8 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Extreme Rules 2017

4. Crews, Kalisto Air It Out

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The feud between Kalisto and Apollo Crews (and Titus O’Neil) has been less than stellar during its weekly “development” on Raw: short, nothing matches, bad acting and a lack of logic.

But one thing that was always hanging in the background was the possibility that we’d get a good match out of it between the two. And we got a pretty decent bout out of them during the Extreme Rules kickoff show. Crews and Kalisto fired off a series of fast-paced, high-impact moves that got the Baltimore crowd rocking.

Kalisto’s Satellite DDT had fans out of their seats, and Crews catching a springboard attempt and turning it into a Samoan Drop were highlights during the match, which reminded fans just what both are capable of. It’s a shame that we won’t likely get more of this and instead will be “treated” to more “acting” between Titus and Apollo.

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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.