10 Things WWE Regrets About Extreme Rules
9. The Frustration Amongst Wrestlers
Not every wrestler is keen to bring a more extreme element to their matches, but Extreme Rules is one of the few annual PPVs that, by name alone, offers up the hope of being able to up the ante a little for those who want to take the in-ring action in a more physical direction.
That hope, of course, may ultimately prove to be a false. If you're a wrestler who hears that they're being placed in a No Holds Barred Match at Extreme Rules, you may well start thinking of what elaborate stunts and sequences you can pull off. Only then, you're hit by the cold, hard realisation that this is still a PG product and that most of what you've been elaborating over would absolutely not be allowed in a WWE ring.
The whole concept of a PPV titled Extreme Rules is the equivalent of dangling a hardcore carrot to those wrestlers who love the idea of literally taking things to the extreme. The very notion of doing an Extreme Rules event under the restraints of the PG era is handcuffing a wrestler - expecting them to come up with something jaw-dropping and different, yet enforcing rules and standards that prevent a match living up to that "extreme" moniker.