Two New Matches Announced For WWE Extreme Rules 2020

One is a title match, but the other (weirdly) isn't...

by Jamie Kennedy
Extreme Rules 2020
WWE.com

WWE announced two new matches for the upcoming Extreme Rules: The Horror Show pay-per-view on this week's SmackDown.

Nikki Cross won a Fatal-4-Way bout over partner Alexa Bliss, Dana Brooke and Lacey Evans (whom she pinned) and will now challenge Bayley for the SmackDown Women's Title. Bayley's own partner Sasha Banks is already in line for a shot at Asuka's Raw belt.

Elsewhere, Braun Strowman fired out a challenge to Bray Wyatt for what WWE are calling a 'Wyatt Swamp Fight'. This cinematic showcase is likely to headline the show. It's also interesting that Bray never officially accepted the match before WWE confirmed it on their website.

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Weirdly, this 'Swamp Fight' looks set to a non-title affair too.

Strowman had previously defended his Universal Title against Wyatt at Money In The Bank, but WWE apparently believe the championship doesn't need to be on the line at Extreme Rules. There's a chance that could be changed on TV before 19 July though.

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If nothing else, a non-title match would give WWE an excuse to put Bray over and extend the feud into August's SummerSlam pay-per-view.

Makes sense.

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.