{"id":20229,"date":"2016-05-22T21:58:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T02:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=20229"},"modified":"2016-05-23T14:32:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T19:32:28","slug":"mcneills-live-blog-wwe-extreme-rules-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/22\/mcneills-live-blog-wwe-extreme-rules-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"McNEILL\u2019s Live Blog of WWE Extreme Rules 2016!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3173210059\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2659\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/StaffMcNeill07_120.jpg\" alt=\"StaffMcNeill07_120\" width=\"120\" height=\"138\" \/>The following takes place between 7:30 PM and 11:00 PM.\u00a0 Events occur in real time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are LIVE at the McNeill North American Command Center for Extreme Rules 2016 on the WWE Network.\u00a0 I assure you, this will be EXTREME.<\/p>\n<p>My supper is interrupted by The Dudleys coming to the ring.\u00a0 The Dudleys claim that once they left for WWE, that was the end of ECW.\u00a0 Oh, there might have been a few other factors.\u00a0 Bubba Ray &amp; D-Von are upset about not being booked for the show.\u00a0 They&#8217;re even more upset when Colin Cassidy interrupts them.<\/p>\n<p>Big Cass has fat jokes for Bubba Ray.\u00a0 This is Extreme!\u00a0 The Dudleys beat him two on one, until they don&#8217;t.\u00a0 Big Cass says the Dudleys are sawft.\u00a0 Oh, no, he didn&#8217;t!<\/p>\n<p>Guess which recently released wrestler is prominently featured in the new WWE Network spot?<\/p>\n<p>Jojo is ready to interview Mister and Mrs. Maryse.\u00a0 Maryse gets the truck to cue up dramatic music for Miz&#8217;s monologue.\u00a0 Miz does not close out with &#8220;After all, tomorrow is another day&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Booker says Cesaro reminds him of a wrestler who broke out of the pack and became Intercontinental Champion.\u00a0 But enough about Cody Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Phillips is standing by with Rusev &amp; Lana for #AskRusev. \u00a0Here&#8217;s a question from @RealPatMcNeill. \u00a0\u00a0&#8220;Rusev, can we expect big trouble for moose and squirrel?&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-547169661\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>You can tell WWE is on the bleeding edge of the culture by the fake Fort Minor music they bust out for the Reigns vs. Styles video package.<\/p>\n<p>Coming up later tonight on Camp WWE: You&#8217;re better off not knowing.<\/p>\n<p>Ziggler vs. Corbin.\u00a0 Ranallo tells us Baron is looking a start a &#8220;Party of Pain&#8221; tonight.\u00a0 Nate Silver immediately gives the Party of Pain candidate a 2% shot at winning the election.<\/p>\n<p>Ranallo tells us the &#8220;Lone Wolf&#8221; has degree in sociology from Northwest Missouri State.\u00a0 You know, Mauro, they have kayfabe for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>Corbin hits Ziggler with the Greco-Roman Testicle Crusher followed by the End of Days. \u00a0Sorry, Dolph.<\/p>\n<p>Corbin hit Dolph so hard in the balls that Renee Young felt it (Or Dana Brooke, depending on where you&#8217;re heading with the joke.)<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get to the main show.<\/p>\n<p>Did You Know?\u00a0 The WWE Network promo for this show featured ladybugs humping.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3344680035\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Your opening match at #ExtremeRules is a tornado tag match between The Usos and The Fellowship of the X-Ring.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams start brawling outside the ring before the bell. \u00a0Cole didn&#8217;t even have time to introduce the Romulan announce team.<\/p>\n<p>Some good violence in our opener from the Cartridge Crew, but back come The Usos.\u00a0 We get a quick round of Everyone Hits A Finisher (Which, by the way, is the best drinking game since &#8220;True American&#8221;.)<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy misses the top rope splash and gets hit with the Magic Killer.\u00a0 A big win for the Buckshot Buddies.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re keeping track at home, I&#8217;ve already used an LOTR joke, a Star Trek joke, a Bullwinkle joke and a New Girl joke.