Top 8 WWE PPVs of the 2010s

#6 Extreme Rules 2012

An extremely unique main event, at the time

Extreme Rules 2012 followed another impressive pay-per-view in WrestleMania 28. The Miami-based Supercard was carried by Triple H vs The Undertaker inside Hell in a Cell and the 'Once in a Lifetime' match between John Cena and The Rock. This time, it was up to the full-time workers to come up with the goods. And boy, did they!

Sheamus and Daniel Bryan recovered from their 18-second debacle at WrestleMania to wrestle a minor classic in the form of a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Similarly, CM Punk defended his WWE Championship against Chris Jericho in a Chicago Street Fight that blew the pair's WrestleMania match out of the water.

Other highlights included Randy Orton defeating Kane in a Falls Count Anywhere Match, Cody Rhodes regaining his Intercontinental Championship from the Big Show and Layla returning to capture the Divas Championship from Nikki Bella. However, the biggest match and moment on the card came in the form of a returning Beast.

Brock Lesnar faced John Cena in his first WWE match in over eight years and it did not disappoint. The main event Extreme Rules match was a violent and bloody brawl, the likes of which WWE fans hadn't seen since the birth of the PG Era.

Lesnar destroyed Cena like nobody could and even though the Leader of the Cenation ground out the victory, the match will remain unforgettable for the brutality that ensued. Also, Lesnar did get his win back over Cena at SummerSlam 2014.