Published 14:00 IST, December 27th 2019
Andrade defeats Rey Mysterio for the United States title at a WWE Live event
In a dramatic main event, Andrade defeated Rey Mysterio for the United States championship at Madison Square Garden. Read on to know more about the live event.
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The WWE house show after Christmas at Madison Square Garden has been an annual tradition. WWE doesn’t disappoint its fans in terms of the number of main events. Similarly, in a dramatic main event, Andrade defeated Rey Mysterio for the United States championship at Madison Square Garden.
Andrade had a comfortable win against Rey Mysterio as he hit his hammerlock DDT finisher after evading Mysterio's frog splash. WWE is yet to confirm the title change, but the fans present at MSG were excited to share about the incident on Twitter. It was Andrade’s first singles title since he left WWE NXT.
Wow - Andrade just won the US Championship from Rey at #WWEMSG pic.twitter.com/g7Ka20wmeG
— Sam Roberts (@notsam) December 27, 2019
Andrade is in a real-life relationship with WWE superstar Charlotte Flair. After Andrade’s win, Charlotte praised the former WWE NXT champion for winning the United States championship at MSG.
And NEW 😭😭♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ @AndradeCienWWE #USChamp #WWEMSG pic.twitter.com/gnFh6I94Zm
— Charlotte Flair (@MsCharlotteWWE) December 27, 2019
Andrade's career with WWE
Andrade signed with WWE NXT in the year 2015 and won the WWE NXT title in 2017. He was formerly known as La Sombra when he was wrestling with CMLL and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He moved to WWE RAW in April 2019 and since then, he has been receiving a long-deserved push. With this win, WWE has changed the US Championship title twice at Madison Square Garden. It was AJ Styles who was the first person to achieve this feat as he defeated Kevin Owens for the strap in July 2017.
14:00 IST, December 27th 2019