10 Best Matches From The WWE ThunderDome Era

10. Big E V Sheamus (SmackDown, October 9th 2020)

With Money In The Bank looming and crowd interaction likely to be a crucial ingredient in Big E's road to the top of WWE, it's possible that the New Day man's serious push has been placed on pause on purpose.

It can be the only explanation for why his character was kept at Intercontinental Championship level following months of excelling as a singles star. Considering WWE's obsession with the idea of it, it often feels impossible to build momentum in the company, but E's grisly victory here seemed to be capitalising on quite a run.

Understanding how vital it was to uphold the immersion for television viewers in a venue full of faces on screens, the two used a Falls Count Anywhere stipulation to provide a sensory overload for the night. A rare case of a walk-and-brawl that had charm and imagination, Sheamus' failure to appreciate E's serious side cost him. Chatting sh*t got him banged, over and over again as the duo smashed the f*ck out of each other through every sparse section of the Amway Centre.