7 Match Star Ratings For WWE Extreme Rules 2021
3. Damian Priest Vs. Sheamus Vs. Jeff Hardy - United States Championship Match
More hot than it was good, somehow - Sheamus and Jeff Hardy were presented as total losers throughout the build, and this still got over big in Columbus - the Triple Threat match was a sloppy and formulaic affair elevated almost entirely by how weirdly over it was.
Really, it's a huge testament to Jeff Hardy's eternal popularity. Priest and Sheamus struggled for a reaction at SummerSlam, and the latter was 50/50d after the fact. And yet, the match got really over. The "Shame Jeff will get relegated to the 24/7 division" joke doesn't even work because it literally happened a week before he earned the shot.
Priest wasn't on particularly great form. When he attempted a leg lariat to enable Sheamus launching him into the post, it could not have looked more like he was just doing his opponent a favour. There was zero attempt to make it look like he wanted to connect with the strike.
Beyond that sh*tty contrivance and the odd flub, this was a WWE Triple Threat match that got over, and there's very little else to write because how else can one describe a tried-and-true formula?
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The formula of a WWE Triple Threat match is out-of-nowhere saves - immersion-breaking selling = uneven excitement.
Sheamus at least had some fun with it by aping Hardy's entrance pose, and on the evidence of the reaction, it was infectious.
Star Rating: ★★★