Extreme Rules is going to be the next stop in WWE PPV programming. The fans will get to exciting night exclusively on a pay-per-view basis or on WWE Network. The PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will host the event on July 15th.
The specialty of this particular night is that each of the matches has some added stipulations with it.
This year, the event is going to be even bigger as both Raw and Smackdown Live brand will participate at Extreme Rules.
Moreover, the flagship show has already announced two of the main events from their side.
Now, Smackdown has also confirmed the marquee match from their side on this upcoming night. We will see the WWE Championship on the line within less than a month.
WWE Smackdown general manager has arranged a number one contender’s match on this past edition of the show.
Also, the winner of the match would become the new contender of the WWE Championship as per her the recent announcement.
Daniel Bryan dominated the match thoroughly until the Bludgeon Brothers came out of nowhere. They beat this man down to get eliminated from setting the last bout between Rusev and The Miz.
Interestingly, Rusev turned out to be an ultimate winner while getting an opportunity.
Now, WWE.com has confirmed he will compete in the WWE title match at the Extreme Rules PPV event.
AJ Styles has now received his next WWE challenger after getting over with Nakamura.
Here’s the confirmation of the title match,
“Rusev Day will be truly phenomenal if The Bulgarian Brute can take the WWE Championship from AJ Styles at WWE Extreme Rules. Find out who will reign supreme at WWE Extreme Rules, Sunday, July 15, streaming live at 7 ET/4 PT on the award-winning WWE Network!”
We should note this is the very first time that Rusev is getting an opportunity in the main event scene. So, he will definitely try to convert Extreme Rules onto Rusev Day by winning the prime championship, for the very first time.
The fans are very happy to see the former US Champion getting this huge opportunity.
It was a pleasant surprise given by the creative team of the WWE to most of the fans.
So much so, we hope to see a solid feud between these two in the upcoming weeks.