Extreme Rules

[goodhelmet]

Post your thoughts here during the show.

 

Chris Jericho vs. Fandango

Kofi Kingston vs. Dean Ambrose

Team Hell NO vs. Reigns & Rollins (Tornado Tag)

Sheamus vs. Mark Henry (Strap Match)

Randy Orton vs. Big Show (Extreme Rules Match)

Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger (I Quit)

HHH vs. Brock Lesnar (Cage Match)

John Cena vs. Ryback (Last Man Standing)

[KrisZ]

Word on Twitter is they are debuting a new cage tonight for the Trips/Brock match

[goodhelmet]

Will the new cage give HHH a personality?

 

Also, caught the ending of the Miz-Cody match right after Miz seemed to trip over his own two feet. Miz wins with the figure-four.

[Bix]

From photos in the arena it's just a different version of the regular chain link cage. Three panels per side when the old one had two.

[Dylan Waco]

Fandago v. Jericho was okay. I didn't hate it, but it felt really by the book, almost like both guys were horrified to even attempt anything different. Hard to get a real feel for it because my stream is unbelievably bad

[Exposer]

Jericho vs. Fandango

 

This was fine. There were a couple of lousy screw ups but otherwise this was a pretty decent opener.

 

I missed some of the pre-show Miz-Rhodes match but it looked fine for what it was.

[soup23]

Miz - Rhodes was pretty fun with some body control work from Cody. Not bad for 5 minutes.

 

Jericho vs. Fandango was pretty good and I liked the finish with Johnny Curtis trying to overcompensate and getting caught.

[goodhelmet]

Fandango vs. Jericho

- I don't care about either of these guys so it was hard for me to maintain interest.

[KrisZ]

The one thing tonight proved is that Johnny Curtis isn't the worker that his gimmick needed to get over.

[Dylan Waco]

Hey Ambrose won, that was cool. First part of the match was completely unwatchable thanks to my fucking POS stream, but the ending run seemed good

[KrisZ]

Dean Ambrose on the other hand.......

[soup23]

Ambrose vs. Kofi - Kofi annoyed the hell out of me tonight with his jumpy offense but the booking went about as good as possible so no complaints here.

[Exposer]

Ambrose vs. Kofi

 

This was pretty good. Ambrose looked really good and I loved him pulling out the crossface chickenwing and the double underhook off the turnbuckles. The finish was well done too.

[anarchistxx]

Fantastic little match - exactly how the second match on the card should be worked, the perfect style but didn't compensate on quality. The super underhook suplex looked amazing. Ambrose was ridiculously over, massive ovation when he got the pin, one of the biggest pops I've heard in the last year. If things carry on as they are he should be the world champion in the next twelve months.

[Badlittlekitten]

Brilliant stuff. Ambrose was tremendous in that match. A true villain.

[goodhelmet]

Kofi vs. Dean

- One thing nobody mentioned is that they didn't do the fake finisher reversal spots that annoyed me in the Miz match. Don't know if I like Ambrose's finisher but it was the right finish.

[Matt D]

The eventual Shield depush is going to be nasty.

[goodhelmet]

That strap looks like bandage wrap.

[goodhelmet]

Mark Henry vs. Sheamus

- Both guys had great strategy early on with Henry tying up Sheamus's feet and then Sheamus trying to hit the turnbuckles from the apron. Loved the tease early on where I thought they were going to end it early when Sheamus was on Henry's shoulders. Wanted to see Henry go over but the ending was pretty well done so no complaints. Great stuff for the short amount of time they were in there.

[Dylan Waco]

Mark Henry is pretty clearly back to being WWE's Meng after that match. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.

[soup23]

Sheamus vs. henry - some interesting strategy with the strap and I liked Sheamus walking on the outside. Not enough strap shots though and I don't like Sheamus winning. Pretty good match but a tad disappointing overall.

[Exposer]

Sheamus vs. Mark Henry - Strap Match

 

This was okay. I wanted more stiff strap beatings. They tried too much stuff in so little time too. There was some creativity but it wasn't to be really.

[KrisZ]

Sheamus/Mark clear indication of the WWE slotting

[goodhelmet]

Kris, I think that is overreacting. Henry won his Wrestlemania match against this month's PPV headliner. Sheamus lost his tag with Orton and Show. At worst, it is 50/50 booking which also sucks.

[Matt D]

I would have liked a bit more wearing down and beating on each other personally but it was brisk and interesting at least. not sure I'd call it necessarily good.