WWE SummerSlam 2018: Star Ratings For All 13 Matches

13. KICKOFF: Andrade 'Cien' Almas & Zelina Vega Vs. Rusev & Lana

After a fun spot of stereo posturing, Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas proved he’s far, far more than a curtain-jerker by leapfrogging over the top rope and, in one seamless notion, striking Rusev with an airborne baseball slide. Even by WWE standards, this was barely sold. Rusev immediately launched into a basic kick and punch sequence driven only by his as-yet-untapped bond with the audience.

Mercifully, the exchange between Lana and Zelina Vega was kept brief. It was pitched in every way their TV mini-programme wasn’t: Vega’s escapist heel work deprived the audience of it, rather than exhausting them with it, and she sold her out-of-her-depth comeuppance well enough with some hysterical squealing. At least she’s a non-wrestler, unlike Carmella, who does this as the SmackDown Women’s Champion.

“The incredible upwards ascent of Zelina Vega and Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas continues tonight at SummerSlam,” said Corey Graves after Vega botched the rope-assisted win. Read that sentence again.

What, tellingly, is wrong with it?

Star Rating: *1/2