Ranking Every 2017 WWE Pay-Per-View From Worst To Best

10. Extreme Rules

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The Good: Samoa Joe claimed victory in an excellently-booked and worked fatal five way main event alongside Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Bray Wyatt and Finn Bálor. All five were permitted to look like top stars, as much thanks to the selflessness of 'The Big Dog' as anything else. He was ready, willing and able to make everybody else out there with him look as good as they possibly could. Sheamus and Cesaro continued to show that outstanding matches were the rule rather than the exception in an absorbing cage match with The Hardy Boyz.

The Bad: Neville and Austin Aries had the weakest match of their series in what proved to be 'The Greatest Man That Ever Lived's final televised contest for the company. Rich Swann and Sasha Banks' mixed tag team match win over Noam Dar and Alicia Fox was destined to be drab, and didn't over-deliver.

The Ugly: The 'Kendo Stick On A Pole' match between Alexa Bliss and Bayley continued an utterly wretched post-WrestleMania slump for the booking of 'The Hugger'. Weeks of build-up (including 'This Is Your Life', the worst segment of the entire year) pushed the idea that Bayley wasn't emotionally tough enough to wallop the Champion with the weapon...and she didn't, and she lost. Another nailed-on transcendent top babyface was flushed away in that very moment.

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