Grading every WWE PPV of the year 2018 (Part 2)

#3 Extreme Rules

A solid show

After a strong PPV in the form of MITB, WWE gave us another good PPV in Extreme Rules.

But it also had its share of hits and misses. WWE Universal Championship was not part of the card. Styles defended his WWE Championship against Rusev and Jeff Hardy's US Title was on the line against Nakamura. Carmella was against Asuka and Bliss was against Jax for their respective titles.

Lashley vs Reigns, Balor vs Corbin and Owens vs Strowman were other singles matches on the card. Kane and Bryan joined hands with each other against Bludgeon Brothers and Ziggler fought Rollins for the IC Title.

Positives

The PPV had more positives than negatives. The main-event between Ziggler and Rollins was good. Styles and Rusev told a compelling story in their Championship match. Lashley vs Reigns and Balor vs Corbin were good in quality. The tag match between Team Hell No and Bludgeon Brothers was fine.

Negatives

The biggest negative from the PPV was it was non-consequential. Only one title changed hands on the show. Lashley/Reigns match was seen as the no.1 contender match for the Universal Championship but it was all ruined later.

The two Women's Title matches, especially the Smackdown one, were hard to sit through. Strowman throwing Owens off the cage established Strowman as goofy instead of monstrous. Almas and Sanity were relegated to the Pre-Show.

Grade: 7/10