7 Things That Must Happen At WWE Extreme Rules 2017

2. The Intercontinental Championship Match Must Get Creative

Dean Ambrose The Miz
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It is pretty hard to top a Kendo stick on a Pole match in the ridiculous stakes, but WWE may have managed it. Dean Ambrose will defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against The Miz, but with a caveat - if the Lunatic Fringe gets disqualified, The Miz will win the coveted championship for the 7th time. An a pay-per-view called Extreme Rules, we are almost guaranteed a disqualification finish.

All of this surely leads to Ambrose getting DQ'd and Miz stealing the championship, right? That is one of two logical finishes for the match - the other being that somehow The Miz gets disqualified, seeing the stipulation blow up in his own face. The chances of this match having a clean finish are slim to none, and slim is on its last legs.

If the outcome of this match is somewhat inevitable, WWE must at least dig deep into the well of creativity in order to get there. If the two have a 10-minute match that ends when Maryse hits The Miz for the dastardly win, the WWE Universe will be deprived of 10-minutes that they will never get back.

Ambrose winning by disqualification is a much better prospect, but the issue here is that The Miz is far better with the championship than without it. WWE often books itself into a corner, and once again it needs to find a way out.

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