WWE officials react to Knicks' presence at Saturday Night's Main Event

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There was a lot of New York Knicks related content this past weekend (July 18) when WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event took place at the team’s home venue of Madison Square Garden. Not only did star center Karl-Anthony Towns destroy JD McDonagh and chokeslam “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio through a table, but NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson got a huge spotlight in the show-closing angle with Seth Rollins and World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns. That took priority as the main event segment of the night over Cody Rhodes and WWE Champion CM Punk, who actually wrestled in a long match. WrestleVotes Radio now reports that “day-to-day decision makers” in WWE were not “enthusiastic” about how much of the SNME broadcast was dominated by the Knicks’ presence. Sure, they know the Knicks players are heroic figures in MSG for bringing home the team’s first world championship in over 50 years. But it sounds like some of these WWE people aren’t sports fans, so the celebrity crossover on that night seemed a little over-the-top. Do you agree there was too much New York Knicks involvement at Saturday Night’s Main Event, or was the celebrity crossover exactly what it should have been given the venue and how Danhausen’s uncursing led the Knicks to the NBA championship? Let me know your thoughts on the Knicks dominating SNME in the comments below, Cagesiders.