35 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SummerSlam 2021

23. Knees To The Face

Rey Mysterio The Usos
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Apologies for the grainy screen grab, but that's a zoomed-in view of Rey Mysterio crashing on top of The Usos during his baseball slide splash spot at ringside. Look inside the yellow circle there and you'll see that one of Rey's knees thumped into Jey Uso's cheek.

Dunno what'd be worse: Sheamus' head butt or Mysterio's knees.

22. Rey Mysterio’s Superkick Sell

Rey Mysterio Jimmy Uso Superkick
WWE

Jimmy Uso got some payback for his brother though.

His sweet super kick actually connected too, which is cool to see when so many wrestlers whiff on those kicks or half-arse them. There was none of that here. Plus, Rey's sell job was fantastic - the legend didn't go overboard by flying around all over the place. Instead, he raised one leg high and fell backwards with the other still planted on the mat.

He'd only be topped by Seth Rollins later on.

21. Dominik Fakes The Bump

Dominik Mysterio Bump
WWE

Dominik Mysterio has done a cracking job during his first year in WWE, but this didn't look great. Note the positioning of his body above - it's all wrong, and meant his front bump on the ring apron after being shoved off by Jey Uso was more of a roll than anything else.

Dom landed on one knee then used his elbow to roll to safety. The bump didn't really look like it hurt him at all, but he was supposed to sell so did. That could've been a little slicker.

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