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4. Title Changes Still Feel Special

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In July 2017, AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens at a Madison Square Garden house show because it was high time WWE actually delivered something fitting for 'The World's Most Famous Arena'.

There hasn't been much of note emerging from WWE's traditional home base since migrating most of their New York market television and pay-per-view action to Brooklyn's beautiful Barclays Center, but the relatively unimportant switch was as much about driving fans to other arenas as it was ensuring the MSG faithful came back the next time.

For all the disbelief one can suspend, few in the crowd save for the giddy youngest in attendance buy into the prospect of a belt changing hands. The shock and awe at the result becomes worth the price of a ticket alone, and is likely to keep people on the hook for the next one. For any belt of significance (or, in the above case, the United States Championship) the pop or heat stands to be the loudest of the night too - it's harder to make matter on television but all too real in the buildings.

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