WWE Not-So Extreme Rules 2021 feat. A Lack of Extremeness

[Emperor Smeat]

Show just started for anyone that cares.

Card for tonight's show:


Here’s the card for WWE Extreme Rules, which will air tonight at 8 PM ET on Peacock in the US and WWE Network elsewhere.

Card
Universal Championship Extreme Rules Match
Roman Reigns (c) vs. “The Demon” Finn Bálor

SmackDown Women’s Championship
Becky Lynch (c) vs. Bianca Belair

Raw Women’s Championship
Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Alexa Bliss

United States Championship Triple Threat Match
Damian Priest (c) vs. Sheamus vs. Jeff Hardy

SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The Usos (c) vs. The Street Profits

Liv Morgan vs. Carmella


Plus a 6-Man Tag that got added late to the show.

[Triple A]

This seems like maybe the laziest / most filler PPV WWE has put on yet

[Emperor Smeat]

This seems like maybe the laziest / most filler PPV WWE has put on yet

Yeah, easily in the upper tier for recent years based on the build for it.

Like the completely forgot the whole purpose and selling point of Extreme Rules is to have a lot more brutal and/or hardcore style matches than usual.

[Emperor Smeat]

For an opening match, this 6-Man Tag been way more sloppy than it should be considering the talent involved and way more RAW-like than PPV-like at the moment.

[Emperor Smeat]

Uso's AR graphics for their entrance looks awful.

Sort of like Mandy Rose's old entrance smear setup but replace the smear visuals with fancy looking circles that spin as the Usos are walking down the ramp. Usos look like they are plowing into the circles but in an awful looking way.

[Destor]

having the gimmick exclusively in the main event is how it shouldve been for all these gimmick cards from the get go. 9 gimmick matches in a night is reckless with your talent and you hotshot the audience. everyone loses.


absolutely no benefit from having a card of hell in a cell or what have you. always been a terrible idea. hope this is a consistent change long term. they have got to temper expectations otherwise theyll be a disney version of czw.

[Emperor Smeat]

Even this SD Tag title match is somewhat sloppy at the moment albeit mostly Angelo Dawkins fault.

Going to be a long night if this continues to be a trend for the whole show.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ford's sunset splash from inside the corner to the Usos on the outside was awesome.

Latter half of the SD Tag team match was very good. They should have gone with this match instead of the 6-Man Tag to open the show.

having the gimmick exclusively in the main event is how it shouldve been for all these gimmick cards from the get go. 9 gimmick matches in a night is reckless with your talent and you hotshot the audience. everyone loses.


absolutely no benefit from having a card of hell in a cell or what have you. always been a terrible idea. hope this is a consistent change long term. they have got to temper expectations otherwise theyll be a disney version of czw.

Problem is WWE did a mostly awful job building up the only extreme match stip on the show and them waiting till near the last moment to announce it. The actual announcement wasn't even tied into what had happened on RAW last week and just thrown out for the sake of it.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Charlotte loudly calling the finish to RAW Women's title match.

Bliss had some serious wedging going on right near the end of their match.

On one hand, the RAW Women's title match didn't completely suck but on the other hand, it wasn't that good either.

[Emperor Smeat]

:| at the big "Thank You Lilly" chant for Bliss' destroyed doll.

And if things couldn't get even more weirder, Bliss is now actually foaming at the mouth over her sorrow.

[xrodmuc316]

Thank You Lilly chant :rofl:

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Heyman's over-the-top response to Kayla Braxton's backstage interview antics whenever those two are together.

[Emperor Smeat]

Either someone in this US title match just ripped a fart or someone in production botched pipping in fake crowd noises.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Sheamus mocking Hardy's dancing routine before hitting knee drop onto Priest.

Starting to think everyone didn't bother to practice or had very little practice time before the show started since the matches have been full of botches and sloppy action way more than usual for a WWE show.

[Emperor Smeat]

US title match was very good and best thing on the show so far, especially the latter half of it.

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE's desperate as hell to prevent any chance of AEW regaining the key demographic advantage over them during football season.

Just threw out a WWE title match for the start of RAW tomorrow.

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE legit couldn't resist finding a way to mess up this amazing SD Women's title match.

