This week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California before Monday’s episode of Raw. The first Main Event for 2024 kicked off the year with a show debut for Johnny Gargano. It was quite a boon for this show’s limited audience as he put in a strong showing. Bronson Reed defeated Akira Tozawa w/Maxxine Dupri (4:04) This was fine, but was essentially a squash with Tozawa getting in more than most would in this kind of bout. Reed slowed things down early on, locking in a nerve hold, but Tozawa was keen to pump up the energy so he worked his way out quickly. He used a headscissors to faceplant Reed into the turnbuckle and then planted him into the mat with a DDT. Reed kicked out at two and so Tozawa stood tall and tore his shirt a la Hulk Hogan. The crowd dug it and he went up top. Reed caught him and hoisted him onto his shoulders and threw him off with his death drop driver before coming off the top rope with his Tsunami for the win. Johnny Gargano w/ Tommaso Ciampa defeated Ivar
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