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The WWE has more than held its place in a week filled with professional wrestling, featuring the best special event card of any promotion on Sunday night in Philadelphia. Extreme Rules has introduced some of the company's leading shares and sports entertainment elements, bringing four title changes and a winning attempt from Money in the Bank holder Brock Lesnar.
With two more games added a few hours before the show and the surprise surprise, Lesnar has resulted in 13 official fights – as much as a typical SummerSlam card rather than a B-level payout like Extreme Rules. Considering that SummerSlam – WWE's second largest PPV of the year – is only in four weeks and that new executive directors are supporting the company's television programs this week, we are not aware of what is planned for the future.
Regarding what happened Sunday night, CBS Sports was with you throughout the process to update this story with results, ratings and highlights. Make sure you subscribe to the State of Combat with Campbell's podcast for a complete list of extreme rules and a preview of the weekly WWE TV show in Wednesday's show.
2019 WWE Extreme Rules results, notes
Intercontinental Championship – Shinsuke Nakamura def. Finn Balor (c) via pinfall to win the title (Kickoff Show): Just as Nakamura did in his victory over Balor, the champion used the barriers of the ring to face the challenger. The fight started slowly but was resumed late when Nakamura hit Balor – sitting on the second rope – with a sliding powerbomb. Balor bounced with a double step and Nakamura in the corner. However, when Balor came forward to the coup de grace, Nakamura dodged and punched Balor with a Kinshasa on the back of his head, then another in front of his face.
This represents consecutive defeats for Balor against Nakamura and what looks like a hasty title change considering that this match was only booked a few hours before Extreme Rules and was suddenly found in the # 39, kick-show broadcast. (That could have been on the main SummerSlam map!) Maybe we will have a revenge if the WWE decides to follow the path of the Balor-Lashley feud by removing the title of the popular Balor only to win it back at 39. one of the biggest shows of the company of the year (like the same demon). It was not as special as it could have been due to the booking and placement of the card. Nakamura is the third man to hold the intercontinental titles WWE and NJPW (MVP, Chris Jericho). Grade: C +
Cruiserweight Championship – Drew Gulak (c) def. Tony Nese via pinfall to keep the title (Kickoff Show): Nese did not perform well, but he hit Gulak, who was suspended between the middle ropes on the circular apron. The challenger followed with an extremely impressive 450 – putting his knees down in Gulak's chest for a tally of two. Once recovered, Gulak hit Nese with an electric bomb and a Crash cyclone for 1-2-3. It would not have been fair to expect much from Gulak after his war with Matt Riddle on Saturday night, but that was not up to previous heavyweight showcase games. Grade: C
Roman Reigns and The Undertaker def. Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre via pinfall (No Holds Barred): The crowd broke out for Taker whenever she had a chance, especially when he hit Old School early. Moments later, an evening with friends with McIntyre provided a potential glimpse of SummerSlam. Later, Taker decided to play against McMahon and was prepared to propel him into an announcement table … until Elias came out of nowhere and had him pierced his back with his guitar. McIntyre hit Reigns with a Claymore on the outside of the ring and followed another with The Undertaker, who was distracted when he was choking Elias. Taker was then placed on the table and crossed by McMahon, who hit his patented elbow of the upper tensioner. McIntyre and Elias brought Taker back into the ring, holding him in the far corner with a trash can in front of him so McMahon could hit him side by side. Reigns woke up and slapped Elias with a Superman punch, before being eliminated by McIntyre. Taker was dragged into the middle of the ring but immediately sat down and hit chokeslams on McMahon and Elias. Back turned to Taker, McIntyre prepared for a Claymore, but Reigns intercepted him with a spear. Reigns then threw a wounded McMahon into Taker for a Tombstone Piledriver and victory.