\u00a0 You only need one more square for McNeill Liveblog Bingo.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy misses the top rope splash and gets hit with the Magic Killer.\u00a0 A big win for the Buckshot Buddies.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re keeping track at home, I&#8217;ve already used an LOTR joke, a Star Trek joke, a Bullwinkle joke and a New Girl joke.\u00a0 You only need one more square for McNeill Liveblog Bingo.<\/p>\n<p>Cole promises that we&#8217;ll soon have the worst episode of &#8220;Ride Along&#8221; ever to hit WWE Network.\u00a0 Hint: it involves Byron Saxton.<\/p>\n<p>Funaki is one of the international\u00a0announcers for WWE Network. \u00a0I&#8217;m told his commentary is poorly overdubbed in Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>Kalisto versus Rusev.\u00a0 Cole tells us Kalisto has held the United States title for 117 days.\u00a0 Translation?\u00a0 He&#8217;s toast.<\/p>\n<p>Rusev uses the Torture Rack and JBL compares him to Lex Luger.\u00a0 Well, that&#8217;s not so\u2026Oh.\u00a0 Babyface Lex Luger.\u00a0 Them&#8217;s fightin&#8217; words.<\/p>\n<p>Kalisto gets a stutter-step start, goes flying and hits Rusev with the What The Hell Was That Supposed To Be?\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think he got all of that.<\/p>\n<p>Kalisto goes up top, but Rusev rallies and catches the champ with a Wow, That Was A Horrible Idea.\u00a0 Somebody get the medic.<\/p>\n<p>The Accolade finishes it. \u00a0Rusev is your United States Champion. \u00a0That works.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow night, Shane McMahon appears on the WWE Monday Livecast.\u00a0 Cole follows that up by asking Byron who his favorite Ninja Turtle is.<\/p>\n<p>The New Day vs. The Vaudevillians. \u00a0Sheamus isn&#8217;t booked for tonight. \u00a0He must be on the road promoting that Ninja Turtles movie.<\/p>\n<p>Xavier Woods breaks into the New Day promo to try picking up women via Twitter.\u00a0 Well, it is safer than Craigslist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Byron, you&#8217;ve followed the Vaudevillians since they were on NXT.\u00a0 What do you know about them?&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;I know they&#8217;re not over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the New Day hangs on the titles.\u00a0 Thank goodness.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage, AJ Styles promises Renee Young that he will win tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an ad for &#8220;Money In The Bank&#8221;.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think using Sheamus&#8217;s win from last year in the advertising was such a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>Time for an Intercontinental Title Fatal Four Way match.\u00a0 Why a Fatal Four-Way?\u00a0 Because WWE saves the six-way matches for WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>JBL compares The Miz to Audie Murphy.\u00a0 Look, if I&#8217;m going to Wikipedia, it&#8217;s an old reference.\u00a0 In this case, sixty-one years old.<\/p>\n<p>Owens sees the other three wrestlers in a stacker-up superplex, and he breaks it up to get at Zayn.\u00a0 I get it, he&#8217;s obsessed.\u00a0 Good work.<\/p>\n<p>Owens tops Cesaro with a series of cannonballs to multiple corners.\u00a0 Yes, it&#8217;s the Cannonball Run!<\/p>\n<p>The Miz is trapped in the Giant Swing.\u00a0 I&#8217;d rather see him trapped in the Giant Ferris Wheel from &#8220;1941&#8221;, but you can do your own movie joke.<\/p>\n<p>Sami Zayn makes the save for Owens.\u00a0 The over\/under on Sami regretting this decision is 120 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in this mess, Miz pins Cesaro to steal the victory.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t blame me.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not the director who missed the shot.<\/p>\n<p>We go to the All-Star Panel. \u00a0Someone in production has been watching SportsCenter. \u00a0And only 27 years after it debuted.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re up to the Asylum Cage match.\u00a0 Looks like WWE decorated this structure by going to Weapons &#8216;n Things at the mall.<\/p>\n<p>The announcers tell us that Jericho&#8217;s been in every gimmick match in WWE.