WWE Extreme Rules Highlights. (Source: WWE)
WWE Extreme Rules was not expected to be a great pay-per-view with a very deflated match card. But the show kicked off with an epic Tables match between Sanity and The New Day. WWE should learn a lesson to never put The New Day in a Kickoff show. And definitely, Not Sanity! Moving further, the matches saw a series of predictable results and twists. But the truly shocking moment came when The MONSTER AMONG MEN Braun Strowman threw Kevin Owens on the table from the top of the steel cage. EPIC! Ronda Rousey’s intrusion in Alexa Bliss match was good, though it was wasted by Mickie James. The WWE title fight between AJ Styles and Rusev was okayish. Nakamura vs Hardy total flop – Orton’s return – Mega flop. But the match of the night was the 30-minute Iron Man Match between Dolph Ziggler and Seth Rollins. That is one hell of a booking, and it kept the audience on the edge of the seat till the credits started rolling in.
WWE Extreme Rules was not expected to be a great pay-per-view with a very deflated match card. But the show kicked off with an epic Tables match between Sanity and The New Day. WWE should learn a lesson to never put The New Day in a Kickoff show. And definitely, Not Sanity! Moving further, the matches saw a series of predictable results and twists. But the truly shocking moment came when The MONSTER AMONG MEN Braun Strowman threw Kevin Owens on the table from the top of the steel cage. EPIC! Ronda Rousey's intrusion in Alexa Bliss match was good, though it was wasted by Mickie James. The WWE title fight between AJ Styles and Rusev was okayish. Nakamura vs Hardy total flop - Orton's return - Mega flop. But the match of the night was the 30-minute Iron Man Match between Dolph Ziggler and Seth Rollins. That is one hell of a booking, and it kept the audience on the edge of the seat till the credits started rolling in.
OUR RATING: 3 Stars - (Mainly because of an epic finale)
DOLPH ZIGGLER PINS DOWN SETH ROLLINS TO REATAIN INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP!
Drew McINtyre came out of nowhere and it distracted Seth Rollins to go and counter the threat. But Ziggler came from behind and delivered Zig Zag to go for a pin. ONE. TWO. THREE. ZIGGLER WINS 5-4!
WWE RAW General Manager Kurt Angle comes out to announce that the match will continue with a sudden death over time!
SETH ROLLINS DELIVERS STOMP TO DOLPH ZIGGLER WITH JUST 8 SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK!
Can he go for a cover here?
NOOOO, the clocks run out! The match ends in a tie. In the case of a tie, the Champion retains the title and still the Intercontinental Champion... Dolph Ziggler!
Seth Rollins has locked Dolph Ziggler in a submission move with just one minute to go but Ziggler counters and walks away, ready to take the tie and keep the title!
SETH ROLLINS HAS FINALLY CAUGHT DOLPH ZIGGLER WITH A PINFALL WITH LESS THAN 3 MINUTES TO GO!
Get a new box of popcorn because we might just have a big upset here!
SETH ROLLINS DELIVERS A SUPERPLEX-FALCON ARROW COMBINATION ON DOLPH ZIGGLER!
Rollins goes for the cover. One. Two... ZIGGLER KICKS OUT!
What does Rollins has to do!
Seth Rollins finally connects the Frog Splash on Dolph Ziggler but Ziggler still managed to kick out. Just 6 minutes to go and Ziggler still leads by one fall. No time left for Rollins and he might just lose here.
Seth Rolins take a look at the clock and realises that not much time left to cut the deficit. He tries to go on top of the ropes but Ziggler delivers a drop kick and Rollins falls down from the top rope outside the ring.
Dolph Ziggler has picked up another fall after he put down Seth Rollins with a palm strike on the face while the Kingslayer was attempting a suicide dive. Ziggler then uses the ropes to go for the pinfall but the referee did not see it and Ziggler gets another pinfall. Ziggler leads 4-3 with still over 16 minutes to go.
ZIGZAG TO SETH ROLLINS!
In under two minutes, Dolph Ziggler has levelled things up after the brutal assault on Seth Rollins by Drew McIntyre. Now the score is levelled at 3-3 and there is still over 17 minutes on the clock. This is INSANE!
Drew McIntyre has beaten the hell out of Seth Rollins and Rollins gets a pinfall by Disqualification! Rollins leads 3-0!
But the beatdown has helped Dolph Ziggler to pick up two pinfalls in under a minute and now the score is closed down to at 3-2!
WHAT A MATCH!
SETH ROLLINS IS NOW AT 2-0 LEAD!
After 8 minutes into the fight, Seth Rollins puts himself in the driver's set as he takes down Dolph Ziggler with a Stomp and then takes up a 2-0 lead in the match.
Seth Rollins has picked up a 1-0 lead over Dolph Ziggler in the 5 minutes after he delivers a perfect buckle bomb to Ziggler and then rolled him over for a pinfall. Rollins is in the lead but 25 minutes still on the clock.
Notice, Drew McIntyre standing behind and he could be the game changer tonight! Can Seth Rollins BURN IT DOWN?
Intercontinental Champion will be on the line as The Kingslayer takes on The Showoff Dolph Ziggler to challenge for the Intercontinental Championship This will be a 30-minute Iron Man match, which means that the individual with most number of pinfalls in 30-minutes will win the match.
AJ STYLES BEATS RUSEV TO RETAIN WWE CHAMPIONSHIP!
AJ Styles' phenomenal reign continues as he pins down Rusev after a Phenomenal Forearm! WHAT A MATCH! But in the end, no Rusev Day celebrations tonight.