Taker looked at Reigns ashore after the match, the two greeted each other and Taker slapped him on the chest as a sign of respect and approval. Taker raised his head up and was given a special place in the center of the ring to welcome the fans. "We do not know how many times we will be able to appreciate what we have witnessed tonight," said Michael Cole. A predictable reservation can be a good reservation, and it was certainly predictable to save the day from Reigns (as was the case for the table with Taker, considering the extra padding noticeable). Despite everything, the crowd was hot throughout the match, the action was constant and Taker seemed the best of what he had been for years. Good start for the main show. Category B
Raw Tag Team Championship – The awakening (c) def. Usos via pinfall to keep the titles: These teams started at a dizzying pace, but the match slowed down considerably with The Revival in attack, which was aimed at exhausting Jey Uso. A shortcut for Jimmy Usos again boosted the pace, but Dash Wilder countered his panic with a sitting Powerbomb for a score of 2.5. A corkscrew on the top rope and a help to Samoan Drop had a similar result for the Usos, but a puzzle by Scott Dawson followed by a Superplex combination of the Revival would have caused the fall if Jey did not. He had not broken with a splash on his own. Dawson grabbed Jey's leg as the Usos attempted a double dip out of the ring, distracting Jimmy and giving Revival the opportunity to hit him with Shatter Machine for the win. A classic team fight of quality that has suffered from the point of view of the reaction of the crowd as a result of Undertaker. Category B
Aleister Black against Cesaro: Attempt of Black Mass at the opening bell, Black gets a hard blow carried by Cesaro, who makes fun of the pose of his competitor. This angry Black, who immediately threw Cesaro out of the ring, hit him with a moonlight and sat down himself. Black pierced Cesaro with an early meteorite, but on a second attempt, Cesaro caught him and hit him with a raised European uppercut for nearly three points, which was avoided only because Black grabbed the bottom rope. Cesaro leaping was caught with a knee to the chin, giving Black an opening to focus on Cesaro's injured left knee with kicks and a knee protection bar. The men then traded their cups in a tangle Cesaro had won, but after Black avoided a Gotch neutralizer, he surprised Cesaro with Black Mass for a sudden double. The simple PPV Pitch-Perfect debuted for Black, and Cesaro proved the right opponent to help him shine. Grade: B +
Gift exchange behind the scenes: With R-Truth and Carmella looking for Drake Maverick, Bliss is seen giving Cross one of his t-shirts as a gift. The profits from the street were shown in the background to make fun of being touched by the moment and then asked the ladies "where the party to?" after Bliss becomes champion. Bliss corrected them by saying that she and Cross would be co-champions, which caused the Profits to laugh hysterically. Cross shouted at them before they touched the ring.
SmackDown Women's Championship – Bayley (c) def. Nikki Cross (via pinfall) and Alexa Bliss retain their title (Handicap 2 against 1): Wedged between the apron and the ring, Bayley defended against Cross, who dominated the start of the match. Bliss rushed with a baseball zipper to punch Bayley in the back before asking Cross for a tag. After Bliss hit Bayley with both knees, Bayley became aggressive; she plunged through the ropes to get out Cross and then broke Bliss on the same rope. Cross tagged herself, but Bayley locked her into Jaime Noble's old Trailer Hitch device (a "death bid") before dodging a flying Bliss, who tried to interfere. Bayley locked Bliss in the cross play simultaneously in a cool place, but Bliss bit Bayley's hand to escape. Bliss intervenes again to break the bid on Cross and continues to jump into the ring, giving Cross an opportunity to hit a tornado DDT for a score of 2.5. Bliss was identified, but Bayley blocked Twisted Bliss with her knees; Cross came in and Bayley broke through with one knee before hitting a nudge for the oppressed 's win.
