10 WWE SummerSlam 2017 Impulse Reactions
3. Balls To The Bar
Cesaro and Sheamus completed their 'Beer Money'-esque transition into being the industry's most cohesive and reliable team by debuting matching tights for the very first time, but did so unfortunately on the night where fate decreed their Raw Tag Team Titles had to be taken away.
The rebuilding of relations between Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose has been well-paced and genuinely gripping. Ambrose in particular desperately needed something new (or in this case, old) to work with after repeatedly coming up short against The Miz on both brands, and Rollins' own midcard meandering allowed the two former friends' dovetailing difficulties to craft a rewarding redemption storyline ahead of the summer spectacular.
Ironically, it would be their reunion that would be the most traditionally rewarding aspect of one of the evening's only standout matches. In victory, their journey was complete, with a partnership now readily established to take on the best of Raw's doubles division. As a contest, it was the perfect representation of everything modern wrestling has to offer.
The Bar were outstanding in their persistent tactical readjustments, with a whispered reshuffle resulting in Ambrose getting decked on the floor, temporarily removing Seth's escape hatch and planting a tiny seed of potential division in their delicate relationship. 'The Swiss Superman' then literally broke the live action fourth wall, darting into the crowd to steal and destroy a beach ball in what could mark an ultra-pleasing end to that insufferable modern crowd habit.
The four delivered to such a degree, that most were left actually wanting rematches. To WWE, that alone is worth it's weight in tag team gold.