\u00a0 I must have missed Y2J&#8217;s trip to the Punjabi Prison.<\/p>\n<p>JBL points out that there&#8217;s a barbed wire 2&#215;4 hanging next to a mop and bucket.\u00a0 Immediately after he says it, both wrestlers go for the mop.<\/p>\n<p>Ambrose gets the nunchucks.\u00a0 Jericho gets the barbed wire two-by-four.\u00a0 You know what they say, styles make fights.<\/p>\n<p>We run the gamut of weapons.\u00a0 Kendo stick, leather strap.\u00a0 Jericho tries to exit the cage, and discovers the cage door is locked.\u00a0 You&#8217;d think he&#8217;d have noticed that sooner.<\/p>\n<p>Fire extinguisher, check.\u00a0 Straitjacket, check.\u00a0 I hate to say it, but the crowd is getting restless.\u00a0 They must think this is a TNA Asylum Cage match.<\/p>\n<p>Ambrose with a clothesline from the top of the cage.\u00a0 Why, no, that&#8217;s not the finish.\u00a0 Why do you ask?<\/p>\n<p>Dean busts out the bag of thumbtacks.\u00a0 At least JBL doesn&#8217;t call them &#8220;toys&#8221;.\u00a0 Then, of course, we get actual chain wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Short powerbomb by Ambrose onto the tacks.\u00a0 Then a Dirty Deeds onto the tacks.\u00a0 Ambrose wins.\u00a0 Dean does a better job selling the one tack in his elbow than most wrestlers do selling the whole bag.<\/p>\n<p>Still, this was not the four star spectacular we were hoping for.<\/p>\n<p>Two matches to go, and one of them is our submission match. And both wrestlers have submission moves. It&#8217;s like a diva revolution or something.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte and Natalia are doing very well, but this is a difficult spot.\u00a0 You&#8217;re doing submission moves after the fans saw thumbtacks and shiny things.<\/p>\n<p>Natalya has the win until she gets distracted by Dana Brooke.\u00a0 Yep.\u00a0 Charlotte hits Natty from behind and locks in the figure eight.\u00a0 Charlotte wins.<\/p>\n<p>(This screwjob finish is brought to you by Crescent Manufacturing. Since 1960, Crescent has made the finest machine screws, tapping screws and shoulder screws, precision manufactured from 1\/16 ti 3 inches. Remember, nobody screws you like Crescent Manufacturing! Well, except for WWE booking.)<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Silent Rage, but you can also thank my assistant, Captain Obvious.\u00a0 He helped.<\/p>\n<p>Time for our main event.\u00a0 Both wrestlers make their way to the ring.\u00a0 I think the crowd might be slightly in favor of AJ Styles.<\/p>\n<p>No, nobody else is at ringside for this no rules match.\u00a0 Why do you ask?<\/p>\n<p>Someone should tell the Newark crowd that Reigns <strong>can <\/strong>wrestle.\u00a0 A more accurate chant for Reigns would be something like &#8220;We don&#8217;t like you&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Walk and brawl commences, ending with Reigns backdropping AJ through the announce table.\u00a0 It might be time to cue the Ammunition Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Uh, oh, AJ with the chopblock to Roman&#8217;s knee.\u00a0 Styles follows up by, well, not targeting the injured knee.\u00a0 Reigns powerbombs Styles through a different announce table.\u00a0 Then Reigns goes to spear AJ through the barricade and misses.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s okay, because Reigns comes back.\u00a0 Superman punch.\u00a0 Spear.\u00a0 Here comes the Gunpowder Gang!\u00a0 And here comes the Samoan Facepaint Posse!<\/p>\n<p>Reigns kicks out of the Styles Clash.\u00a0 Counters.\u00a0 Second Styles Clash and the Usos make the save.\u00a0 Now AJ goes all chair happy.\u00a0 The more chairshots he hits, the more the fans cheer for him.\u00a0 And then Reigns spears Styles in midair for the win.\u00a0 Oh, well.\u00a0 It was fun while it lasted.<\/p>\n<p>The air goes out of the balloon.\u00a0 And that air gets replaced with helium when Seth Freaking Rollins runs in to beat up Roman.\u00a0 Standing ovation.\u00a0 Well, I don&#8217;t hate that.<\/p>\n<p>PWTorchLivecast.com call in show at the bottom of the hour.\u00a0 Roundtable goes up for VIP members when we finish it.\u00a0 G&#8217;night! #ExtremeRules<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4183197144\"><div id=\"pwtor-675685852\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The following takes place between 7:30 PM and 11:00 PM.\u00a0 Events occur in real time. 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