Petco Park draws 46K as WWE’s Survivor Series spotlights homegrown stars

A purple pyrotechnic display goes off during Saturday s WWE event at Petco Park Photo by Luis Monteagudo Jr Times of San Diego Home runs gave way to headlocks Saturday night as Petco Park welcomed WWE and its stars including selected local heroes for one of the biggest professional wrestling shows in San Diego history The event was Survivor Series War Games one of WWE s key shows each year Arriving fans created long lines in the Gaslamp Quarter and WWE representatives later in the show released attendance as a new record for Survivor Series For various fans the biggest attraction was the appearance of popular hometown wrestlers Rey Mysterio and his son Dominik Mysterio A crowded Petco Park with a large screen showing an American flag Saturday Photo by Luis Monteagudo Jr Times of San Diego Rey Mysterio declared it was emotional to have the event in his hometown We ve been pumped from the moment we knew it might be a possibility to do an event here he noted in an interview on the pre-show of the broadcast Two fans who are very familiar with Petco Park were San Diego Padres pitchers Joe Musgrove and Jeremiah Estrada I know the city of San Diego is fired up revealed Musgrove in a pre-show interview The younger Mysterio won his match against retiring WWE icon John Cena claiming the Intercontinental Championship in the process The event started in the late afternoon under sunny skies Inside Petco Park the field was transformed The War Games matches use two rings and they were set up just beyond where the baseball infield usually is on top of the grass in shallow center field WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque revealed that while doing a WWE show in a baseball stadium poses logistical challenges A packed out full baseball stadium is not a bad thing for War Games The event was a welcome home to not just the Mysterios but for other WWE talents with San Diego ties Female wrestler Nia Jax lived in San Diego attending Carlsbad High School She attended Palomar College where she played college basketball and graduated from Cal State San Marcos in with a marketing degree She participated in the female War Games match but her club lost Mayor Todd Gloria declared Saturday WWE Survivor Series Day in San Diego and chose the occasion to honor hometown performers he wrote on X A HISTORIC NIGHT IN SAN DIEGO For the first time WWE SurvivorSeries took over an outdoor MLB stadium right here at PetcoPark I proclaimed currently WWE Survivor Series Day and honored hometown performers reymysterio DomMysterio and Nia Jax LinaFanene pic twitter com x Syc GUH San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria MayorToddGloria November Adam Pearce the General Manager of the WWE s RAW television show also lived in San Diego and has special memories of Petco Park In he was one of finalists for the masses address announcer role with the San Diego Padres Pearce wrote on the X social media site San Diego is very special to me So a great number of of my life milestones happened here Became a husband a homeowner a father here Graduated college living here My children s first strategies were here It was very bittersweet when I moved years ago so I m happy that Survivor Series is in one of my favorite places PetcoPark San Diego is very special to me So several of my life milestones happened here Became a husband a homeowner a father here Graduated college living here My children s first policies were here It was very bittersweet when I moved years ago and I m so happy that pic twitter com eqO MG VLw Adam Pearce ScrapDaddyAP November It was the first major WWE event in San Diego since the San Diego Sports Arena hosted the One Night Stand show years ago City tourism representatives helped attract WWE with a incentive and a anticipated for additional funds according to Wrestlenomics an independent pro wrestling web site The results of the evening In the women s War Games the gang of Charlotte Flair Iyo Sky Alexa Bliss AJ Lee and Rhea Ripley defeated Asuka Becky Lynch Kairi Sane Nia Jax and Lash Legend Dominik Mysterio defeated John Cena for the Intercontinental Championship after getting help from his former romantic partner Liv Morgan World Champion Stephanie Vaquer retained her title by defeating Nikki Bella In the men s War Games match Cody Rhodes CM Punk Roman Reigns and Jimmy and Jey Uso were defeated by the club of Brock Lesnar Drew McIntyre Logan Paul Bron Breaker and Bronson Reed