Episode 1986
Extreme Rules (2022)
Mon, 2022-Oct-10 01:49 UTC
Length - 2:52
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The 2022 Extreme Rules was the 14th annual Extreme Rules professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, marking the first Extreme Rules event to be held in October and on a Saturday, as well as the second Extreme Rules event to take place at this venue after the 2019 edition. The concept of Extreme Rules is that the event features various hardcore-based matches.
Six matches were contested at the event, all of which were held under hardcore stipulations. In the main event, Matt Riddle defeated Seth "Freakin" Rollins by submission in a Fight Pit match which had Daniel Cormier as the special guest referee. In other prominent matches, Finn Bálor defeated Edge in an "I Quit" match, Ronda Rousey defeated Liv Morgan by technical submission in an Extreme Rules match to win the SmackDown Women's Championship for a second time, and in the opening bout, The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, and Butch) defeated Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, and Giovanni Vinci) in a six-man tag team Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook match. The event also saw the return of Bray Wyatt, who had been released from his WWE contract in July 2021.
The event received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the six-man Donnybrook match and the “I Quit” match, the latter for its dark tone and ending, along with Michael Cole's commentary during the match, while the Smackdown Women’s Championship match was criticized as the weakest of the event. The main event was moderately praised, with most feeling that more could have been done with the stipulation. The return of Bray Wyatt, however, was universally acclaimed for its mystery, buildup, and execution. Critics also praised the variety of stipulation matches, unlike the previous year's event.
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For the full current version of the article, see Extreme Rules (2022) on Wikipedia.
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