10 Great Matches When Wrestlers Stopped Giving A Damn
3. Neville Vs. Austin Aries - WWE Extreme Rules 2017
This feels like an absolute lifetime ago, doesn’t it? Neville’s WWE run came to a frustrating end (although the Bastard’s post-WWE run really has been one for the ages), but that is nothing compared to the tenure of the Greatest Man Who Ever Lived. Some three years on, fans can be forgiven for forgetting that Austin Aries was ever in WWE.
A man of Aries' talents deserved better, but such is life. Aries was one of those who suffered from moving from NXT to 205 Live, although he was positioned as a major performer on the cruiserweight brand. Aries and Neville feuded over the purple title during WrestleMania season, with Neville getting the better of Aries in every title match.
Extreme Rules 2017 was their last bout, and it was the last we saw of Aries in a WWE ring. He left WWE soon after, and that famous post-defeat smirk into the camera suggested he had long stopped caring about what happened to him in McMahon World. He may have stopped caring, but this final match was excellent, two top-tier professional wrestlers showing what they can do with the minimum of interest.