5 Biggest news stories from WWE RAW (July 6, 2020)

WWE fans witnessed a farewell appearance from Heath Slater
WWE fans witnessed a farewell appearance from Heath Slater

#2: Rey Mysterio challenged Seth Rollins to an "Eye for an Eye" match

Honestly, I have no idea what an "Eye for an Eye" match is, but WWE's official website described last night's action as follows:

"Mysterio teamed with Kevin Owens to defeat Rollins & Murphy for the right to choose the gory stipulation where a winner can only determined by extracting the opponent’s eye."

As brutal as it sounds, the title of Seth Rollins and Rey Mysterio's Extreme Rules contest has a literal meaning to it. Now, there must be a certain limit to this stipulation, because "extracting" an eye is way different than just injuring it in a kayfabe sense.

But the premise sounds appropriate for a WWE Pay-Per-View that has a "Horror Show" tagline attached to it.

What seems a little out of place is that Rey Mysterio - a clean WWE babyface - would choose such a gory stipulation to earn some revenge on Seth Rollins.

I get that Rollins injured Mysterio's eye recently, but the Monday Night Messiah is a more appropriate character to pick this stipulation since Mysterio already came too close to losing his eye permanently.

So an "Eye for an Eye" match seems too risky for Rey Mysterio to pick on his own terms.

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