5 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Oct 21)

4. Rey Mysterio Bursts Back Into Form

Rey Mysterio Ludwig Kaiser
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High-flying legend Rey Mysterio is already thriving now he's away from a feud with Judgment Day/his son Dominik that was dragging on and on and on and on and...you get the message. His performance in last week's Fatal-4-Way was stunning at times, and Rey produced the goods yet again on Friday.

His work vs. Ludwig Kaiser was often next level.

This is the best way to use Mysterio right now, and Kaiser didn't look out of his depth against the icon either. That's worth mentioning, because Ludwig sometimes flies under the radar a little bit when people discuss the best in-ring workers around. He's damn good bell-to-bell, and is ideal backup for GUNTHER.

Rey vs. GUNTHER has been pencilled in to go down two weeks from now, so WWE can squeeze in another warm-up match with Giovanni Vinci too. Fingers crossed Mysterio can elevate Vinci like he did Kaiser here. More of this, please.

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