10 HUGE WWE Money In The Bank 2021 Predictions You Need To Know
Fans are back! For real this time! But will WWE go from the ThunderDome to the eye of a new storm?!
What will be the big headline coming out of Money In The Bank 2021?
Will it be the return of one or more major stars? The tease of a blockbuster main event for SummerSlam? The shock of seeing a brand new face (or heel) as WWE or Universal Champion thanks to a title change on the show or a deployment of the titular stipulation? Or will it be that WWE fumbled their biggest opportunity in years?
Money In The Bank has every single opportunity to succeed. The television hasn't felt like a particularly satisfying experience lately (but then, when does it?) but a decent card has come out in the wash. As it needed to - the turnstiles are spinning again and it behoves WWE to make sure they stay that way.
Sagging ratings and sluggish Madison Square Garden ticket sales thus far are just the latest objective metrics that highlight how ineffective the company have been in maintaining any momentum during the pandemic. A quality show approached with care and texture here could buy them months of good will ahead of a monster SummerSlam in August that'll also have such a positive effect.
10 years on from CM Punk's extraordinary response in the Allstate Arena, WWE need to summon some of that Chicago fire in Fort Worth, Texas...
10. Pre-Show Pops
Something's getting added.
The excitement around the potential of this show is such that even if it's just a rematch between Sheamus and Humberto Carrillo for the former's valueless United States Championship, or Apollo Crews batters somebody in an easy defence of his Intercontinental strap, something's going out there.
Ordinarily, there wouldn't be much to get excited about on this front. ThunderDome KickOff matches - when they've even happened - haven't typically felt that removed from the run-of-the-mill action you'd expect from a decent Raw or SmackDown main event. The slot is at least one where wrestlers can express themselves for six minutes or so, but it won't half be more scintillating with fans taking their seats.
The audience might even inform what WWE puts in the slot. The go-home SmackDown will be the first to plant a*ses back in seats, and responses on the night could dictate if it's sadfaced Baron Corbin or lost-the-big-one-yet-again Cesaro that gets to suffer another defeat on Sunday.
Just know this - if it is Corbin, it'll feel like you've never cared more. WWE has about a week of good graces from live crowds that have gone 16 months without enjoying the live experience. This one's a free hit.