4:04 pm | July 14, 2019 | Go to Source | Author:
Extreme Rules is the last major stop for the WWE before their annual August showcase, SummerSlam. The show emanates from Philadelphia, the birthplace of ECW, and Extreme Rules channels at least a little bit of that energy with a variety of match types that will bring weapons into the equation.
While Raw and SmackDown have been somewhat inconsistent in recent months, recent pay-per-view performances offer hope of ramping up the energy and excitement heading into SummerSlam. The Undertaker will open the pay-per-view in a tag team match, while the Raw and Universal championships will be on the line in an Extreme Rules mixed tag team match that will almost certainly close the show.
Then, there’s the lingering presence of Money in the Bank winner Brock Lesnar and a potential cash-in, and a Kickoff Show that may well offer two of the best matches of the night with the Intercontinental championship and cruiserweight title defended in the hour before the PPV begins.
Matt Wilansky and Sean Coyle will cover the action live throughout the night, with ongoing results, reactions and match grades.
Match in progress.
Result to come.
Kickoff show:
Cruiserweight championship: Drew Gulak (c) def. Tony Nese
At last month’s Stoping Grounds event, Tony Nese, Drew Gulak and Akira Tozawa arguably stole the show with their kickoff show Cruiserweight championship match. It was a tough act to follow for Nese and Gulak tonight, but they delivered a solid match that saw Gulak retain the championship he won at Stomping Grounds. The era of Gulak continues.
Intercontinental championship: Shinsuke Nakamura def. Finn Balor (c)
In the opening kickoff show match of the night, Shinsuke Nakamura picked up right where he left off on SmackDown Live last week with his second straight dominant victory over Finn Balor. This time, however, the Intercontinental championship was on the line.
Balor’s title reign, which began at WrestleMania 35, ends at 98 days while Nakamura’s first reign with the title is just beginning. The reemergence of Nakamura has officially begun
Still to come:
WWE championship: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Samoa Joe
Winners take all” Extreme Rules tag-team match for the WWE Universal championship and Raw women’s championship: Seth Rollins (c) and Becky Lynch (c) vs. Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans
United States championship: Ricochet (c) vs. AJ Styles
Handicap match for the SmackDown women’s championship: Bayley (c) vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross
Last Man Standing: Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley
Triple-threat tag-team match for the WWE SmackDown tag-team championships: Daniel Bryan & Rowan (c) vs. The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) vs. Heavy Machinery
Aleister Black vs. Cesaro
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