11 Match Star Ratings For WWE SummerSlam 2021

5. Drew McIntyre Vs. Jinder Mahal

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A nothing and one-sided squash that did nothing with one of the strangest stipulations this company has ever created.

At Money In The Bank, Jinder Mahal screwed Drew McIntyre.

McIntyre in response promised revenge.

Mahal snapped McIntyre's antique sword in two.

McIntyre revealed that it was a replica. You don't take a real, valuable antique to a WWE show, McIntyre said, while holding said real antique aloft.

McIntyre faced Mahal's associates Shanky and Veer - for the second time in three weeks, just like 95% of WWE matches - on the go-home show. If he won, he was permitted to take the murder weapon to the ring. He won. He promised an embarrassment that nobody would ever forget.

This humiliation manifested as a meh four-minute match in which McIntyre rocked Mahal with four consecutive overhead suplexes, one of which nearly resulted in disaster, which was threatened on no less than three matches on WWE's biggest pay-per-view of the year.

Nobody will create a WWEBotches Twitter account to any recognition because this woefully drab storytelling just isn't worth discussing.

Star Rating: ¾★

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