WWE Money In The Bank 2023: 10 Things That Must Happen
7. Cody Rhodes Beats Dominik Mysterio
What was that about foregone conclusions?
Money In The Bank has a few of them, but there's enough fun to be had with combos like Cody Rhodes and Dominik Mysterio to offset that. This, if nothing else, actually shows how far Dom has come as a character. He's in there with the Royal Rumble winner, and the dude who headlined WrestleMania.
The build towards this one has focused on Rhea Ripley's importance to Mysterio. In other words, he doesn't stand a hope in hell of beating someone the calibre of Cody without her help. That's a neat story thread, and suits the respective characters of both men; Rhodes is a hardy soul who never takes shortcuts, whilst Dominik will win by any means necessary.
Dom won't win here mind. It wouldn't make sense to upend Cody's bid to march back into title contention by having him stare at the lights for Mysterio Jr Jr. Nah, this is a simple way to tack another win onto Rhodes' record.
However...