WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event is gearing up for another show. On July 18th, the classic WWE show will return to the programming schedule, emanating from the world’s most famous arena. Madison Square Garden has been WWE’s backyard since the company began promoting shows, which have been heralded as the mecca of sports entertainment. It’s a stage that the best wrestlers dream of competing in since they started in the business.
Madison Square Garden has become as big a part of WWE’s history. Throughout the company’s long history, the Garden has hosted some incredible shows. From WrestleMania to Raw, WWE Madison Square Garden shows have become entrenched in WWE history as the site of some of the biggest events ever witnessed. Below, we will look at the greatest events to be held in Madison Square Garden.
The Best WWE Madison Square Garden Shows in History
WrestleMania (1985)
Madison Square Garden was the only choice to host the first WrestleMania. It was considered WWE’s backyard and had been host to various great moments in the years leading up to ‘Mania. Vince McMahon saw it as the perfect place to showcase his brainchild.
MSG added that extra sense of importance to WrestleMania, giving the entire night a feeling of grandeur.
The crowd was on fire for the entire evening, and WWE put together a stacked card for them to enjoy. The WWE Tag Team Championship changed hands when the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff shocked the world, King Kong Bundy set a WrestleMania record that stood for decades, and Andre the Giant and Big John Studd tried to win thousands by body slamming one another.
It wasn’t an undercard that would hold up to today’s standards, but it was a perfect representation of WWE’s Golden Era.
Everything at Madison Square Garden swirled around the main event. Featuring Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Bob Orton, and mega star Mr. T, the tag match was the selling point of the entire show. The star power was inside the ring and outside with the additions of Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson as the special referees. WrestleMania was a huge gamble for WWE, and Madison Square Garden was the site for its biggest triumph.
