5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (May 19)
4. Extreme(ly Tepid) Rules
WWE's Extreme Rules pay-per-view has largely lived up to the moniker since its introduction to the pay-per-view calendar in 2009.
With the notable exception of a Hell In A Cell match - which has to take place in October, regardless of whether or not a feud is hot enough to warrant it - WWE has presented virtually every stipulation match of note. Ladders, Last Man Standing, Luchas de Apuestas - WWE has given us everything over the years.
And now it's giving us nothing.
There are five matches confirmed thus far, and three are in dire need of something, anything, to justify even the low low cost of $9.99. Neville and Austin Aries are set to clash for the third consecutive pay-per-view. No add-ons are yet in place, but given the events of Payback, a No Disqualification stip seems certain - even though that it is already the plan for the Fatal 5-Way main event. That is something, incidentally, we've seen done to death on 205 Live. Ah well - nobody watches that show anyway, so who cares?
Vince Russo has taken a break from alienating the gay community and booked a Kendo Stick On A Pole match between Alexa Bliss and Bayley, but somehow WWE has contrived to book something even more daft than that: if Dean Ambrose gets extreme in his challenge of The Miz's Intercontinental Title, he will be disqualified.
On this evidence, Great Balls Of Fire is a more fitting name.