10 questions from WWE Extreme Rules that most need answering

#5 Did the steel cage match make any sense?

Good match, strange outcome

When the Hardys announced that the match for the RAW Tag-team titles would take place inside a steel cage, it’s safe to say some people were left a bit confused, mainly because the Hardys are known for their performances in ladder matches. So if the pair had one opportunity to choose the kind of a match they were going to have to defend their championships, why not choose that?

And more importantly, having a tag team match inside a steel cage doesn’t actually make that much sense. When Jeff Hardy fell to the ground, a large portion of the audience cheered as if this was the conclusion. After all, one of the participants fulfilled the requirements of a steel cage match – to escape the cage! Instead, we learnt that Matt Hardy also had to escape for the match to be over.

After Jeff had escaped, the match was in a strange kind of limbo phase. Matt was left to fend for himself, despite his team having the upper hand in terms of the victory. What would have happened if Matt got pinned by Sheamus or Cesaro? Would they have become the new champions? If so, what was the point of Jeff escaping?

A little like the IC Championship match, the WWE fell victim to their own lazy writing and Sheamus and Cesaro’s victory felt a little flat as a result.