This Saturday night, WWE once again goes EXTREME! Or at least as extreme as they can within the parameters of TV-PG viewing. Generally speaking I consider this one of WWE's gimmick PPVs that should probably be done away with, alongside Hell in a Cell and Elimination Chamber. Bloodless "extreme" matches up and down the card are kind of a contradiction.
Anyway, this is another six-match lineup so the show will likely be another fairly lean one in the three-hour neighborhood. Man, if this company would just can all the stupid video packages their PPV events would be a breeze to sit through. No Roman on this show, gotta save him for Blood Money-- er, Crown Jewel. But this lineup looks pretty good. Let's take a dive....
Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook: The Brawling Brutes vs. Imperium
Sheamus and Gunther absolutely stole the show back in Cardiff (some would say they even stole the weekend), so this should be a fun six-man. What this gimmick means I'm sure I dunno, I guess probably just Tornado Tag rules and no disqualification? Sheamus and Gunther have an Intercontinental Title rematch the night before, which seems kinda backwards. I'm guessing Sheamus wins the rematch? If that's the case I expect Imperium to win here, 50-50 booking and all that.
Pick: Imperium
Strap Match: Drew McIntyre vs. Karrion Kross
Guys, I've said this before, but I really don't see what the big deal is with Karrion Kross. To me he reeks of "generic sorta-big dude" and there's nothing at all special about him. When he got the big NXT push a couple years ago I didn't see it, when he got called up and was promptly and absolutely sabotaged I said "Eh, no big loss anyway." Maybe someone can help me understand it. That said, this should be fine, as Drew is a helluva worker. Sadly Drew is also probably gonna take a loss here. Remember when Drew was booked as an unstoppable monster babyface? Guy loses all the time on PPV now. Incidentally I'm not big on strap matches when they do the four corners rule.
Pick: Kross
