7 Match Star Ratings For WWE Money In The Bank 2021

7. KICK-OFF: Rey & Dominik Mysterio Vs. The Usos - SmackDown Tag Team Title Match

Formulaic and not blow-away great, Rey & Dominik Mysterio Vs. The Usos was nonetheless pitched very well to start the show without exhausting the crowd.

Dominik is still fundamentally sound for his level of experience without being particularly fired-up or charismatic about things, but his early shine looked good enough, one whiffed dropkick aside. He later re-entered the ring to make the comeback and undermined that last sentence by landing a weak and mistimed springboard crossbody. He sold getting blasted into the barricade for the cut-off quite well, though not well enough to warrant Pat McAfee's assertion that he is a "prodigy".

The ageless Rey Mysterio was on typically ace form. Everything he did was struck so crisply and with such head-spinning aplomb that his comeback elevated the atmosphere from polite to hot; his creative, convoluted yet seamless sequences elicited the volleying, guttural roars everybody has missed so desperately for so long.

This solid, patterned tag almost approached excellent with Rey fighting from underneath. Jimmy Uso probably shouldn't have been in the ring, but he took an unreal bump off the 619 to save his partner. It looked like his head almost came off. It looked awesome.

The match itself never really got there on the whole, not that it was at all bad. The finish however looked rather bad, or at least pointless. Jey assisted Jimmy's roll-up (!) pin by just gently placing his feet on his body.

No pressure looked to be applied whatsoever.

Star Rating: ★★★¼