WWE Extreme Rules 2018: What Went Down
Surprises aplenty on an otherwise run-of-the-mill PPV.
WWE delivered a middling B-tier pay-per-view typical of the Network era on Sunday night (15 Jul), with Extreme Rules 2018's four hours laced with underwhelming matches, questionable booking decisions, and the odd highlight (the WWE Title match is a must-see).
Aside from Kurt Angle stating that Brock Lesnar must show up on tonight's Raw or be stripped of the Universal Championship, it was low on major angle developments, but yielded plenty of controversial outcomes.
Here are the results in full:-
- On the Kickoff Show, Andrade Almas d. Sin Cara and Sanity d. The New Day.
- The B Team d. The Deleters Of Worlds to become Raw Tag Team Champions.
- Finn Bálor d. 'Constable' Baron Corbin.
- SmackDown Women's Champion Carmella d. Asuka via distraction following James Ellsworth's shark cage escape.
- Shinsuke Nakamura d. Jeff Hardy to become United States Champion in just seven seconds.
- Kevin Owens d. Braun Strowman after being thrown from the steel cage in a Mick Foley tribute spot.
- SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bludgeon Brothers d. Team Hell No.
- Bobby Lashley d. Roman Reigns clean.
- Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss d. Nia Jax after Ronda Rousey's interference.
- WWE Champion AJ Styles d. Rusev.
- Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler d. Seth Rollins 5-4 when their 30-minute Iron Man match went to overtime.