The Rasslin Roundup will recap both the Extreme Rules PPV, and also last night’s Monday Night RAW airing. The seeds were planted for future feuds, and table set for main event for Money in the Bank; which will be in four weeks time.
Extreme Rules led to the regaining of all but one championship on Sunday night. Meaning, Roman defeated AJ Styles in the main event; Charlotte won with help from Dana Brooke over Natalya. The New Day would keep their tag titles over the Vaudevillians Aidan English and Simon Gotch. The Miz also won his match in the fatal four way and kept the IC title from Cesaro, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. Rusev defeated Kalisto and regains his initial momentum potentially- by winning the United States title and back to a refreshed push as champion.
Baron Corbin faced Dolph Ziggler in the kickoff bout, plus a Big Cass and Dudley Boyz altercation which would carry over in a segment on RAW. Dean Ambrose won a hellacious match versus Chris Jericho in the first-ever Asylum weapons-filled cage match. The USO’s lost in a trying effort versus the Club members, Gallows and Anderson in a tag team match. The tag team bout opened up the PPV portion of Extreme Rules officially.
Seth Rollins returned at Extreme Rules with the proper “Pedigree”- pun intended to a huge rush of cheers, and especially laying out Roman, the title holder. Seth would also open the show with a welcome back in-ring promo segment; while returning to his heel ways. Citing the wishy-washy crowd and those who booed him stuck with Rollins, and in so many words, labeled them all two-faced because they greeted him with warmth and well wishes in his initial recovery. Shane McMahon addressed the fact that Roman earned and regained the title, all the while; Rollins never lost the title. Ergo, both men and with a lasting history, and being former Shield mates launched this feud. McMahon explained that these two would main event MITB.
In other developments, the qualifying MITB bouts were on RAW, and with a stacked card and some of the best wrestling matches on the show. Dean Ambrose would emerge victorious over Dolph Ziggler to advance via the Dirty Deeds DDT. Jericho defeated Apollo Crews who was attacked in the back during a promo, by Sheamus. Sheamus also lost his match- the opening bout on the TV telecast to Sami Zayn. Therefore, Sheamus; a former winner didn’t even qualify for this year’s contention.
Cesaro would also win and advance by defeating the IC champ, the Miz who was accompanied by his wife and manager, Maryse. In non-qualifying bouts, The New Day trio defeated the Social Outcast members of Heath Slater, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel.
Charlotte would also address the crowd and officially stand out and step out of the Flair heritage. She verbally ripped and denounced her father, the Nature Boy, Ric Flair. Citing the woes and issues of a 30year career, and being absent from her life; and everything was all about, all revolving around Ric Flair instead.
The main event would feature Kevin Owens winning over AJ Styles, plus with the dissention of the Club; and appearing as Gallows and Anderson as a tag team with no alliance with Styles.
In closing, how does Styles rebound from here, with the losses? And does this dissension also lead to the original founding father making his claim, in Finn Balor? With the return of John Cena as well, plus Rollins- will any of the feature superstars be fighting for proverbial “real estate” to their spots?
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