Ranking the 5 most common gimmick match types in WWE Extreme Rules history

#4 Strap Match (3 times)

CM Punk vs Umaga- Strap Match

This is a very weird stipulation. Both wrestlers are strapped to each other and must touch all four corners of the ring in succession to win. Hardly an extreme match. Nevertheless, WWE still likes using it from time to time. Perhaps the best match of its kind came in the 2009 Extreme Rules opener where Mr. Money in the Bank CM Punk ousted Umaga, almost three hours before he would win the World title from Jeff Hardy at the end of the night.

The following year, we saw JTG upset Shad Gaspard in the same match, as Cryme Tyme exploded. The Strap Match returned to Extreme Rules in 2013, when Sheamus beat Mark Henry. These were hardly the most exciting matches, as you could possibly tell. A common theme in these matches is that the smaller wrestler always won. Perhaps, this match is an effective way for the smaller guy to win without having the bigger guy actually lose. It still does not change the fact that Strap Matches are ridiculous and WWE should not bring it back.

Strap Matches and Submission Matches have had the same frequency at Extreme Rules and are basically similar in terms of having another match with a similar concept, but Strap Matches are ahead on this list because the concept actually returned to the Extreme Rules pay-per-view. John Cena faced Rusev at Extreme Rules 2015 in a Russian Chain Match, basically a Strap Match but with a chain instead of a strap.