7 Things That Must Happen At WWE Extreme Rules 2017

by John Bills

1. Bray Wyatt Must Win The Fatal 5-Way Match

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Wait, hear me out.

Four of the five participants in the main event make for attractive number one contender prospects. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns are RAW's two top dogs, Finn Bálor never actually lost the WWE Universal Championship, and Samoa Joe vs. Brock Lesnar is a true dream match waiting to happen.

Despite all of this, Bray Wyatt is the best option to win the main event on Sunday night. The winner will receive a championship match at WWE Great Balls of Fire, with the likelihood being that it'll be a one-and-done championship shot in order to get Lesnar to SummerSlam, where Braun Strowman is waiting. Bray is the best bet for that spot.

Bray and Brock also have unfinished business stemming from early 2016, and The Eater of Worlds desperately needs a feud where he is given the chance to shine. Lesnar's prolonged absence may well do that, as the feud will be built on promo exchanges between Wyatt and Heyman. The idea of those alone is enough to pique interest in a match between The Beast Incarnate and The New Face of Fear.

The other four men will get their chances on bigger stages further down the line - this may well represent Wyatt's last chance for a while. Bray has had a rollercoaster of a 2017 so far, and a big win on Sunday night could be just what the doctor ordered. It will be a shock if Bray comes out on top, but it is best for everyone involved if he does.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.