0js
— Johnny Gargano (@JohnnyGargano) December 27, 2018
Cena is currently set for a series of upcoming live events with WWE, and Vince McMahon confirmed this week that he’ll be appearing on both Raw and SmackDown Live going forward.
Currently Cena’s return to TV is being advertised for the New Year’s Day episode of SmackDown.
