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Does Extreme Rules live up to the EXTREME Spirit?
This poll is closed.
Yes, I almost didn't realize this was WWE and not late 90s ECW! 2 4.26%
No... it's even more Extreme than anything they've ever done before! 7 14.89%
Wow this show is really cool. Like.... I've never seen anything cooler than this. 7 14.89%
So wait, why doesn't Baron Corbin just kick Becky in the face and pin HER? 31 65.96%
Total: 37 votes
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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?



There's no disputing it, WWE has never been cooler! It's so cool right now! It's the coolest it's been since the New Generation!

Here are the matches for this show, all of which are noted for how cool they are, almost ice-cold you could say! There are some really good wrestlers on this card who will probably have great matches, and yet in spite of that it's remarkable how cool these guys somehow still are!
  • Finn Bálor (C) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
  • Drew Gulak (C) vs. Tony Nese for the Cruiserweight Championship
  • Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler
  • The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) (C) vs. The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) for the Raw Tag Team Championship
  • BRAUN! vs. Bobby Lashley in a Last Man Standing match
  • Ricochet (C) vs. AJ Styles for the United States Championship
  • Aleister Black vs. Cesaro
  • Daniel Bryan and Rowan (C) vs. The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) vs. Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker) for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship
  • Bayley (C) vs. Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross in a Handicap Match for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
  • Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship
  • The Undertaker and Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre in a No Holds Barred tag team match
  • Seth Rollins (C) and Becky Lynch (C) vs. Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans in a Last Chance Winners Take All Mixed Tag Team Extreme Rules match for both the Universal Championship and Raw Women's Championship

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Auritech
May 27, 2004

Blessed be the tailors
The masks are cut to fit

Blessed be the woodworkers
The crosses and the gallows

Blessed be the forgers of iron
And the spikes and the barbwire

Blessed be the stone cutters
It took a quarry to bury the dreams
Yay Shinsuke!

I'm watching this today

Dacap
Jul 8, 2008

I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower.

You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.



Nakamura wins the IC belt on the loving preshow.

Calling this now, Balor is turning heel and joining AJ and the good bros.

WrasslorMonkey
Mar 5, 2012

I am now posting in the official paper you thread.

a.lo
Sep 12, 2009

gently caress it

Puckish Rogue
Jun 24, 2010

Tell me what happens. Even thinking about the card makes Vince live another 10 years.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Dacap posted:

Nakamura wins the IC belt on the loving preshow.

Calling this now, Balor is turning heel and joining AJ and the good bros.

This was utterly baffling. Not that Nakamura won, but that they did this on the pre-show.

I hope these guys are at least getting paid mad cash because holy gently caress what a waste.

Brokenogre
May 22, 2013

Lacey is really good actually
I feel like not having that ic title match on the main card was a mistake, I felt like it was a mistake having balor and nakamura open sd on tuesday as well though.could have easily main evented

Auritech
May 27, 2004

Blessed be the tailors
The masks are cut to fit

Blessed be the woodworkers
The crosses and the gallows

Blessed be the forgers of iron
And the spikes and the barbwire

Blessed be the stone cutters
It took a quarry to bury the dreams
Give me Alex Marvez any day over Coach and Sam Roberts

The Croc
Dec 19, 2004

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird!

OH YEAH!



My poll was better.

Anyway this show has a few good matches on paper so i can see it being another badly built show which ends up being good. That main event could be a pure trash fire though.

Blooming Brilliant
Jul 12, 2010

A man with a minion tattoo is about to become world champion.

DarkstarIV
Apr 6, 2010

OFFICIAL RACIST

Auritech posted:

Give me Alex Marvez any day over Coach and Sam Roberts

Don't say things we might regret. :ohdear:

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Auritech posted:

Give me Alex Marvez any day over Coach and Sam Roberts

Don't give Vince any ideas!

Oh wait no go ahead, he never listens to anybody's ideas anyway.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

Jerusalem posted:

This was utterly baffling. Not that Nakamura won, but that they did this on the pre-show.

I hope these guys are at least getting paid mad cash because holy gently caress what a waste.

What match would you have had instead?

The show is stacked.

Also, Balor is possibly turning.

The Croc
Dec 19, 2004

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird!

OH YEAH!



rovert posted:

What match would you have had instead?

The show is stacked.

Also, Balor is possibly turning.

seth and becky v baron and lacey is pre show worthy!

