Extreme Rules - Extreme PG Review

Extreme Rules - Extreme PG Review

so extreme rules happened. HERES A REVIEW!



Ziggler/Corbin

"You should have stayed home."—Corbin to Ziggler.

This match was trashy, and thats not just because Ziggler lost (again.) Both these guys are great in the ring, but the whole show felt like it was lacking something; I don't know, it felt like they could have done more. Ziggler came out strong with a flurry that stunned Corbin back, but then it turned into the sort of humiliating decimation usually reserved for only Hulk Hogan to come back from. Corbin worked the arm and messed with the crowd, before Ziggler had his brief comeback and...was overwhelmed. Though there was the one moment where Ziggler hit a Tornado DDT to counter one of Corbin's power moves; but alas. Low blow, End of Days, everybody go home. A match I hyped to myself that did not live up to expectation.

Corbin with the pin.

2 star

Bullet Club/ Usos

Better than I expected (and not just because Bullet Club pulled out the win, spoiler alert) they opened up with a great brawl run in, with Gallows and Anderson beating down Jey. It was pretty high energy and high impact for a bit, before cooling as it should. Both teams put on a great show, and though I am 100% done with this feud; it helped I guess reignite the passion or some shit I dont know. It was a good match. At one point G and A kicked Jey into a guardrail. That was nice of them. Thankfully no run ins from Roman or Aj, Gallows eventually gets the ring bell and Jimmy ends up landing on it, leaving him vulnerable to the Magic Killer. G and A get the win.
G and A with the pin

3 Star

Kalisto/Rusev

As the Italian announcer said something I couldn't understand, the bout between Rusev and Kalisto began. And then Rusev began. He began all over Kalisto. This was one of those, "oh man he survived so many bouts with this monster, now hes dead," kinda matches. Rusev pounced on Kalisto earily, stomping and elbowing his way to fucking Kalisto up. In trouble early, Kalisto seemed to be constantly struggling to escape Rusev's grip; to no avail. After a trip to the apron and a brief surge from the (now former) US champ, (as well as a hurricanrana to fling Rusev into the steel steps) Rusev beat the ever-living piss out of him over and over and over and yeah I totally called this one. He clamped the masked man into the Accolade and boom. Rusev is champ. A realistic finish I guess.

Rusev with the submission.

3 star

New Day/Vaudevillians

"Because we are in the Garden State, we are about to put two hoes in the ground."—Big E

NEW DAY ROCKS!

Solid match. I would never give it a five (thats a tough sell) but I'll give it a four (spoiler alert.) Kingston took the spot of manager while the Xaiver and Big E took on The Vaudevillains. Quickly the Vaudevillians gained the advantage, keeping Woods in the Ricky Morton position in their corner. After a Whirling Dervish didn't vanquish the tag team champs, Kingston got the ref's ear and the champs pulled out a win. This feud should build even more now, and the ensuing comeback match should be gold (and probably trade a win with Gotch and English.) Its also weird that the New Day is still using those heel tactics, but hey fuck it; so did Stone Cold right?
New Day Rocks via pinfall

4 star

Miz, Cesaro, Owens, Zayn

"It's my title!"—Owens.

Match of the year? yeah if Zayn/Nakamura didn't happen. BUT IT DID. Anyway, this match was fan-fucking-tastic. Sami Zayn took out  Owens while Cesaro removed The Miz; leaving Zayn and Cesaro to go mano e mano. Moments later, Owens returned, taking out all three of his foes like a golden whirlwind unicorn. fuck. This match was great. The momentum was all over the place, each guy played a huge part and made a big impact. I know the internet was hard on Miz (at least the pages I follow on facebook) but I thought he put on a great performance. At one point, Cesaro forced The Miz to tap out with the Sharpshooter, but the referee was busy dealing with Maryse (managers, am I rite?) Owens then put a big powerbomb on Cesaro before Miz broke up the pin. Like I called it earlier; Zayn and Owens soon got so involved in their own bad blood that Miz stole the pin on Cesaro and retained his belt. Okay, I didn't call that Miz retained the belt; and in fact I said it would be a bad idea for him not to drop the belt. fuck it. Miz won me over tonight.

Miz by pinfall of Cesaro

4 star

Ambrose/Jericho

"Come on, whipping boy!"—Jericho.

A mess. Plz never do one of these again. Anyway.
Jericho tried to escape, but the cage door was locked; and so Ambrose went to work, on Y2J with right hands. Then a mop was used. Jericho got beat with the mop, also nunchucks; then Y2J got a kendo stick. Then there was a lether strap. If you thought they were going to use every thing that hung over the ring tonight...you were right. Fire Extinguisher, Straight Jacket; thumbtacks. It was a Mick Foley Christmas. Dirty Deeds, we go home.

Ambrose via pin. no more asylum matches plz.

2 star

Naty/Charlotte

"Where's your dad now?"—Natalya.

A great match, just not a good one. What? Anyway.
Both Charlotte and Natalya went for submission early, but per usual, Charlotte remained in control for much of the bout. Natalya rammed Charlotte's left arm into the ring post outside, then went to work on that arm for the remainder of the match. It was getting stale when Dana Brooke came out dressed as The Nature Boy and fucked everything up for The Anvil's little girl. Charlotte gets the figture eight (four?) and then Brooke attacked Naty. No fair, Flair. Also, lots of Flair dancing and Charlotte being all like, "get away from me," with Dana Brooke.

WOOO!

3 Star

Styles/Reigns

"You can't wrestle!" "Roman sucks!"

They chanted Roman sucks. It was great. Styles put him down three times but got kicked out each time. I saw the inevitable coming, but I still couldn't believe it. Plz Uncle Vince, I said. Plz not this again.
Pretty good match, a bit extreme (but not too extreme for PG) with some good Phenom Forearms and goddamn Superman Punches and hahahahaha
ROMAN SUCKS chant.
Though overall it was a solid match, and really when Rollins shows up at the end

3 star

SPOILER ALERT

Seth Rollins is back and the title belongs to him.

SETH ROLLINS IS BACK.

Goodnight you plucky bastards.