10 Small Success Stories That Saved WWE No Mercy 2017

7. New Look

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It's tough to say if Finn Bálor buying new grey undies for his match with Bray Wyatt made their No Mercy contest by far the best battle they've ever had. Well, it isn't actually. Finn Bálor buying new undies for his match with Bray Wyatt made their No Mercy contest by far the best battle they've ever had.

It was a matter of magnificent mise en scène, a charcoal charting of chiaroscuro. The light and shade of a man-on-man battle between a demon-free flier and a hell-bound 'Eater Of Worlds'.

Enough was made beforehand that the two No Mercy main events should have been saved for WrestleMania, and debate will inevitably rage on the subject for months to come. But here it was conclusive - Finn's fashion fostered a feverish fight.

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