Ends via DQ from a random Sasha Banks run-in attack.

:lol: at the crowd cheering Banks for attacking Bianca and Lynch.

[xrodmuc316]

When is the last time the Demon lost a match before tonight?

[Emperor Smeat]

The AR visuals for Demon Balor's entrance is pretty cool even if its mostly a rehashed version of Lashley's one.

[GD]

When is the last time the Demon lost a match before tonight?

Samosa Joe NXT title

[Emperor Smeat]

When is the last time the Demon lost a match before tonight?

2016 at NXT TakeOver The End.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Balor having Demon-based set of kendo sticks

[GD]

Lmao at Reigns masking up

[Emperor Smeat]

Oh wow at Reigns wearing a face mask because of him being in the crowd.

Maybe it wasn't a wise idea to book Reigns to have a brawl in the crowd considering his leukemia health issues puts him at a bigger risk for COVID than the typical person. Then again WWE Creative is full of morons after all.

[GD]

Announcing Lesnar vs Reigns for Crown Jewel has sucked any interest I had in this match.

[GD]

Oh wow at Reigns wearing a face mask because of him being in the crowd.

Maybe it wasn't a wise idea to book Reigns to have a brawl in the crowd considering his leukemia health issues puts him at a bigger risk for COVID than the typical person. Then again WWE Creative is full of morons after all.

I couldn’t agree more. It was unnecessary.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Balor nailing Reigns in the nuts

[GD]

Damn, this match just got interesting.

[GD]

lmao red mood lighting is back

[Triple A]

Just put it on a few mins ago... Pat McAfee is v good...

[Triple A]

damn... Demon stuff seems bad / very corny, especially since he's prob gonna lose after all these "bells and whistles"

[Emperor Smeat]

https://i.imgur.com/PjfWAiJ.gif

WWE legit couldn't resist using spooky red mood lights for Demon Balor.

Also :lol: at how goofy that whole setup was.

[GD]

What a fucking bullshit of a finish.

[Triple A]

??

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the ring ropes randomly breaking.

Universal title match was very good but holy hell was that ending sequence goofy.

Back-to-back title matches ended via lame shenanigans.

[Heisenberg]

what a fuckin' shit show

[GD]

Fake crowd cheering on a championship match for tomorrow at the conclusion of the PPV

[Emperor Smeat]

Demon Balor is pretty much dead in terms of special aura after that goofy ending WWE managed to come up with for the Universal title match.

Out of all the ways to book the Demon's first ever main roster loss, that was one of the worst and lamest ways to do it.

[GD]

They massacred The Fiend and The Demon for Saudi Blood money.

[slik]

Saw the ending on Twitter...weird

Meanwhile the only end that really matters...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Finn Balors Butt is always a winner �� <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EXTREMERULES?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EXTREMERULES</a> <a href="https://t.co/X7KLQK0UIL">pic.twitter.com/X7KLQK0UIL</a></p>&mdash; Antonio Liranzo ✨ (@AntonioILiranzo) <a href="https://twitter.com/AntonioILiranzo/status/1442322688417087490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[asphyXy]

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Fuck Vince McMahon.

[Sting Fan]

1 page and a comment for a WWE PPV… record?

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Lmaoooo wtf was that Balor spot

[#1-norm-fan]

I went looking for a longer version of that Balor spot to see if there was a context that made it better.

Apparently he was dead and then the lights went red and his body started convulsing in rhythm to a heartbeat. Resurrected he jumped back up, started destroying Reigns like a man possessed and climbed on the top rope for his finisher. The rope snapped and he fell, hurt his leg and lost. That sum it up about right?

Also, did Reigns really mask up mid-match in order to fight in the crowd? Lol

[drave]

god damn thats fucking stupid if that's really what happened......




Going to open the peacock stream and find out

[drave]

Yeah...... fucking stupid

[drave]

So of course the Uso's came down to interfere. They all beat down the demon, he started to come back, got speared and then everyone is just lying there.


The red lights start, and Balor starts flopping on his stomach like a fish. The demon rawr noise happened, he popped up, went on a tear, fell off the top rope when it "broke".

[Fignuts]

You can literally play the curb your enthusiasm music after the lights go back to normal and it would be perfect.

