{"id":811718,"date":"2026-07-19T07:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T07:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811718\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T07:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T07:27:11","slug":"nba-star-jalen-brunson-gets-unwelcome-surprise-at-wwe-saturday-nights-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811718\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA star Jalen Brunson gets unwelcome surprise at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

As expected, Jalen Brunson of the NBA\u2019s New York Knicks was acknowledged by WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns in the main event segment of Saturday Night\u2019s Main Event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What Brunson didn\u2019t expect was having to defend Reigns against a Seth Rollins curb stomp and his rival, Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers, to get involved as well.<\/p>\n

Reigns had presented Brunson with a customized WWE title belt<\/a> when Rollins\u2019 music hit. Out came Haliburton who Brunson has confronted on WWE programming before. As the injured star strode to the ring with a chair, Rollins snuck in from behind and attacked Reigns. Haliburton slid the chair in, Rollins put Reigns on top of it and then prepared to drive Reigns\u2019 head into it with a curb stomp.<\/p>\n

Brunson, who had just stood by in the ring, then got in Rollins\u2019 way and they started talking to each other which gave Reigns the opening to hit a Superman punch and then a spear to send Rollins packing with Haliburton who never got into the ring.<\/p>\n

The show was held at Madison Square Garden where Brunson led the Knicks to their first NBA title in decades this past season. He was sporting a brace on his left wrist and hand and didn\u2019t get physical.<\/p>\n

Haliburton, who missed the entirety of last season recovering from a severe Achilles injury, was once tabbed to walk out with John Cena<\/a> for the 2025 edition of SummerSlam due to suffering the aforementioned injury. He and Brunson have confronted each other on WWE TV before with a match involving them unlikely unless they were cleared by their respective teams to do so.<\/p>\n


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Josh Nason<\/p>\n

Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer\/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He’s a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.<\/p>\n

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