Opinion: The biggest winners and losers of Extreme Rules 2019

Winner: Braun Strowman

This was the Braun Strowman we fell in love with two years ago, the Braun Strowman that breaks things and people. Bobby Lashley served as a good dance partner in this car wreck.

To my delight, the usual tropes of last man standing matches were avoided and the company got truly creative here. That's what made the difference. These monsters battled all over the arena and the match ended with a powerslam from an upper deck into an area on a lower one.

Then Braun Strowman broke through the wall like a scene from a horror movie.

It was easily the night's best match and it puts Strowman back on the map, if the company wants him to be there.

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Winners: The New Day

Heavy Machinery were actually the stars of this match, but the New Day prevailed to become six time tag team champions. Bryan taking the pin was surprising here. Could this feud be over or could it develop into a team on team feud for SummerSlam, as I still expect.

Either way, with Kofi Kingston's retention of the WWE Championship later in the night, the New Day rules SmackDown. We'll have to see what "the power of positivity" brings on the road to SummerSlam.