Wrestle Review: Money in the Bank 2018

Sami Zayn vs. Bobby Lashley

With god awful cringe moments, this feud had no audience engagement in mind. The beauty of pro wrestling is in how immersive and interactive it is. If the audience isn't engaged with the content in front of them, then it shows. This is the case that haunts a lot of matches in WWE. One such match was Lashley versus Sami Zayn.

While his entrance is rousing especially in a wrestler friendly city like Chicago, Zayn has perfected the dorky heel so beautifully that one can't help but hate him. At the same time management has made a hatchet job out of Lashley's return.

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In an ideal world, the roles would be reversed of the competitors. Here despite a few cheers over Lashley's strength and showmanship, nothing much really engaged the viewer. Once that happened, the match itself went down the drain. For all purposes an extended squash that does no competitor any favors.

Bobby Lashley slams Sami Zayn towards a win!

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A filmmaker and wrestling buff, who merges his passion for storytelling into his writing of pro-wrestling. The art (and it is an art) of pro-wrestling is one of the greatest devices of cinematic storytelling from soap opera in WWE to even the hard-hitting competitiveness of New Japan Pro Wrestling. Watches all forms and brands of wrestling and for the past few years has been a huge fan of NJPW to the point he finally made his way to Japan and the Tokyo Dome to enjoy Wrestle Kingdom 13 live!

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Edited by Amar Anand