5 best main events in WWE Extreme Rules history

#2 Roman Reigns vs AJ Styles - World Heavyweight Title Extreme Rules match (WWE Extreme Rules 2016)

Roman Reigns defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against AJ Styles in an Extreme Rules match at the Pay-Per-View in 2016.

The contest was a rematch from Payback the previous month, where The Big Dog had successfully retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Styles.

The tremendous match saw incredible spots, such as Reigns being hit by a Phenomenal Forearm off the Kick-Off Show table by AJ Styles. This was then followed by The Phenomenal One being put through the ringside announcer's table.

Despite him hitting two Styles Clashes, with one coming on a steel chair, The Big Dog was still able to kick out at two.

AJ Styles then attempted another Phenomenal Forearm, but Reigns countered this with a spear mid-air. Reigns then got the pinfall and retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

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#1 Brock Lesnar vs John Cena - Extreme Rules match (WWE Extreme Rules 2012)

Extreme Rules 2012 saw Brock Lesnar compete in his first WWE match in over eight years.

The Beast faced off against John Cena, who had just been defeated by The Rock a month prior in the "Once in a Lifetime" main event of WrestleMania XXVIII.

The main event of the Extreme Rules match was physical, brutal and violent, with The Beast Incarnate busting John Cena wide-open in the first few seconds of the bout with some vicious elbow strikes to the skull.

Lesnar largely dominated the match. However, the tide turned after the Cenation Leader struck him in the skull with a thick steel chain.

This allowed John Cena to take advantage and hit Brock Lesnar with an Attitude Adjustment onto the steel ring steps in the center of the ring for a victory over one of the most dominant wrestlers in WWE history.