10 Impulse Reactions Following WWE Extreme Rules 2017
1. Bayley To Bury
The internal WWE apologist nestled deep within most wrestling fans was awaiting a huge (but relatively obvious) payoff at the conclusion of the Women's Title match between Alexa Bliss and former champion Bayley.
The story was clear enough, with Alexa walloping her challenger with a kendo stick on television to express her mean streak, safe in the knowledge that the 'Hugger' was simply just too damn nice to enact quite that level of violence in response. Their Monday Night Raw standoffs had been the same, with Bayley hovering over using the weapon long enough for Bliss to flee, or worse, disarm her.
Sentiment for the feud nosedived on the go-home show after Bliss' 'This Is Your Life' appraisal descended into the lowest level of WWE snark, doing more to enrage audiences at having to suffer through it than endear them to the challenger's pursuit.
That comprehensive mishandling couldn't even compare to this utterly bewildering mess.
Having already heard some aforementioned boos from the Baltimore crowd, Bayley never got out of the blocks in her big return battle, despite the fact that she acquired the stick first.
Once again, she froze (and worse, failed to live up to the pre-match promo that signposted her ability to go 'Extreme'), long enough for Bliss to annihilate her with the weapon and wrap things up in just over five minutes.
Bayley looked like a total idiot, and as commentators already moved Alexa past her to Nia Jax, it's hard to see how her character turns a corner in the near future.