WWE Extreme Rules 2019: 5 Most Likely Outcomes

More extreme than ever before?

The Undertaker Shane McMahon
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The superstars of Raw and SmackDown are preparing to take things to the extreme this Sunday when WWE hosts the 11th-annual Extreme Rules pay-per-view. An event that often tends to draw criticism for failing to be all that extreme, it will feature an array of gimmick matches designed to at least make it look deadlier than your average WWE event.

Like most of the company's secondary pay-per-view offerings, the build-up hasn't exactly been the most unpredictable journey ever, as old foes are destined to clash in new matches that promise nothing but more of the same. All you have to do is look at the main event, as Universal Champion Seth Rollins and Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch will team up to take on Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans - rivals they have respectively defeated multiple times.

That being said, Extreme Rules does possess a certain allure due to the somewhat unexpected inclusion of The Undertaker, who will team with Roman Reigns to take on Drew McIntyre and Shane McMahon in his first non-WrestleMania (or super house show) pay-per-view match in almost four years.

With all that in mind, let's delve into some of the events that are likely to take place, why they're destined to happen and what they ultimately mean going forward.

5. Seth And Becky Will Retain (And Baron Corbin Will Take The Fall)

The Undertaker Shane McMahon
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The creative team wants the WWE Universe to buy the fact that both Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch's titles are in danger simply because they're both on the line in the one match, but the fact of the matter is that absolutely nobody is buying it.

At the end of the day, this tag team match has simply been concocted as an excuse to drag out both the respective programmes between Rollins and Baron Corbin and Lynch and Lacey Evans, so that the champions can move onto bigger and better things in the build-up to SummerSlam. Thus, what we have here is a half-baked rehash of both programs all rolled into one in an attempt to make it seem more exciting.

However, there simply are no stakes here. Rollins has defeated Corbin twice on pay-per-view, just as Lynch has also defeated Evans twice. Their title reigns weren't threatened then, and they aren't threatened now - and no underdeveloped attempt to force a conflict between the couple will convince us otherwise.

Rollins and Lynch are the hottest stars on Raw right now, so you can rest assured that they'll be carrying their championships into SummerSlam. However, as Evans has more to lose than Corbin, it's unlikely that she'll tap out at her third consecutive pay-per-view, so we should expect to see Corbin take the loss here - perhaps even to Lynch.

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Michael Patterson is an experienced writer with an affinity for all things film and TV. He may or may not have spent his childhood obsessing over WWE.