10 questions from WWE Extreme Rules that most need answering

#10 What was ‘extreme’ about last night’s rules?

A rare ‘extreme’ moment

For a PPV entitled ‘Extreme Rules’, last night’s show was pretty tame. The WWE have a plethora of unconventional match types to choose from these days, but instead, we got a weird collection of rules and stipulations that can only be called extreme if we’re being very, very generous.

The steel cage match was probably the only bout that you’d expect to see in an Extreme Rules show, the rest were more confusing than anything. Perhaps this PPV could have been called ‘WWE Confusing Rules’! The IC match actually had a stipulation that prevented the competitors from getting extreme, whereas the main event was simply a fatal five-way match that is typically no DQ anyway. Where were the ‘Falls count anywhere’ matches, or the street fights?

Why did we have to sit through a mixed-gender tag match with no real stakes on the line, a women's match that just focused on a kendo stick, probably the weakest weapon available, and the main event that could have taken place on any episode of RAW?

If we as fans are going to be asked to watch more PPVs than ever before, the company needs to be doing a better job of making them stand out from the weekly episodes of RAW and Smackdown we see for free.