WWE Extreme Rules 2021: Results, bizarre ending, ratings and analysis
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In the face of , WWE put on an unimpressive pay-per-view on Sunday in the form of Extreme Rules. The show featured no bad matches, but no great match either. More importantly, the two headlining bouts -- Roman Reigns versus Finn Balor, and Becky Lynch versus Bianca Belair -- both had confounding endings.
In the case of the Universal Championship match, Balor and Reigns were on their way to a stellar finish when things got strange. Balor, after being Speared through a barricade, was brought back to life by his theme music playing. As he set Reigns up for a Coup de Grace, the top rope snapped for no reason. Reigns then Speared him for the win.
As for the SmackDown Women's Championship, Becky Lynch retained via disqualification. Like the main event, the two performers built to a tremendous ending but were letdown by bad creative. Belair countered Lynch's Disarmer armbar into a KOD, but Sasha Banks returned after a month of unexplained absence, attacked both women and caused a disqualification.
The Ones.
(via )
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The show was certainly not without highlights. Almost every match was at least solid, including the surprise 6-man opener that pitted Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods against Lashley, AJ Styles and Omos. Alexa Bliss also had her best match in forever against Charlotte Flair. But with both main event matches having such unsatisfying endings, this was a weak showing for the WWE.
Some news from the show: Big E will defend his WWE Championship against Lashley on Raw.
Read below for full results and analysis from Extreme Rules 2021.
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Roman Reigns retains against "The Demon" Finn Balor
Roman Reigns handed "The Demon" Finn Balor his first loss after a weird match. Balor had Reigns beat with a Coup de Grace before the ring ropes snapped, allowing Reigns to spear and pin Balor.
This being an Extreme Rules match -- the first and only one of the night -- it wasn't long before Kendo Sticks come out. Reigns took out a stick, only for Balor to extract from under the ring a collection of several Kendo Sticks bunched together. He struck Reigns with them multiple times.
Throughout the match, the announcers exclusively called Balor "The Demon", as if Finn Balor and his Demon getup were two different entities. It was extremely annoying.
The crowd had chanted for tables the whole night, so popped huge when Balor brought one from under the ring. Reigns cut him off and pushed the table back, getting loud boos. It was a game of cat and mouse, with Balor pulling the table out again, but Reigns stopping him. Later, after the two brawled in the crowd, Balor finally succeeded in setting up the table -- but was then immediately slamed through it by Reigns for a two count.
THE DEMON BROUGHT HIS OWN KENDO STICKS?!
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse)
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You want tables? The says fine.
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Reigns clocked Balor with a Superman Punch and moments later countered a Shotgun Dropkick into a spear. Balor kicked out by low blowing Reigns, a mirror of how Reigns kicked out of the Coup de Grace on SmackDown a few weeks back.
Balor managed to land a Shotgun Dropkick and Coup de Grace, but the Usos ran interference to save Reigns from the 3 count. The Usos hit Balor with a double Superkick on the outside and setup a table. Balor fought back and powerbombed one of the Usos through the announcer's table, but once he got up, Reigns speared Balor vichy caderea parului through the barricade. The crowd chanted "holy shit!", as it was a sick spot.
Turnabout = fair play.
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse)
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The distraction of The leads to ... BAM!
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THE DEMON HAS RISEN.
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This is where everything goes wrong.
Balor's "Demon" music plays, and he begins spasming on the floor. He then is brought back to life as the arena is enshrouded in red light. With the music still playing, he blitzed Reigns with chair shots and dropkicked him through the table the Usos just setup. Balor had Reigns setup in the ring for a Coup de Grace, but then the... top rope snapped. Balor fell to the ground clutching his knee, then ate a huge Spear from Reigns for the finish.
Rating: 3.5 stars. The wrestling was good, but under the level of a usual Reigns main event. That's mostly because Reign's pay-per-view matches usually crescendo to terrific finishes, but the finish here was the worst part. It was arguably even the worst part of the show, since it wasn't explained at all.
Yes, we may get a followup on Friday's SmackDown, but in the moment it felt like a cheap finish -- which is especially insulting after the way Belair versus Lynch ended.
Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair ends in DQ as Sasha Banks returns
The SmackDown Women's Championship bout is one of the biggest of the show, being Becky Lynch's first true match since April 2020. Lynch and Bianca Belair had an excellent match, but it had a disappointing ending: Sasha Banks ran in to cause a DQ.
As the match began, a solid "Becky!" chant broke out -- but then we got a much bigger "E.S.T." chant. Lynch immediately tried a Man-Handle Slam, the move she used to beat Belair at SummerSlam, but Belair countered into a KOD. Lynch was able to slip out, then the crowd produced duelling "Let's go Becky!" and "E.S.T." chants.
The crowd had been into the whole show, but was by far more into this than anything prior. It's great to have Becky back.
As with Belair's previous title bouts, her long braid was integrated into the action. Belair mounted Lynch on the turnbuckle and was clobbering Lynch with the illustrious 10 punches. Lynch slipped out from underneath, grabbed Belair's hair and pulled her off the turnbuckle. That initiated a tug-of-war over the hair, ending with Belair pulling Lynch into an atomic drop.
She's the quickEST and fastEST for a reason.
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse)
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Did somebody say STRONGEST?
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse)
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DIS-ARM-HER APPLIED.
Can capitalize?!
