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Why Extreme Rules has just 6 matches

WWE have always had a lot of matches on their pay-per-view's but this Sunday, there are just 6 matches on The Horror Show at WWE Extreme Rules match card.

While there is still a chance for WWE to add more matches before the PPV, the main reason for limited numbers this month is reportedly the length of the matches. WWE are working towards having longer matches as per Tom Colohue and the cinematic match is reportedly set to be the longest. He said:

"There has been a mandate from the WWE management recently to have longer matches. A large part of this is down to the fact that they don't have as many people as they normally would, so they have to stretch things out a little bit. It worked out, I think about a week and a half ago on SmackDown, where they just hit all the different divisions, one match for each one and it really helped keep things hyped up, but obviously, they have lost a few more people since then. RAW this week was very much built around that as well. So for Extreme Rules, the same rule applies.

The cinematic matches are apparently quite long, and there is still a chance that we see a SmackDown Tag Team titles match added to the card."