[Gerard]

Didn't even realise this was on, but unsurprisingly...doesn't seem like i missed much.

[xrodmuc316]

I went looking for a longer version of that Balor spot to see if there was a context that made it better.

Apparently he was dead and then the lights went red and his body started convulsing in rhythm to a heartbeat. Resurrected he jumped back up, started destroying Reigns like a man possessed and climbed on the top rope for his finisher. The rope snapped and he fell, hurt his leg and lost. That sum it up about right?

Also, did Reigns really mask up mid-match in order to fight in the crowd? Lol

Whoa man, WAY OFF!

His heart beating led to the music and red lights, dont be ridiculous!

[Mr. Nerfect]

Hahaha, this sounds almost as ridiculous as AEW Revolution did earlier this year. This is a fucking race to the bottom.

And yeah, WWE doesn’t generate much conversation in certain parts of the internet. How weird is it to think it is several times more popular than its nearest competition? Just fucking ice cold, baby.

[Emperor Smeat]

I went looking for a longer version of that Balor spot to see if there was a context that made it better.

Apparently he was dead and then the lights went red and his body started convulsing in rhythm to a heartbeat. Resurrected he jumped back up, started destroying Reigns like a man possessed and climbed on the top rope for his finisher. The rope snapped and he fell, hurt his leg and lost. That sum it up about right?

Also, did Reigns really mask up mid-match in order to fight in the crowd? Lol

The mask moment might have actually been worse than the goofy ending for Demon Balor's loss.

At least with Demon Balor, the whole ending sequence came off way more comedic than it should have been but had Balor won, it also would have been a pretty cool and unique ending to a WWE match. Worst that could happen is a lot of ridicule towards Balor and WWE over it.

With Reigns, WWE knowingly and purposely put his health at a potential big risk by booking an unnecessary brawl in the crowd portion for his match. His health battles with leukemia means his immune system is at a bigger risk for COVID than someone like Balor and if the Delta variant has shown, even being vaccinated doesn't fully resolve those concerns. The moment he had to go grab a mask for that part of the match is the moment where WWE messed up royally with their booking of that whole match.

[xrodmuc316]

The mask moment might have actually been worse than the goofy ending for Demon Balor's loss.

At least with Demon Balor, the whole ending sequence came off way more comedic than it should have been but had Balor won, it also would have been a pretty cool and unique ending to a WWE match. Worst that could happen is a lot of ridicule towards Balor and WWE over it.

With Reigns, WWE knowingly and purposely put his health at a potential big risk by booking an unnecessary brawl in the crowd portion for his match. His health battles with leukemia means his immune system is at a bigger risk for COVID than someone like Balor and if the Delta variant has shown, even being vaccinated doesn't fully resolve those concerns. The moment he had to go grab a mask for that part of the match is the moment where WWE messed up royally with their booking of that whole match.

While I agree in theory, there is no way Roman was MADE to do that. If Roman didn't want to fight in the crowd, he wouldn't have. The better argument would be that WWE should have put their foot down and told Roman he couldn't do the crowd spot for his own good, for the exact reasons you said.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Imagining the first time Hulk Hogan ever Hulked Up. He’s been beaten to oblivion by the dastardly heels. There’s no way he could possible survive. But what’s this? Real American is playing over the speakers! Hulk’s body is convulsing with each Rick Derringer guitar strum! He’s now up and fighting back! He’s found this extra gear we didn’t know existed! His adrenaline is pumping and he’s impervious to pain! He’s fought back against the villains and now he’s ready to hit his finishing move. He bounces against the ropes and hits his big leg drop, but oh no he landed on his bottom too hard and he eats the three count. Well, shoot.

[Emperor Smeat]

While I agree in theory, there is no way Roman was MADE to do that. If Roman didn't want to fight in the crowd, he wouldn't have. The better argument would be that WWE should have put their foot down and told Roman he couldn't do the crowd spot for his own good, for the exact reasons you said.

I'd assume he didn't want to make a stink about that issue since it didn't play a role in the match's finish and the mask being something that was demanded by him and/or Creative in order for that brawl stuff to happen. Way more instances of top stars and people getting big pushes just going along with whatever bad ideas WWE came up with than the reverse over the years because they didn't want to piss off Vince.

