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THE CIVIL WAR IS OVER, THE WOMEN'S MITB DELIVERS, X-MEN SHOUTOUT, HEY EVERYONE IT'S AN OLD FRIEND!, A HELL OF A LADDER MATCH, HE'S FINALLY BACK, NO ONE SAW THAT TAG FINISH, GUNTHER IS THE BEST & MORE:MIKE'S QUICK ONGOING WWE MONEY IN THE BANK THOUGHTS

By Mike Johnson on 2023-07-01 15:55:00

Time for the Women's Ladder Match to take the stage, so the Bloodline will close us out, even though Cody was the main event.  Whatever, that's so annoying.

Becky Lynch looks to be tributing Siryn from The X-Men with her gear.

Well, the Ladies had a tall order in front of them and MORE than delivered.  This was a hell of a Ladder Match with everyone and I mean everyone shining.  Becky went to war with Trish and Zoey and while she won that battle, their tactics ended up costing her MITB as if they hadn't tried to handcuff her, IYO wouldn't have been able to handcuff her to Bayley and trap them both underneath as she climbed to victory.  Zelina Vega really shined here as well, especially with the Code Red off the top of the ladder.  She was in the zone here and it's nuts to think anyone considered pulling her from the match at one point.  They moved IYO up, they moved her story with Bayley forward and the next chapter in Trish vs. Becky is set.  Great, great job from everyone involved in this war of attrition.  Everyone involved here should be DAMN proud.

The World Heavyweight Championship was a really good match, but the first bout on the show that felt it was more laying the groundwork for the future, specifically Damian Priest as the Money in the Bank briefcase.  The work was really good and Balor was in the zone.  Rollins as an attraction really shines and he came off as every bit the superstar here as WWE presents him to be.  We reported months ago that WWE saw Priest as a top tier player and today was proof of that.  The World title picture is in good hands.

The Bloodline Civil War - Roman's entrance was unreal in every aspect.  Just true top guy stuff. As expected, the pacing of the match was different from everything else on the show with the dramatic pauses and facial reaction closeups.  This may have been Solo's best performance to date and The Usos were absolutely in the zone here.  Roman, as always, was on another level and his reaction to The Usos kicking out of the stacked pinfall - a nice throwback to the Wrestlemania 38 main event.  The Usos scoring the pin got an unreal pop and man, it's going to be interesting to see where they go with this.  It's the best story since Austin vs. Vince.

Overall, an excellent, awesome show and one well worth seeking out.


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