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

#2 Extreme Rules (6 times)

Daniel Bryan vs Kane- Extreme Rules

The match named after this event was always going to finish high on such a list. However, you cannot tell a difference between this match type and No Holds Barred, or a Street Fight. It does have a cooler name though. The name makes it sound like there is a lot on the line, and the competitors will lay it all in the ring in an extreme environment. More often than not, Extreme Rules matches have delivered but there were times where they failed to inspire. Randy Orton's Extreme bouts with Jack Swagger and The Big Show, in 2010 and 2013 respectively, are not exactly memorable.

The last two Extreme Rules pay-per-views were headlined by an Extreme Rules Match. 2016 saw Roman Reigns retain his WWE World title in an excellent brawl against AJ Styles, possibly the match which induced WWE officials to continue pushing The Phenomenal One as a main-event talent. Last year, there was a 5-way Extreme Rules match to determine Brock Lesnar's first opponent for the Universal Championship. Samoa Joe won a chaotic brawl, which may have been slightly less extreme than what everybody expected.

However, the two most Extreme matches in the history of this event must come down to the 2012 and 2014 main events. Brock Lesnar's first WWE match in eight years saw him make John Cena bleed the hard way in a brutal and surreal Extreme Rules match. Lesnar may have lost, but John Cena looked wounded after the bout. Extreme Rules 2014 came to a close with Daniel Bryan's last ever WWE Championship match, and what a match it was. He and Kane fought all the way to backstage and back, as we saw iron pipes, forklift trucks, and flaming tables. Here's to hoping we see similar Extreme Rules Matches in the future of this pay-per-view.