10 Best Ever WrestleMania Follow-Up Pay-Per-Views

6. Extreme Rules 2014

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Not only did unusually-stubborn WWE cave in to fan pressure and get WrestleMania 30 'right', but they produced a highly-enjoyable sequel, in which Daniel Bryan made his only pay-per-view WWE Championship defense ever (not counting Randy Orton's cash-in at the previous SummerSlam). The anything-goes match with Kane featured some throwback Attitude Era brawling throughout the arena, highlighted by Bryan's diving headbutt off of a forklift.

The best match on the show was an incredible six man tag in which newly-babyface Shield (with Roman Reigns when he was actually popular) defeating the reformed Evolution, a match where you can honestly say WWE had established names put over new stars. Bad News Barrett's Intercontinental title win over Big E (who had no character, and was booed out of the building) is highly underrated.

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Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.