6 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE Bash In Berlin (Results & Review)
Punk/McIntyre slaps (literally), KO stays true, Terror Twins have silly fun. Solid B-show.
Judging solely by volume, WWE’s Bash in Berlin was a resounding success Saturday night. By all metrics, Bash was a solid B-show elevated by a red-hot crowd in a packed arena.
The five-match card for the most part delivered exactly what you’d expect, with the world title matches bookending the show nicely, the mixed tag providing some good, silly fun, and the strap match providing the visceral experience for those who have felt that the CM Punk/Drew McIntyre feud had tapered off in recent weeks.
However, this very clearly was a WWE B-show. The results of both world title matches were never really in doubt. Punk/McIntyre almost certainly is headed toward a rubber match inside Hell in a Cell at Bad Blood, and the Judgment Day/Terror Twins match was a fun diversion, not a blowoff match. The highs aren’t as consequential as those from SummerSlam or WrestleMania – and that’s not necessarily a criticism. But it is an acknowledgment that even with as few negatives as this show had, it wasn’t a blow-away all-timer.
Still, Bash in Berlin was good fun for a B-level PLE and set a few things up for future feuds as WWE heads into the fall.
Let’s get to it…