10 WWE No Mercy 2017 Impulse Reactions

10. Walk With Elias

With most assuming that a throwaway effort featuring The Hardy Boyz, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson would make it onto yet another laboured pre-show kickoff, it was a pleasant surprise when the lights dimmed for Elias to steal yet another supercard curtain-raiser.

Tearing up Brooklyn on SummerSlam's extended pregame show, Elias joined The New Day and The Usos in making that hype job the company's best ever, and did his best again with another p*ss-funny take down of event locale Los Angeles.

Less entertaining was the match that followed, but that's both a sad indictment on the former 'Drifter's current limitations and the main roster collapse of his once-promising opponent.

Apollo Crews exists in a disparate space on the main roster as a profoundly unover lower card act that simply has too much in the remainder of his offering to be left off the show entirely.

Still a charisma vacuum and gaining little real or storyline wisdom from Titus O'Neil, Crews' admittedly enjoyable offence is stifled in its impact by his robust failure to form an emotional connection with the audience. A polar opposite, Elias offers little bell-to-bell but has at least found that bond. This being WWE, to that victor went the spoils.

With Apollo ostensibly in control, Elias nailed Drift Away for the win, and put the boots to his fallen foe in the aftermath.