Now if he was out in the crowd with no mask and it was revealed later that him and/or Creative had turned down the mask requirement, then whoever was responsible for that would have deserved all the backlash against them.

[#1-norm-fan]

It’s more puzzling to me that a crowd brawl was deemed so important that the goofy pause for Roman to put a mask on in the middle of a fight HAD to happen.

[#1-norm-fan]

Imagining the first time Hulk Hogan ever Hulked Up. He’s been beaten to oblivion by the dastardly heels. There’s no way he could possible survive. But what’s this? Real American is playing over the speakers! Hulk’s body is convulsing with each Rick Derringer guitar strum! He’s now up and fighting back! He’s found this extra gear we didn’t know existed! His adrenaline is pumping and he’s impervious to pain! He’s fought back against the villains and now he’s ready to hit his finishing move. He bounces against the ropes and hits his big leg drop, but oh no he landed on his bottom too hard and he eats the three count. Well, shoot.

I was trying earlier to put this in a “demonic horror movie character” analogy but I’m not enough of a horror buff to think of a good one. This works.

[xrodmuc316]

I was trying earlier to put this in a “demonic horror movie character” analogy but I’m not enough of a horror buff to think of a good one. This works.

Its like when they took the 4 leaf clover off the box after 60 years, and the Leprechaun just popped right up and started killing fools!

[xrodmuc316]

I'd assume he didn't want to make a stink about that issue since it didn't play a role in the match's finish and the mask being something that was demanded by him and/or Creative in order for that brawl stuff to happen. Way more instances of top stars and people getting big pushes just going along with whatever bad ideas WWE came up with than the reverse over the years because they didn't want to piss off Vince.

Now if he was out in the crowd with no mask and it was revealed later that him and/or Creative had turned down the mask requirement, then whoever was responsible for that would have deserved all the backlash against them.

Sure, but this is Roman. This guy gave up a Mania title match, took 5 months off, and was the new champ within 1 week of returning. Roman has the stroke to punch Nick Khan in the face and not even get fined!

[Vastardikai]

Sure, but this is Roman. This guy gave up a Mania title match, took 5 months off, and was the new champ within 1 week of returning. Roman has the stroke to punch Nick Khan in the face and not even get fined!

To be fair, during those 5 months, he completely redefined himself from the Top Babyface to the Top Heel. He found the missing pieces of the puzzle and upped his game considerably. What we see out of him today is what Vince McMahon saw in him years ago.

The average fan doesn't care about workrate. But he can work at a high level. He tells some of the best stories in the ring. He is one of the best talkers. Roman looks like an ass kicker, and has no problem wearing a face mask while proving that he is that kind of guy. Dude drew the biggest gate in Smackdown History. People want to see him, and it doesn't matter if he's wrestling Jey Uso or John Cena. He has Paul Heyman in his corner, one of the greatest managers in the history of wrestling, and Roman is still the best part of this act. He carries himself like he's the biggest star in wrestling, because he is. To the point where #2-#5 could be any combination of Big E, Lashley, Walter, Omega, Danielson, Okada, or McIntyre, and that competition is much closer than #2 and #1.

And not only would he not get fined, but Nick Khan would actually thank him for the punch.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Roman can do whatever the fuck he wants at this point. Vince has no leverage over him anymore. If he decides to walk unless he gets the biggest contract in the history of the business, Vince would absolutely pay him. This is what happens when a star hits his ceiling and there’s a viable alternative that can legitimately afford said star.

[Seanny One Ball]

You can literally play the curb your enthusiasm music after the lights go back to normal and it would be perfect.



Hahahahaha...

I’d like to see that.

That could be a whole gimmick for somebody.
It would probably get over too because it actually is remotely interesting.

[Seanny One Ball]

Every time The Demon powers up he botches the finish and loses.
Cue the Curb theme tune.

Thank you Tony Falk.

[#1-norm-fan]

How it started:

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How it’s going:

https://c.tenor.com/wywLSgaxvLkAAAAC/tenor.gif

[drave]

LMFAOOOOOOOOO


I heard that gif (and that's with a hard G, fockers)

[Mr. Nerfect]

They would have protected Balor more if he had just eaten a clean Spear.