Extreme Rules 2015

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Running Time: 187 Minutes
Certificate: 15
Number Of Discs: 1
Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Released: June 29 2015

Extreme Rules 2015 didn't quite achieve the excitement that the card has in the last few years. One of the matches is very good (and few expected anything from it beforehand, making it doubly impressive), but the rest of the card is only adequate at best.

Dean Ambrose vs. Luke Harper, under Falls Count Anywhere rules, is an unusual opener, in that it is quite literally a match of two halves (I won't explain why as that would be a spoiler). Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus isn't very interesting, with the Kiss Me A--e stipulation remaining unexplained. Tyson Kidd and Cesaro vs. The New Day is pretty good, though, and it cements the New Day heel turn; on the other hand, Nikki Bella vs. Naomi has just one highlight, that being Naomi's new multi-coloured LED boots (unless the second highlight is working out the date of the phantom babyface turn for The Bellas).

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WWE Extreme Rules 2015

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Genre: Wrestling
Produced By: WWE
Format: Pay-Per-View
Date: April 26 2015
Location: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, USA
Attendance: 14,197

Although it is hoped that each Pay-Per-View event is better than the last one, show-to-show comparisons are not usually made. However, the annual expectation comes for the first post-WrestleMania PPV, which is always in some ways compared to Mania. This year, it was no exception with Extreme Rules, especially since it hosted a number of WM rematches. In the end, Extreme Rules stood up as a relatively good show in its own right, but as an overall package, it didn't quite reach the level that WrestleMania 31 did.

On the Kick-Off show, we were treated to Neville vs. Bad News Barrett, with Neville filling in for an injured Daniel Bryan, who was meant to defend his Intercontinental Championship against Barrett on the main card. As it was, we got a really good substitute match which the reliably red-hot Chicago crowd were on their feet for. The result was a nice surprise, as Neville actually cleanly pinned the former IC Champ with the Red Arrow in his biggest match since officially debuting on Raw the night after WM. It appears that the two Englishmen will enter a rivalry based on this bout and, if the match quality remains as high as it was here, nobody will be complaining.

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