This match was better than the crowd had credited, especially the end, though Bayley must return to Bayley-to-Belly (Kairi Sane is so much better off the elbow) and probably should have won with the double bid. That said, Sasha Banks did not make a comeback, nor a turn between Bliss and Cross … it was a bit like fans waiting for something to happen. Grade: C +
Braun Strowman def. Bobby Lashley by 10 counts (last man standing): Lashley attacked Strowman before the start of the match and got the first long count after the bell following a spear in the ring. The two men mingled with the crowd, climbing the stars in the merchandise space before descending the stairs leading to the arena. Lashley fetched Strowman and led him through the barrier into the ring area (in the opposite direction, that's normal). Lashley then pushed Strowman into the commentator's table, which fell because of his size; Strowman caught him by taking Lashley flying over the barricade and taking advantage of his momentum to launch Lashley into the area of international advertisers. The two men eventually climbed again and found themselves on a platform. Strowman opened a small portal and lifted Lashley into a darkness (a padded box placed at the entrance of the theater). Fans chanted "ECW" as Strowman punched through the box and Lashley was counted. Excellent physical match. two with an end that suffered somewhat for the viewer because the massive padding was so visible. We certainly did a good follow up of Raw shocker a few weeks ago, although we wonder if spilling Lashley would have been a better idea. Category B
SmackDown Tag Team Championship – New Day def. Daniel Bryan and Rowan (c) [via pinfall] and Heavy Machinery to win the titles: After an Otis caterpillar and a Heavy Machinery slingshot on Byan, Big E is himself injured. Big E recovered and kicked Bryan out of the ring apron on the outside, which caused Otis to pretend to be a suicide dive, then pass through the ring ropes and splash the rest of the competitors below; Tucker followed with a splash. Back in the ring, Heavy Machinery hit Big E with the Compactor, but Xavier Woods broke it at the last minute. Moments later, Bryan blindly hit Rowan and jumped on Big E, hitting him with a flying impulse, then placing him in the LeBell lock, which he only escaped by pushing far enough under the ropes . Quickly, Big E angered him as he stood up and dared Bryan to slap him; Big E caught the last slap and responded with a lariat. He then grabbed a flying Bryan and scored Woods, who wriggled in his arms when New Day landed at midnight to become a six-time team champion. It was a great match with an excellent finish and a fantastic reception for the new champions. Grade: A-
Paul Heyman made a statement: As New Day celebrated in the gorilla position, Heyman grabbed a microphone and climbed onto the stage. "I'm Philadelphia, I'm the whole concept of" extreme. "Then I'll be cursed – and I'll probably be fucked anyway – but I'll be if I leave Philadelphia tonight for an extreme show without being part of the story ", did he declare. Heyman then promised Brock Lesnar to remove his suitcase from Money in the Bank, but added that it would probably make him stupid. "Am I telling you the truth … or am I Paul Heyman ?!"
United States Championship – AJ Styles def. Ricochet (c) via pinfall to win the title: Before the bell rang, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows attacked Ricochet while he was posing in the ring. Styles eliminated his teammates from the champion but laughed as he was able to dominate the first half of the match against Ricochet, now injured. It took a while, but Ricochet ended up being offended by coming off Style's chest and hitting a reinforced enziguri. He then splashed the club and hit Styles with a moonsault springboard followed by a Northern Lights suplex in a corkscrew. Ricochet avoided a phenomenal forearm clash and styles, but finally got caught by a Pele kick. Ricochet then hit the challenger with a brainbuster, but when he went for another, Styles countered with the same move for a close fall. After suspending Styles at the top rope, Ricochet hit a top rope press (not the turnbuckle) and would have won if Anderson had not pointed out to the referee that the foot of Styles was clearly under the bottom rope. In an attempt to knock Ricochet off the top rope, Anderson managed to distract both the champion and the referee. This allowed Gallows to shoot Ricochet from the top of the rope. While the champion was hanging at the back of the ring, Styles locked him into the Clash Styles and tackled him back to win the title.
