Hi and welcome back to the blog, It's time to talk about the Horror Show at Extreme Rules Pay-Per-View.
Kick off Show Match
Usual comment from me really, I did not watch this match because I tend to miss Kick Off shows but if you're interested to know the result, here it is. Kevin Owens defeated Murphy.
Main Card
SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match - Tables Match
The New Day (c) vs. Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura
This was your standard tag team tables match, nothing special to be honest with you. Cesaro putting Kofi through the tables to get the win was quality. The tag team division on SmackDown needed refreshing starting with new tag team champions being crowned, so it really is a new day (pun intended) in regards to New Day themselves, they do not need the tag belts anymore because we already know how good they are. Winners: and NEW SmackDown Tag Team Champions. Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura.
SmackDown Women's Championship Match
Bayley vs. Nikki Cross
Going in to this match, we all knew who was going to win, I was really impressed by Nikki Cross's performance, It was a reflection back to her NXT days, Bayley won with an assist from Sasha. Winner: and still SmackDown Women's Champion. Bayley.
MVP defeated Apollo Crews by forfeit.
Eye for an Eye
Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio
Disclaimer: What I am about to say about this match, will probably come across as harsh, I mean no offence to the participants involved.
I, like many thought that this match would be cinematic but I guess plans changed. Correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't the stipulation, you can only win if you extract your opponents eye from their socket? the finish was stupid and watching this match is part of many examples where I felt embarrassed being a wrestling fan. I'm probably watching this way too seriously as a fan but my name isn't "Mark" or "Stan" so I'll say no more for this. "Winner" Seth Rollins.
Raw Women's Championship Match
Asuka (c) vs. Sasha Banks
This was my pick for match of the night and it was heading that way until the ending of the match, where the referee suffered a bump, leading to Bayley putting on the referee's shirt to count the pin for Sasha. By the way, Sasha is not the official champion. this move was only done to get people interested in tuning into RAW to see what happens with the RAW Women's Championship.
WWE Championship Match
Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler
Dolph announced that the stipulation was an Extreme Rules Match which only applied to himself. McIntyre could only win via normal match settings. which the Scot was successful in doing so. Winner: and still WWE Champion. Drew McIntyre. There's an RKO heading towards Claymore Country soon.
Wyatt Swamp Fight
Braun Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt.
Fun main event, it was cool to see classic Bray here, as well as hearing the Wyatt Family theme before Wyatt talked to Braun, who was chained to a chair. The standout scene for me in this fight was an appearance by Alexa Bliss, which included flashbacks to when her and Braun Strowman teamed up in the Mixed Match Challenge and so on. I hope they talk about why Alexa was involved in this fight on the next episode of SmackDown as part of storyline continuity. The ending of the fight was Bray dragging Braun into the Swamp and then the water turned red and then "The Fiend" appeared thus ending the show.
That is it for the review-ish, some of my comments were probably harsh but it is what it is. I've enjoyed writing predictions and reviews again. I hope you enjoyed reading this one. SummerSlam is next month, I'll be back for the predictions in the days leading up to that event. Until then. Thanks for reading.