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WWE
In the face of , WWE put on an unimpressive pay-per-view on Sunday in the form of Extreme Rules. The show featured no bad matches, but no great match either. More importantly, the two headlining bouts -- Roman Reigns versus Finn Balor, and Becky Lynch versus Bianca Belair -- both had confounding endings.
In the case of the Universal Championship match, Balor and Reigns were on their way to a stellar finish when things got strange. Balor, after being Speared through a barricade, was brought back to life by his theme music playing. As he set Reigns up for a Coup de Grace, the top rope snapped for no reason. Reigns then Speared him for the win.
As for the SmackDown Women's Championship, Becky Lynch retained via disqualification. Like the main event, the two performers built to a tremendous ending but were letdown by bad creative. Belair countered Lynch's Disarmer armbar into a KOD, but Sasha Banks returned after a month of unexplained absence, attacked both women and caused a disqualification.
The Ones.
(via )
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX)
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The show was certainly not without highlights. Almost every match was at least solid, including the surprise 6-man opener that pitted Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods against Lashley, AJ Styles and Omos. Alexa Bliss also had her best match in forever against Charlotte Flair. But with both main event matches having such unsatisfying endings, this was a weak showing for the WWE.
Some news from the show: Big E will defend his WWE Championship against Lashley on Raw.
Read below for full results and analysis from Extreme Rules 2021.
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Roman Reigns retains against "The Demon" Finn Balor
Roman Reigns handed "The Demon" Finn Balor his first loss after a weird match. Balor had Reigns beat with a Coup de Grace before the ring ropes snapped, allowing Reigns to spear and pin Balor.
This being an Extreme Rules match -- the first and only one of the night -- it wasn't long before Kendo Sticks come out. Reigns took out a stick, only for Balor to extract from under the ring a collection of several Kendo Sticks bunched together. He struck Reigns with them multiple times.
Throughout the match, the announcers exclusively called Balor "The Demon", as if Finn Balor and his Demon getup were two different entities. It was extremely annoying.
The crowd had chanted for tables the whole night, so popped huge when Balor brought one from under the ring. Reigns cut him off and pushed the table back, getting loud boos. It was a game of cat and mouse, with Balor pulling the table out again, but Reigns stopping him. Later, after the two brawled in the crowd, Balor finally succeeded in setting up the table -- but was then immediately slamed through it by Reigns for a two count.
THE DEMON BROUGHT HIS OWN KENDO STICKS?!
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse)
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You want tables? The says fine.
— WWE (@WWE)
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Reigns clocked Balor with a Superman Punch and moments later countered a Shotgun Dropkick into a spear. Balor kicked out by low blowing Reigns, a mirror of how Reigns kicked out of the Coup de Grace on SmackDown a few weeks back.
Balor managed to land a Shotgun Dropkick and Coup de Grace, but the Usos ran interference to save Reigns from the 3 count. The Usos hit Balor with a double Superkick on the outside and setup a table. Balor fought back and powerbombed one of the Usos through the announcer's table, but once he got up, Reigns speared Balor vichy caderea parului through the barricade. The crowd chanted "holy shit!", as it was a sick spot.
Turnabout = fair play.
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse)
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The distraction of The leads to ... BAM!
— WWE (@WWE)
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THE DEMON HAS RISEN.
— WWE (@WWE)
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This is where everything goes wrong.
Balor's "Demon" music plays, and he begins spasming on the floor. He then is brought back to life as the arena is enshrouded in red light. With the music still playing, he blitzed Reigns with chair shots and dropkicked him through the table the Usos just setup. Balor had Reigns setup in the ring for a Coup de Grace, but then the... top rope snapped. Balor fell to the ground clutching his knee, then ate a huge Spear from Reigns for the finish.
Rating: 3.5 stars. The wrestling was good, but under the level of a usual Reigns main event. That's mostly because Reign's pay-per-view matches usually crescendo to terrific finishes, but the finish here was the worst part. It was arguably even the worst part of the show, since it wasn't explained at all.
Yes, we may get a followup on Friday's SmackDown, but in the moment it felt like a cheap finish -- which is especially insulting after the way Belair versus Lynch ended.
Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair ends in DQ as Sasha Banks returns
The SmackDown Women's Championship bout is one of the biggest of the show, being Becky Lynch's first true match since April 2020. Lynch and Bianca Belair had an excellent match, but it had a disappointing ending: Sasha Banks ran in to cause a DQ.
As the match began, a solid "Becky!" chant broke out -- but then we got a much bigger "E.S.T." chant. Lynch immediately tried a Man-Handle Slam, the move she used to beat Belair at SummerSlam, but Belair countered into a KOD. Lynch was able to slip out, then the crowd produced duelling "Let's go Becky!" and "E.S.T." chants.
The crowd had been into the whole show, but was by far more into this than anything prior. It's great to have Becky back.
As with Belair's previous title bouts, her long braid was integrated into the action. Belair mounted Lynch on the turnbuckle and was clobbering Lynch with the illustrious 10 punches. Lynch slipped out from underneath, grabbed Belair's hair and pulled her off the turnbuckle. That initiated a tug-of-war over the hair, ending with Belair pulling Lynch into an atomic drop.
She's the quickEST and fastEST for a reason.
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse)
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Did somebody say STRONGEST?
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse)
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DIS-ARM-HER APPLIED.
Can capitalize?!
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse)
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