That's exactly what the Balor-Nakamura match should have been earlier in the game: make a good match on the television with another phenomenal fight (pun intended). This was Ricochet's best match on the main training at this stage and one of Styles' best since his tenure at WWE. He delivered in every way imaginable, the only drawback being the fact that the WWE continues to rob the American title. That said, it was a great match and exactly what WWE should be presenting on its VPPs. Grade: A
Kevin Owens def. Dolph Ziggler via pinfall: As soon as the bell rang, Owens and Ziggler chewed. Ziggler slapped Owens in the face, so he responded with the stunning 1-2-3 and a 16-second win. Owens immediately grabbed the microphone and said that he would not be silenced. He called McMahon for his defeat of Taker, telling him that now that McMahon had taken the Tombstone Piledriver, he could "kiss my ass and go straight to hell". Clearly, it's all about organizing a match at SummerSlam in between. Ziggler is a bit too high of an artist to be able to go down as easily, but the crowd has suffered. Grade: C
WWE Championship – Kofi Kingston (c) def. Samoa Joe via pinfall to keep the title: Playing in Kingston giving him the bird at SmackDown, Joe worked on the champion's major at the start of the match and even placed him between the steel steps before they jumped on him. Joe laughed at Kingston, hurt, who gave him another finger as a response and balanced the movement with a cross body. Kingston escaped a Joe's crossface and hit the challenger with a S.O.S. for a count of 2.5. Joe locked in the Clutch Coquina, but as Kingston tried to smash him, Joe sent him back violently to the canvas with a uranage and smacked a smash for his own account of 2.5. As dual fans "we want Lesnar" and "no, we do not," Kingston surprised Joe with Trouble in Paradise. Although the match was entertaining and Joe again looks like a legitimate challenger for the title of the main event, he is another example of his loss of a match for the world title (1-5 with the only victory of a disqualification). The finish also came out of nowhere and seemed a little dull. It's a shame because a title change was probably the way to go here – or at least a finish that would have given Joe a reason to demand a rematch from SummerSlam. Category B-
Women's World and Raw Championships – Seth Rollins (c) and Becky Lynch (c) def. Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans retain the titles (Winners Take All – Extreme Rules): Evans felt Rollins' chest early in the game, prompting exasperated Lynch to punch her with a kendo stick a dozen times. Rollins grabbed one and did the same thing to Corbin. Lynch hit Evans with a Beck-Sploder suplex out of two and a leg drop on another. Lynch then hit a Van Daminator dropkick in Corbin after catching a chair thrown by Rollins. Evans responded with a beautiful moon card on Lynch, although the champion dodged the Woman's Right. The champions set up some tables but did not use them immediately as Corbin grabbed new kendo sticks. Evans and he line up on Rollins' back, then hit the champions with stereo chokeslams for two counts. After a double doubling out of the ring, the champions placed the challengers on the tables; Lynch put one leg to Evans on the second rope, while Rollins splashed Corbin from the top rope.
Corbin captured Rollins' following Stomp attempt and bombarded him in power, followed by Deep Six for a near fall until Lynch disassociated. Lynch threw Evans out of the ring, so Corbin shocked her shockingly and hit her with End of Days, enraging Rollins, who took a kendo stick and dumped on Corbin. Rollins did the same thing with a chair, fell back into the corner and hit the Stomp but did not go for the last one. As the tension mounted, he knocked twice more for the 1-2-3 to send the crowd to the happy house … or at least we thought … Category B
Universal Championship – Brock Lesnar def. Seth Rollins (c) via pinfall to win the title: As Rollins' theme began to play, Lesnar's music resonated in the walls of the Wells Fargo Center. Lesnar hit Rollins with a pair of German suplexes, and Heyman officially cashed the contract with the referee. When the bell rings, Lesnar hits Rollins with an F5 to win the title without a problem. The Philadelphia crowd cheered the surprise but booed the title change. After holding the title for 659 days since April 2017, Lesnar is again champion after a 99-day race led by Rollins. It seemed unnecessary for the WWE to remove the card after a four-hour PPV that had already yielded very good results. We are now back to square one with Rollins and Lesnar, probably again against SummerSlam. Grade: C
Highlights of the WWE 2019 Extreme Rules
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