10 Strangest WWE Extreme Rules Stipulations

9. (Samoan) Strap Match (2009, 2010, 2013)

Rarely these days do you ever see a strap match that you would regard as highly entertaining, and certainly not a technical classic. The stipulation basically guarantees that you€™ll see a prolonged bout of Tug of War as wrestlers try to touch all four ring corners in succession. The end usually comes with someone getting two or three corners and hitting a big move to counter his opponents attempt to stop them, or one guy dragging the other from corner to corner, with the other guy touching the corners behind his back. During the six years Extreme Rules has been a PPV, there have been three strap matches: CM Punk vs. Umaga (2009) This match was billed as a Samoan Strap Match, which must solely be because of Umaga€™s heritage. The bout was notable for being Umaga€™s last WWE match, as he would be released shortly after it, and then sadly pass away later that year. Punk would win this nine-minute match, then go on to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Jeff Hardy later that night to become the World Heavyweight Champion. JTG vs. Shad Gaspard (2010) The popular duo of Cryme Tyme broke up in early 2010, with Shad attacking his former partner. JTG got revenge at Extreme Rules in a five-minute strap match, whipping Shad at will with the strap and winning by touching three corners behind Shad€™s back and beating him to the fourth corner. That was probably the last notable feud JTG won. Sheamus vs. Mark Henry (2013) The battle between two big hosses ended with Sheamus touching three corners, then escaping a World€™s Strongest Slam, hitting a Brogue Kick and hitting the fourth corner for the win. In some ways, it€™s a shame that this match wasn€™t simply a strap match with the two just beating each other until a pinfall, as their styles would have lent themselves better to that kind of strap match.