WWE always tries to make their PPV calendar bigger with every passing year. There have been also talks going on hinting that major online streaming channels are also being interested to buy their contents, as well. In the midst of this, it was confirmed that Extreme Rules will make its way back to the programming in 2020. The schedule has now been confirmed during the latest episode of SmackDown.
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WWE Extreme Rules 2020 edition will take place on Sunday, July 19th at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. This past episode of Friday Night SmackDown was hosted at the same venue. So it was announced before the live audience while this weeks’ segments were being taped.
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Well, this should be good news for the local fans as they could now attend a big pay-per-view, live in person instead of getting a WWE Network subscription.
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It should be noted that Extreme Rules is one of the most popular gimmick-based PPV events that WWE Universe loves to have on the schedule. Most of the matches on the card take place under a certain stipulation that makes the matches a must-watch. In general, the main event gets contested under No-DQ rules where anything goes and the match does not get stopped under any circumstances.
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As of now, Summerslam is confirmed to happen in August in the city of Boston, Massachusetts following WrestleMania 36. Being the second biggest pay-per-view of the year, this confirmation was done much earlier.
Extremely Rules has now been confirmed as another post-Wrestlemania PPV. There’s no announcement available on which would be going to be the very next PPV following Mania, though.
In the latest quarter call of the WWE, Vince McMahon hinted at selling the rights fees for any number of WWE products. Major streaming sites are reportedly “clamoring” over their content which is why WWE Network may not remain the only streaming platform that they air the PPV shows.
It’ll be interesting to see whether Extreme Rules will be available through the WWE Network except for San Jose fans who can catch a direct view buying PPV tickets.