Dacap
Jul 8, 2008

I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower.

You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.



The Croc posted:

My poll was better.

Anyway this show has a few good matches on paper so i can see it being another badly built show which ends up being good. That main event could be a pure trash fire though.

The problem is the shows are so drat long now that wwe can put out a PPV with 5 good matches and the majority of the card is still bad

WrasslorMonkey
Mar 5, 2012

Is this PG?

Neodoomium
Jun 20, 2001

You are now hearing this
noise in your head.



It used to be that having a belt would get you on TV regularly and thus it's good that Shinsuke gets a platform again.


Instead: Finn wasn't on TV for a month as champion before this

Puckish Rogue
Jun 24, 2010

Blooming Brilliant posted:

A man with a minion tattoo is about to become world champion.

I think a good rehashing of the Batman universe would be The Joker running a wrestling federation and constantly booking Corbin and Lacey to win, while Batman has to fight off the Saudi Royal Guard sent to kill him before he can give the book to Gedo.

The Croc
Dec 19, 2004

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird!

OH YEAH!



Dacap posted:

The problem is the shows are so drat long now that wwe can put out a PPV with 5 good matches and the majority of the card is still bad

well yeah i must admit there's numerous times you forget a good match happened because you have sat through say an hour or two of bad matches with awful finishes.

Puckish Rogue
Jun 24, 2010


Heyman is back!!!

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

The Croc posted:

seth and becky v baron and lacey is pre show worthy!

So there's no actual answer.

a.lo
Sep 12, 2009

why don't they use the purple licorice ropes anymore

DoctorGonzo
Jul 25, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRxgXzk_L0s

Puckish Rogue
Jun 24, 2010

rovert posted:

So there's no actual answer.

No he literally said the trash match should be moved.

The Croc
Dec 19, 2004

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird!

OH YEAH!



Puckish Rogue posted:

No he literally said the trash match should be moved.

You get it!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

rovert posted:

What match would you have had instead?

It's not my job to find them alternates, but they shouldn't be putting ANY title match on the pre-show, it makes the belts look utterly unimportant.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Another thing that makes the belts look utterly unimportant is shoving their match into the corner of the screen and playing an ad for the show we're already watching.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

rovert posted:

So there's no actual answer.

Who would riot, notice, or give the first poo poo if Black/Cesaro or Dolph/Owens were on the preshow

Le Saboteur
Dec 5, 2007

I hear you wish to ball, adventurer..
Tony Nese should really not be at the top of the 205 card and I hope this match gets him outta there.

Dacap
Jul 8, 2008

I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower.

You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.



Jerusalem posted:

It's not my job to find them alternates, but they shouldn't be putting ANY title match on the pre-show, it makes the belts look utterly unimportant.

Worked for the cruiserweight and tag belts.

Codependent Poster
Oct 20, 2003


A mantrain?

Sticky Nate
Jan 9, 2012

can't wait to see how the evolve show factors into this

WrasslorMonkey
Mar 5, 2012


I believe the kids call it a "totem pole"

The Croc
Dec 19, 2004

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird!

OH YEAH!



Jerusalem posted:

Another thing that makes the belts look utterly unimportant is shoving their match into the corner of the screen and playing an ad for the show we're already watching.

yeah but THE GRAVEYARD DOGS need advertising.

Le Saboteur
Dec 5, 2007

I hear you wish to ball, adventurer..
I think the WWE has too many titles right now not to have title matches on the pre show. Its either that or don't have some titles defended on some PPVs.

Venomous
Nov 7, 2011





under regular circumstances it'd be a big deal that Shinsuke Nakamura is the second double IC champion in WWE/NJPW history, but as has just been proven, nothing matters in this company

btw there's no prediction game for this show? Figures, it's kinda poo poo

Le Saboteur
Dec 5, 2007

I hear you wish to ball, adventurer..
drat that 450 ending with a knee to the gut.

rovert
Jun 10, 2013

Jerusalem posted:

Another thing that makes the belts look utterly unimportant is shoving their match into the corner of the screen and playing an ad for the show we're already watching.

So you don't have an answer. In theory, I agree about belts not being on the preshow but just looking at actual card the matches you could switch in other circumstances have a stip, a title match or are more important to Summerslam (Owens vs Ziggler).

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No Irish Need Imply
Nov 30, 2008

Jerusalem posted:

It's not my job to find them alternates
ding ding ding

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