7 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Extreme Rules 2016

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7. Look Of Shock

Chris Jericho
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While the asylum match between Chris Jericho and Dean Ambrose was a yawner, there was one aspect of it that does deserve some kudos, and that came once Ambrose retrieved the bucket and revealed its contents.

When Ambrose started spreading thumbtacks all over the ring, the camera cut to a petrified Jericho who looked like he had seen a ghost. Without missing a beat, he scrambled up the cage and tried to escape, only for Dean to drag him back inside. The two then spent the last couple minutes of the bout avoiding the corner with the tacks, only for Y2J to fall victim and then quickly lose.

Jerichos reaction to discovering the thumbtacks, and his actions after the match as the ref tried to pull a few out of his back, was highly entertaining and were easily the highlights of a pretty disappointing match.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.