Welcome back to Pro Wrestling Review, today I'll be giving my thoughts and predictions on WWE Extreme Rules 2013.
Pre Show: The Miz vs Cody Rhodes
Unfortunately I don't give two cents about this match. That's not a good thing since a year and a half ago if I had to pick two people to be the next top heels I'd probably pick these two. In the last year though wwe hasn't done anything with either of them, there both in no storylines and there is pretty much no feud leading into this match. One week Cody Rhodes is in a tag team (probably jobbing) and the next he's jobbing as a singles wrestler. Wwe has got to fix their midcard.
Pick: The Miz
Randy Orton vs The Big Show
This feud has been ok, nothing notable has really come out of it though. I hope that it'll be a good match, with the added stimulation I think there is a possibility of that.
Pick Randy Orton
Strap Match: Sheamus vs Mark Henry
This feud I have been liking for the most part, starting it out by having Mar Henry just attack Sheamus in the back was a good move I think. I've really been liking how they've been building up Henry. I've been a big fan of him since 2011 when he became the monster heel that he is now. Having him just brutally beat Sheamus with a strap was very entertaining and I don't know if it was real or not but those pictures of Sheamus's back were afterwords were very brutal.
I'm not sure about the strap stimulation, I'd have much rather had and extreme rules or tables type match. I'm not the biggest fan of the strap match so we'll see.
I'm hoping that Henry can get the win here I think that would help him out some. I'm hoping that he gets either a wwe or world heavyweight title push soon. I could see this feud going on to at least one more ppv.
Pick: Mark Henry
Wwe TT Title Match: Shield Members Rollins & Reigns vs Daniel Bryon and Kane (Tornado TT match)
This is probably the match that I'm looking forward to the most on the card. I really liked the TLC one from last year and I think this one will be good to. I do wish that Ambrose was in the match but I don't think that that will hurt it to much. I fully expect the Shield to get the win and I hope team hell no will break up after it because I think that tag team has going on for way to long.
This match should be very entertaining and I can't wait to see it.
Pick: The Shield
U.S. Title Match: Shield Member Dean Ambrose vs Kofi Kingston
This should also be a good match, no it could be a great match. I'm expecting Ambrose to get the win here. I can see that wwe sees the potential in him and they're pursuing his singles career. I've said it before and I'll say it again I think that there's big things on the horizon for Dean Ambrose. Hopefully they do something with Kofi afterwards, maybe a heel turn or a big feud.
Pick: Dean Ambrose
Steel Cage Match: Triple H vs Brock Lesnar
I was kind of surprised that they're having this match for a third time. The build ups been ok, the whole text message thing was very strange with Triple H sending a message saying that he wouldn't be on raw and then coming there and pedigreeing Paul Heyman. It came off very strange to me and didn't make sense with Triple H being a face.
Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman breaking into Triple H's office was definitely my favorite part of the feud for this match. If it wasn't for that I wouldn't have really cared about the feud at all. The brawl on raw this week I thought was ok, it seems like most of the time when these two fight on raw Triple H always gets the better of it.
I think that 100% Brock has to win this match. Wwe and Paul Heyman have been building him up a ton since he's been back and I think that a loss here could hurt his character. He's supposed to be this huge monster but so far he's only won one of his three matches since coming back. If he loses another match it will make him look bad. Triple H losing on the other hand won't hurt anything I don't think. He lost both of his matches to The Undertaker at wrestlemania and his character is fine. Brock needs to get the win.
Also I have to give props to Paul Heyman, I'd say he's one of the top three mic workers in the company. The way he built up the no holds barred and the steel cage match was amazing. Two not that out of the ordinary matches. He's also done a wonderful job building up Brock Lesnar. If it wasn't for him Lesnar wouldn't be the wonderful character that he is now. I love seeing him back in wwe with CM Punk and especially Brock Lesnar.
As for the actual match I hope that it will be good, I didn't like the summerslam match but I did like the Wrestlemania one. I would have rather they made this a hell in a cell match that's a little bit more of a feud ending match.
Pick: Brock Lesnar
Chris Jericho vs Fandango
I haven't really been liking this feud much at all. With Jericho gone half the time on tours with his band I think and then them not really starting the main feud soon enough it's been choppy. Also can they think of a better commercial for raw than advertising Chris Jericho vs Fandango in a........dance off! That's got to be the worst commercial for raw that I've ever seen. It made them looks very silly.
I think the match should be at least fairly good especially since Jerichos in it. I see him getting the win and then hopefully they put him into title feud.
Pick: Chris Jericho
Wwe Championship Match (Last Man Standing): John Cena vs Ryback
This feud hasn't really done that much for me. I really liked the first promo that Ryback cut as a heel that was pre recorded. Other than that the feuds also been kind of choppy. They've each just been hitting their finishers on each other after attacks from the shield. Then the promo last week I really didn't like, Cena was making all these jokes, one or two might have been ok but was making tons of them. It made it seem like one he didn't care about the match and two it made him look stupid. When he's supposed to this be this tough guy that you root for and then he goes and makes these most of the time just dumb jokes it makes him look like idiot.
Then when it looked like they might get into a fight Ryback was saying "hold on big guy I'm not fighting you till Sunday". First why are you calling Cena big guy I think it's the other way around and two he shouldn't be backing down from a fight with. It makes him look a lot like less of a monster.
The feuds not been very good for me and I'm not sure about Ryback as a heel. At first I was all for it but now I'm not so sure. I just can't buy that he has to cheat to win, I mean look at him. I think that they should build him as a monster kind of like Brock Lesnar and Mark Henry where you don't like him because he beats up everybody. This cowardly character that has to cheat isn't a good character for him.
I think the match will be pretty good, if it was a regular match I don't think it would be but a last man standing one could be. I don't think they'll put the title on Ryback since he's so early into this new gimmick. I just hope that Cena doesn't get injured more because if he does then wwe's in trouble since they haven't built anyone else up to take his spot.
Pick: John Cena
Overall the ppv looks promising, I think the stipulations will make most of the matches pretty good.
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