WWE Money In The Bank 2018: Star Ratings For All 10 Matches

10. KICKOFF: Bludgeon Brothers Vs. The Club

In a Kickoff show most notable for Booker T throwing barbs at CM Punk, this SmackDown Tag Team Title match wasn't half-bad. It didn't matter - the mere stage on which it was wrestled all but confirmed no switch was forthcoming - but it's difficult not to appreciate the brutal tandem offence doled out by the Brothers Bludgeon, even in an environment that borders on the inconvenient.

They bounced Karl Anderson's face off the apron before, and this was trees-do-make-a-sound brilliant, levelling Luke Gallows with stereo dropkicks on the ramp. It's a shame that the creativity stuttered soon after; the comeback spot materialised, as it it too often does, with Rowan clattering into the ring post. Still, the stiff kick-based onslaught delivered by Gallows following his hot tag raised the temperature in the arena, which grew louder as Harper responded with gruesome-sounding kicks of his own.

This earned extra points for the protection of the Club's Magic Killer, itself set-up brilliantly via standing suplex reversal; instead of kicking out of it for an ultimately meaningless cheap pop, the Bludgeon Brothers worked it into the finish by countering with 'The Bludgeoning' and, in the process, the inevitable result.

Star Rating: **1/2