Rey Mysterio won a Fatal 5-Way Elimination Match to challenge Universal Champion Seth Roliins on the seasonn premiere of RAW

It's wild to think that just  a few weeks ago, Rey Mysterio had one foot out the door after a demoralizing series of losses to Andrade. But since Rey's son Dominick convinced him not to hang  up the mask , The Ultimate Underdog  has been on an incredible roll one that peaked on RAW with  a massive  fatal 5-way Elimination victory that earns Mysterio a Universal Title bout on next week's season premiere of RAW.

On paper Mysterio'sbox score doesn't indicate dominance-he  only notched one elimination -but it's hard to overstate how clutch the former World Heavyweight Champion was in the sprawling match,wich saw him line up against three reigning champions and a bonafide superhero.


 Ironically all of those opponents largely canceled each other out. Shinsuke Nakamura took out Ricochet with Kinshasa,United state Champion AJ Styles answered with a phenomenal forearm to the king of strong style and RAW tag team champion Robert Roode quickly dispatched styles with the glorious DDT.That  brought the bout down to Roode and Mysterio and the old magic kicked in likke clockwork.

Though Rey had taken a beating throughout the bout ,he had a little bit leftin the tank at critical jucture evading the Glorious DDT and turning on the jets to land a 619 on Roode ,which he followed up with a Frog Splash off the ropes for the win .Clearly Rey is at the point where he can simply will himself to victory  ,no matter the odds.If he does it one  more time ,he'll change the landscape of WWE.