WWE Extreme Rules 2018: 5 Best Extreme Rules Matches

#1 Edge vs Jeff Hardy (2009 - Ladder Match):

CM Punk held up the Championship after winning it via cash-in from Jeff Hardy

Two men who had pioneered the Ladder Match in their days as members from opposing Tag Team faced each other at Extreme Rules in a feud for the World Heavyweight Title.

Both men had changed the game in the company for Ladder matches, and WWE used that to bill the bout as ten years in the making.

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Both men took fearsome bumps and recreated some of the moments from their tag team days. They took the show to another level and stole the entire show.

In the end, Jeff Hardy won the World Heavyweight Championship in an emotional moment.

You can see clips from the bout here:

However, it was not to be. CM Punk chose that moment to cash in the Money in the Bank briefcase contract two years in a row, winning Hardy's title from him. The cash in begun what would be Hardy's last feud in the company until he returned with his brother Matt in 2017.

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Anirban Banerjee is a journalist from Kolkata, India and has been a part of building Sportskeeda's WWE section over the past 8 years. He's been an Assistant Content Manager for the team during the past 3 years as well. Banerjee has interviewed Jon Jones, Conor McGregor, 'Cowboy' Cerrone, Jorge Masvidal, Mandy Rose, Joe Hendry, Darren Till, and many others.

Anirban has worked in the field of wrestling and mixed martial arts journalism for several years. In addition to his work on Sportskeeda, Anirban is a fiction writer and has co-written over 20 biographies. He was also a columnist for 90 Minutes.

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