4 factors that made Extreme Rules one of the best WWE pay-per-views of 2019 so far

#1 Excellent card structure

There wasn't a single bad match.

Extreme Rules had ten matches and every single one of them delivered effectively. Let us quickly run them down.

1. The opener was fun, showcased a rejuvenated Undertaker and saw Shane McMahon receive his much-awaited comeuppance.
2. The Usos vs Revival match was classic tag team wrestling from the two best teams in the world.
3. Aleister Black vs Cesaro was excellent and put both guys over.
4. Bayley was booked pretty strongly against Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross.
5. Braun Strowman and Bobby Lashley had a proper hoss brawl all over the place and the finish was great.
6. The Smackdown tag title match was brilliant and all three teams shone in the spotlight.
7. Ricochet vs AJ Styles was world class, as expected from two of the best in the ring.
8. Kevin Owens squashing Dolph Ziggler put him over huge and he cut another great promo afterwards
9. The WWE Championship match was decent and had a good story, if a little abrupt.
10. The mixed tag main event was eventful and the final stretch was pretty great, as mentioned previously.

So, as you can see, pretty much every moment on the show clicked. That is a very rare happening, considering there were ten matches on the card. It just shows how good the action was, along with the storytelling. A couple of matches towards the end suffered from a fatigued crowd, but there was nothing bad on the entire card. There were a couple of questionable booking decisions, but it was otherwise very strong. Even the 15-second match was booked to perfection. Every other match was decent at worst and excellent at best.

For all the bashing fans give WWE, they knocked it out of the park this time. Hopefully, this leads to a string of consistently good programming on Raw and Smackdown. WWE Extreme Rules 2019 genuinely was the best non-big four/five pay-per-view since probably Evolution from last October. These are exciting times for WWE fans.