It is incredibly rare for WWE titles to change hands at untelevised live events these days, but once in a while, the unexpected still happens.

Such was the case on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

 

WWE brought their post-Christmas live tour to the “World’s Most Famous Arena” for a big live event, one of two events that the company was running on Thursday evening. There was another show happening a couple states to the west in Cincinatti, Ohio.

The MSG event featured a United States Championship match between the reigning champion, Rey Mysterio, and Andrade. It was Andrade who unexpectedly walked away with WWE gold.

The finish came when Mysterio went up to the top rope for a splash, but Andrade got his feet up to break up the attempt. He then quickly hit his Hammerlock DDT and covered for the pinfall.

 

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