{"id":21038,"date":"2016-05-29T10:28:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T15:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=21038"},"modified":"2017-10-12T18:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T23:51:57","slug":"kyghts-ppv-evaluation-extreme-rules-2016-bestworst-match-biggest-surpriseletdown-updated-2016-ppv-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/29\/kyghts-ppv-evaluation-extreme-rules-2016-bestworst-match-biggest-surpriseletdown-updated-2016-ppv-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"KYGHT&#8217;S PPV EVALUATION &#8211; Extreme Rules 2016: Best\/Worst Match, Biggest Surprise\/Letdown, Updated 2016 PPV Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3929306717\" 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><strong>WWE Extreme Rules 2016 PPV Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BEST MATCH \u2013 ROMAN REIGNS VS. A.J. STYLES<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a toss-up between this and the four-way Intercontinental Title match for me, but I thought the main event just edged it out. This just in: A.J. Styles is an incredible pro wrestler. And guess what? Roman Reigns has been turning in great performances on top and isn&#8217;t deserving of all of the hate. Yep. That&#8217;s the truth. This was the best main event in the WWE this year, and A.J. lost nothing in a clean loss &#8211; if anything, it now has to be unarguable to anyone backstage that they have a guy on their hands who can be a go-to for any top level match for the foreseeable future. Great storytelling, free of the McMahon book-on-the-fly wackiness of earlier this month, and a great close to the show.<\/p>\n<p>WORST MATCH \u2013 THE NEW DAY VS. THE VAUDEVILLIANS<\/p>\n<p>The Vaudevillians&#8217;s act may have been cool to the NXT crowd, but it certainly seems to be dying a death on the main roster. And I don&#8217;t find The New Day nearly as entertaining as The Universe seems, too. This was a forgettable Raw match.<\/p>\n<p>BIGGEST SURPRISE \u2013 ROLLINS RETURNS!<\/p>\n<p>Well, if the idea is to make the fans accept Roman as their guy, this isn&#8217;t doing the man any favours. The crowd were rabid after Rollins hit the ring and took out Reigns following the main event. The Money In The Bank main event should be interesting.<\/p>\n<p>BIGGEST LETDOWN \u2013 DEAN AMBROSE VS. CHRIS JERICHO\u00a0ASYLUM MATCH<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3775540552\" 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>I didn&#8217;t hate this match nearly as much as most seem to. It was way too long, and had too much goofy &#8220;weaponry,&#8221; but the closing ten minutes were good in my opinion and Jericho&#8217;s tack bump looked grisly. I just think that if you&#8217;re going to introduce a new gimmick match, give it more of a chance out of the gate. 15 minutes of TV\u00a0time and this wouldn&#8217;t have gotten the negativity it did.<\/p>\n<p>BEST QUOTE \u2013 THANK YOU SETH<\/p>\n<p>Not exactly how you want the fans to welcome back what should technically be the top heel, is it?<\/p>\n<p>BEST MOVE \u2013 ROMAN REIGNS AND A.J. STYLES<\/p>\n<p>The finish for the main event, which saw Reigns counter a phenomenal forearm with a spear into the pin, looked seamless, even in slow motion replays. A lot could have gone wrong here, and nothing did.<\/p>\n<p>BEST MATCH FINISH \u2013 MAIN EVENT<\/p>\n<p>I love A.J. Styles, too, but it makes no sense at this point to take the title off of Reigns. A program with Rollins is up next, and Reigns still has unfinished business with Brock Lesnar. And I&#8217;d like to see Reigns vs. John Cena.<\/p>\n<p>OTHER THOUGHTS<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1637347022\" 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>&#8211; The four-way was outstanding. The Miz\u00a0is as interesting as he has been in years, and Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and\u00a0Cesaro\u00a0were all great. Just an awesome WWE-style match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Charlotte-Natalya match was good, but it looks like that may be the end of the feud. I never felt that they quite were given the chance to hit the heights they could, if that&#8217;s the case.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT IT\u2019LL BE REMEMBERED FOR<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s the best WWE PPV\/Special Event this year. The four-way and the main event were two of the best matches this year in the promotion, and you got them on the same show. That&#8217;s enough for me. Thumbs up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATED 2016 PPV EVALUATION RANKINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; WWE EXTREME RULES (2016-05-22)<br \/>\n2 &#8211; WWE PAYBACK (2016-05-01)<br \/>\n3 &#8211; ROH 14TH ANNIVERSARY (2016-02-26)<br \/>\n4 \u2013 WWE ROYAL RUMBLE (2016-01-24)<br \/>\n5 &#8211; WWE WRESTLEMANIA 32 (2016-04-02)<br \/>\n6 &#8211; ROH GLOBAL WARS (2016-05-08)<br \/>\n7 &#8211; WWE FASTLANE (2016-02-21)0<br \/>\n8 &#8211; WWE ROADBLOCK (2016-03-12<br \/>\n9 \u2013 TNA ONE NIGHT ONLY LIVE! 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