5 Biggest Missed Opportunities From WWE The Horror Show At Extreme Rules
A horrifyingly vague evening...
WWE's the Horror Show at Extreme Rules was an unusual creation. It boasted a cumbersome title, no doubt, but it was a strange concept that promised to wield intriguing results if handled correctly. The actual result, however, was just really, really bizarre.
Another event that understandably emanated from the company's Performance Center, the-powers-that-be once again came up with more unique and creative ways to make the audience-less show entertaining for the fans watching at home. Those very intentions resulted in an ambitious event that saw Seth Rollins battle recent rival Rey Mysterio in the illogical Eye For An Eye match and Braun Strowman take on Bray Wyatt in a cinematic Wyatt Swamp Fight.
But there was more to Extreme Rules than its weird headlining double act, as Sasha Banks and Asuka stole the damn show with a near-perfect Raw Women's Championship bout and Drew McIntyre defended his WWE Championship against old friend-turned-enemy Dolph Ziggler in a mostly solid match. And yet even the good had its drawbacks as a number of bad booking decisions undercut the event's real shot at greatness, leaving fans thinking about what could have been...
5. No Stipulation For The Women's Title Matches
Before jumping into this one, your writer just wants to make it clear that he doesn't think that the Raw and SmackDown Women's Championship matches needed any kind of stipulation.
Bayley vs. Nikki Cross was a solid title match while Asuka and Sasha Banks delivered the match of the night, and neither of the contests required any kind of gimmick to pull this off. And yet, it still felt like the Horror Show at Extreme Rules wasn't all that fair to the women when it came to choosing the stipulations.
Aside from the two 'horrifying' stipulations, the night was pretty light on extreme conditions. Sure, it also had a Table Match and a one-sided Extreme Rules affair, but it still didn't feel like we were watching Extreme Rules. And adding a stipulation to at least one of the Women's Championship matches could have made things feel a little more, well, extreme.
The women shined without gimmicks and that says a lot about the standard of wrestling they produced. It doesn't, however, make it any less unfair that they weren't gifted with one.