8 WWE The Horror Show At Extreme Rules Impulse Reactions

7. The New Day (c) Vs. Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura

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Cesaro and especially Shinsuke Nakamura were in the mood in an excellent opener that delivered new SmackDown Tag Team Champions and a tables brawl that never remotely sagged or dragged as these pinfall-free stipulations often do.

In the same way the WWE steel cage often becomes a climbing frame for racing wrestlers, tables sometimes reduce superstars to being scared children on the top of the tallest diving board. Not here. The four beat the f*ck out of each other to give a potentially very odd show the hottest possible start, with the refreshingly normal Extreme Rules-style stipulation welcome on a night of unsettling weirdness.

Much to the chagrin of Xavier Woods watching at home, The New Day lost another set of belts the injured third man played no part in winning. That's two now, but the finish here could well mean a rematch for E and Kingston with pinfalls acting as the true decider. Could one of the weirder hat tricks in wrestling history await?

 
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