5 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE Money In The Bank 2017

4. 80s References Galore

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Normally, vignettes during a PPV would almost automatically merit negative marks, but when it's short, relevant and actually funny, then we'll give it some credit.

Case in point: Fashion Vice.

Tyler Breeze and Fandango are two of the best parts of the Southpaw Regional Wrestling videos, so it's no shock that they're great in their vignettes together as the fashion police. In this situation, they throw it back to the 80s, channeling their inner-Don Johnsons.

Making it even better were the little nods, such as a label on the old "brick" cell phone indicating that it was property of Paul E., a fax machine, a VHS tape (sadly not a Coliseum video) and several Michael Jackson song titles used in rapid succession.

Sure, the mystery opponents turned out to be a total letdown (the Ascension), but we'll give a positive mark for this segment on its own.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.