WWE returns to Madison Square Garden this Friday for SmackDown, a homecoming of sorts for the company.
Long known as the New York territory, WWE’s pièce de résistance for the past seven decades has been its shows at “The World’s Most Famous Arena.” Whether headlined by the great Bruno Sammartino, or later Hulk Hogan during the height of Hulkamania or Steve Austin flipping off the crowd at the peak of the Attitude Era, there has always been a distinct aura and mystique when WWE arrives at the Garden.
New York is the heartbeat of the United States, the same role the city plays for WWE.