6 Ups And 4 Downs From WWE Money In The Bank 2023

2. Finn/Rollins Underdelivers

Finn Balor and Seth Rollins have really good chemistry, and they both can have outstanding matches with nearly any opponent.

But when you have those ingredients and you just get a gentleman’s 3½-star match, you can’t just give it positive marks. Good wrestling in 2023 is just about everywhere you turn. This match took the tact of painting a big bullseye on Rollins’ ribs with tape, and Balor just kept kicking at it the entire match. But Seth overcame the attacks multiple times and managed to hit a buckle bomb at one point, and a Pedigree later.

Balor seemingly had the title won, but he got distracted by his own stablemate Damian Priest at ringside with the Money in the Bank briefcase, and that cost him precious seconds – and the match.

Again, this wasn’t bad by any standard. But when you look at the wrestlers involved, this wasn’t quite on the level it should have been, especially for something bills as “seven years in the making.” When you book something like that, you better overdeliver, and they didn’t.