July 8, 20179 yr Per Dave Meltzer's Twitter. The match took place at a Madison Square Garden house show tonight.
July 8, 20179 yr Author So he will gain it back at tomorrows house show. Happens all the time. I think WWE is doing this as a kickback against New Japan, who got a lot of buzz by giving their US title to Kenny Omega. I also think it's possible they are working toward an AJ/Nakamura title match at Summer Slam, although I hope they save that for Wrestlemania.
July 8, 20179 yr Come on WWE, you can't have titles change hands on dark shows. We invest a lot of time in your product and that ruins it.
July 9, 20179 yr Author Come on WWE, you can't have titles change hands on dark shows. We invest a lot of time in your product and that ruins it. Here's an article explaining why it could be a very effective move: AJ Styles winning the US title from Kevin Owens at MSG was brilliant business from WWE - Cageside Seats I don't really care one way or the other, but I thought a lot of good points were brought up. The key is publicizing the brains out of this.
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