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Money in the Bank review!
6 months ago
General
Some quick notes that arent' related to matches:
1// the product placement is officially too fucking much. I got used to it on the ring, it doesn't stand out on the turnbuckles, but now that the props are branded it completely breaks immersion.
2// this review is going up before the main event. why? because john cena can't wrestle, jey uso is not an interesting watch, and logan paul is my designated piss break match. its obscene this TV tag match is main eventing over the money in the bank matches but hey whatever
3// Shoutout to the dude with the "Push Karrion Kross" sign. I agree.
4// Why is it that the womens matches have been the ones where fans go into business for themselves with the "We want Truth" chants? Guys, please.
matches!
Womens' Money in the Bank match -
Solid match, felt very short though, like it only went on for ten minutes. It felt like it at least entered third gear, but the length hurt it. Rhea brought some much-needed star power to boost the significance of Guilia, Roxanne and Stephanie, helping to build their stock. Guilia was like six inches away from a ladder literally falling on her head, fortunately it looks like it just clipped her hip. Cole seems to be teasing a failed cash-in. Naomi won though, and she was the right choice; she's doing banger work ever since her heel turn.
Dominik Mysterio vs Octagon Jr. -
Dom got hella babyface reactions. WWE really needs to commit to it while he's white hot. Octagon brought Great Lucha Things. Liv interfering brings the ending down, though. Solid match but not much to write home about.
Becky Lynch vs Lyra Valkyria -
Match of the night. The two beat the shit out of each other, taking all sorts of gnarly bumps and selling just how much winning meant to them. Breaking the count out at 9.99 was tense as hell. Even though Becky won and Lyra had to humiliate herself by raising Becky's hand, Lyra still came across strong in defeat.
(Lyra needs to change the kind of tops she wears. This is like the third time this year the strap at the back of her neck has popped off, almost resulting in a catastrophic wardrobe malfunction.)
Men's Money in the Bank match -
It was a pretty stacked build with four potential winners (sorry, Solo and Andrade).
I'm going to keep it one hunnit: I am now 100% done with El Grande Americano. Commentary spent so much of the first third of the match arguing about whether or not he's Chad Gable to the point where they were distracting each other. I honestly considered muting the match so I could enjoy the action. Fortunately we cleared a hurdle and commentary moved on, although Pat McAfee continues to lend nothing to the match.
Solo Sikoa gets a lot of flak, but he's been doing amazing character work. He makes for a great cocky, sorta comedic heel.
Team Double B (Braunson Reed and Bron Breakker) coming out to cause havoc in the match wasn't unwelcome, as tired as I am of interference in WWE; this was something that has been building up, so it makes sense. Jacob Fatu and JC Mateo running out to cause interference was big hype time because I want to see Jacob and Bron slap the shit out of each other in a big beefy boy meat match. And Jacob finally turning on Solo was really dang cathartic.
Seth Rollins winning is the most logical choice. I've spent the past few weeks using all of my willpower to manifest an LA Knight win (he got the biggest pop of all of the wrestlers in the match), but this is the third year running where he's been the hottest thing in the company without getting a main event push. I hate to say it, but I think the LA Knight ship has sailed. Knight is my boy.
(I've just noticed how much more I had to say about the men's ladder match, which got a lot more time than the women's.)
Overall, 4/5ths of a good card, 1/5th piss break. Becky and Lyra take match of the night for the second PLE running. (I know I said in by Backlash review that the US Title Fatal Four Way was my match of the night but I've since reevaluated my opinion.)
edit: looks like R-Truth came back at the end of the tag match so that's pretty cool. though I suspect we're not going to get R-Truth, we're going to get Ron "The Truth" Killings.
1// the product placement is officially too fucking much. I got used to it on the ring, it doesn't stand out on the turnbuckles, but now that the props are branded it completely breaks immersion.
2// this review is going up before the main event. why? because john cena can't wrestle, jey uso is not an interesting watch, and logan paul is my designated piss break match. its obscene this TV tag match is main eventing over the money in the bank matches but hey whatever
3// Shoutout to the dude with the "Push Karrion Kross" sign. I agree.
4// Why is it that the womens matches have been the ones where fans go into business for themselves with the "We want Truth" chants? Guys, please.
matches!
Womens' Money in the Bank match -
Solid match, felt very short though, like it only went on for ten minutes. It felt like it at least entered third gear, but the length hurt it. Rhea brought some much-needed star power to boost the significance of Guilia, Roxanne and Stephanie, helping to build their stock. Guilia was like six inches away from a ladder literally falling on her head, fortunately it looks like it just clipped her hip. Cole seems to be teasing a failed cash-in. Naomi won though, and she was the right choice; she's doing banger work ever since her heel turn.
Dominik Mysterio vs Octagon Jr. -
Dom got hella babyface reactions. WWE really needs to commit to it while he's white hot. Octagon brought Great Lucha Things. Liv interfering brings the ending down, though. Solid match but not much to write home about.
Becky Lynch vs Lyra Valkyria -
Match of the night. The two beat the shit out of each other, taking all sorts of gnarly bumps and selling just how much winning meant to them. Breaking the count out at 9.99 was tense as hell. Even though Becky won and Lyra had to humiliate herself by raising Becky's hand, Lyra still came across strong in defeat.
(Lyra needs to change the kind of tops she wears. This is like the third time this year the strap at the back of her neck has popped off, almost resulting in a catastrophic wardrobe malfunction.)
Men's Money in the Bank match -
It was a pretty stacked build with four potential winners (sorry, Solo and Andrade).
I'm going to keep it one hunnit: I am now 100% done with El Grande Americano. Commentary spent so much of the first third of the match arguing about whether or not he's Chad Gable to the point where they were distracting each other. I honestly considered muting the match so I could enjoy the action. Fortunately we cleared a hurdle and commentary moved on, although Pat McAfee continues to lend nothing to the match.
Solo Sikoa gets a lot of flak, but he's been doing amazing character work. He makes for a great cocky, sorta comedic heel.
Team Double B (Braunson Reed and Bron Breakker) coming out to cause havoc in the match wasn't unwelcome, as tired as I am of interference in WWE; this was something that has been building up, so it makes sense. Jacob Fatu and JC Mateo running out to cause interference was big hype time because I want to see Jacob and Bron slap the shit out of each other in a big beefy boy meat match. And Jacob finally turning on Solo was really dang cathartic.
Seth Rollins winning is the most logical choice. I've spent the past few weeks using all of my willpower to manifest an LA Knight win (he got the biggest pop of all of the wrestlers in the match), but this is the third year running where he's been the hottest thing in the company without getting a main event push. I hate to say it, but I think the LA Knight ship has sailed. Knight is my boy.
(I've just noticed how much more I had to say about the men's ladder match, which got a lot more time than the women's.)
Overall, 4/5ths of a good card, 1/5th piss break. Becky and Lyra take match of the night for the second PLE running. (I know I said in by Backlash review that the US Title Fatal Four Way was my match of the night but I've since reevaluated my opinion.)
edit: looks like R-Truth came back at the end of the tag match so that's pretty cool. though I suspect we're not going to get R-Truth, we're going to get Ron "The Truth" Killings.
