5 Things which you missed from the Extreme Rules PPV

Extreme Rules concluded at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Seven championships were defended on the night and five of those were successfully retained.

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The night featured a Steel Cage match, Extreme Rules match, Iron Man match and a Tables match. In short, it had everything a wrestling fan could expect from a night, which was supposed to go extreme. It was spectacular to see the Intercontinental Championship match to close the show, instead of the WWE Championship match or Roman Reigns vs Bobby Lashley match.

The WWE Universe was taken to an extreme ride at the event. However, there are a couple of things which you might have missed amidst all the extremeness. Here are the five such things:

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#5 Daniel Bryan is set for singles competition

It was almost a handicap match for Daniel Bryan.

The last time Daniel Bryan competed at SummerSlam was in 2013 when he defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship. Although it has been five years since he has competed at the event, it appears that fans will be able to see him compete at this year’s edition.

Since his return at WrestleMania 34, the wrestling community is buzzing with his next big feud in singles competition. Notably, Kane got injured at Extreme Rules and Team Hell No lost the match for the SmackDown tag-team championship. Hence, it seems imminent that the “Leader of the YES Movement” will compete in one-on-one matches.

Given that the upcoming PPV is one of the Big-Four PPVs for WWE, it is safe to say that his opponent is going to be a major Superstar. It would be great to see him compete against The Miz.

They both featured in an interview on “Talking Smack” in 2016 where the former SmackDown Live General Manager called the “Awesome One” a coward wrestler. The accused lost his temper and hurled the accuser of harsh words which made the latter leave the interview in between.

#4 Kevin Owens completed an unfortunate Hat-trick

It was a painful night for Kevin Owens.

Although Kevin Owens won the Steel Cage match against Braun Strowman, it will be a match he won’t like to remember. His victory came as a result of a thunderous fall, which he took from the top of the cage.

Unfortunately, it was the third incident of its kind in the recent past for the “Prize Fighter”. To make things worse, all three of them came at the hands of the “Monster Among Men”.

Notably, the first fall came at the Money in the Bank event when KO was thrown from the top of a ladder. Two weeks ago, he was thrown from the stage after he was trapped inside a portable toilet.

We predicted a couple of possible storylines for Strowman-Owens, and we can now check the Steel Cage match off that list.

#3 A Night of surprise attacks

No one saw this coming.

Keeping in mind the course of events which took place at Extreme Rules, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it was the night full of surprise attacks.

Jeff Hardy lost the United States Championship thanks to a low-blow which was delivered before the match could even start. Speaking of shocking things at Extreme Rules, a returning Randy Orton made a statement by delivering the same move to him in the form of a brutal kick.

The Bludgeon Brothers attacked Team Hell No backstage before the match which proved decisive in their victory. And last but not the least, the distractions and attacks from Drew McIntyre ensured that Dolph Ziggler retained the Intercontinental Championship against Seth Rollins.

#2 Roman Reigns’ received John Cena’s crowd-reaction

The crowd roared with its mixed emotion.

Over the years, John Cena has been the most polarizing Superstar in the history of WWE. The chants of “Let’s go Cena, Cena Sucks” surrounds him everywhere across the globe whenever he steps foot inside the squared circle.

However, Roman Reigns was at the receiving end of the same reaction during his match against Bobby Lashley. The crowd erupted with the chants of “Let’s go Roman, Roman sucks” which caught not only the audience but also the commentators by surprise. They almost mentioned John Cena thanks to the vociferous chants.

Keeping in mind the heat the “Big Dog” was getting, it could be a good sign for him to get a mixed reaction. What do you think?

#1 SummerSlam shapes up

This looks like a possibility to bet on

As per the result predictions for Extreme Rules, AJ Styles retained the WWE Championship to headline SummerSlam and Team Hell No’s loss suggests that Daniel Bryan will be back in singles competition.

SummerSlam is the PPV to follow Extreme Rules, and there were signs which showed that WWE think-tank is gearing up to prepare for the upcoming event.

Extreme Rules set the tone for SummerSlam as most of the match results were in line with the possible storylines for the “Biggest Party of the Summer”.

Roman Reigns lost his match against Bobby Lashley, which solidifies the latter’s claim to be named as the number one contender for the Universal Championship. However, the “Big Dog” was unofficially the winner of the Steel Cage match against Brock Lesnar at the Greatest Royal Rumble. Hence, a Triple Threat match is very much on the cards.