jeff hardy won the number one contender match at extreme rules.
jeff hardy won the number one contender match at extreme rules.
who won the number one contender match at extreme rules?
jeff hardy
at payback, seth rollins defeated samoa joe, giving joe his first loss since debuting on the main roster. the following night on "raw", rollins stated that his business with joe was done. he then turned his attention to universal champion brock lesnar, however, finn bálor came out and stated that he should be the next person to face lesnar as bálor was the inaugural champion and never lost the title. the two then participated in an intercontinental championship number one contender's triple threat match, also including the miz, who won following interference from samoa joe, who attacked rollins, and bray wyatt, who performed "sister abigail" on bálor. also at payback, braun strowman defeated roman reigns in the main event. after the match, strowman continued to attack reigns, but reigns retaliated by slamming an ambulance door on strowman's arm multiple times. on the may 8 episode of "raw", strowman indicated his desire to face lesnar for the universal title after he was finished with reigns. later that night, reigns attacked strowman during his match against kalisto, targeting his arm with a steel chair. it was then revealed that strowman required surgery on his injured arm, and would be inactive for up to six months. due to strowman's situation and the need for a number one contender, general manager kurt angle scheduled a #1 contender's extreme rules fatal five-way match for extreme rules between reigns, rollins, joe, bálor, and wyatt. later on "raw", reigns defeated bálor and rollins defeated wyatt by disqualification after joe attacked rollins. the following week, wyatt opened the show, stating that he would be the one to defeat lesnar. reigns came out, followed by angle, who scheduled a match between the two that reigns won by disqualification when joe interfered and attacked reigns. rollins then came out and attacked joe. angle then scheduled reigns and rollins to face wyatt and joe in the main event, which wyatt and joe won. also in the show, bálor's in-ring promo was interrupted by lesnar's advocate paul heyman, who said that he wanted to see bálor face lesnar. for the final "raw" before extreme rules, angle scheduled a triple threat match between bálor, joe, and wyatt, which joe won, and a singles match between reigns and rollins, which reigns won.
extreme rules (2017)
on december 16 at , del rio turned into a fan favorite for the first time in his wwe career, when he saved ricardo rodriguez and the spanish announcers from 3mb (drew mcintyre, heath slater, and jinder mahal). later in the event, del rio teamed with the miz and the brooklyn brawler to defeat 3mb in a six-man tag team match. the next night on "raw", del rio and miz teamed up with tommy dreamer to defeat 3mb in another six-man tag team match. on the december 28 episode of "smackdown", ricardo rodriguez was awarded a title match against world heavyweight champion big show, but show knocked rodriguez out backstage. del rio was then awarded the title match in rodriguez's place, however, the match ended in a no contest after sheamus attacked big show. on the december 31 episode of "raw", show chose to defend his title against ricardo rodriguez. as rodriguez was about to lose the match, del rio attacked show from behind, causing a disqualification and re-igniting a feud between del rio and show. on the january 11 episode "smackdown", as del rio's character transitioned into a hero of the latino fanbase, he defeated show in a last man standing match to win his first world heavyweight championship. del rio made his first successful title defense on january 27 at the royal rumble, defeating show in another last man standing match, after rodriguez duct taped show's legs to the ropes. after repeated attacks from show to both himself and rodriguez, del rio and show faced off in a singles match on february 17 at elimination chamber, where del rio submitted him to the cross armbreaker to retain his title. del rio then began a feud with his new number one contender, jack swagger, over his opposing political views regarding immigration in america. the feud escalated on the march 18 episode of "raw", when swagger broke rodriguez's ankle with his "patriot lock" submission. del rio continued feuding with swagger on the april 1 episode of "raw", defeating swagger's manager zeb colter via disqualification after colter hit del rio with ricardo rodriguez's crutch. on april 7 at wrestlemania 29, del rio defeated swagger via submission to retain the world heavyweight championship. the next night on "raw", del rio defeated swagger and zeb colter in a two-on-one handicap match after forcing swagger to submit to the cross armbreaker. after that, del rio lost the world heavyweight champion to dolph ziggler who cashed in his money in the bank briefcase, ending his reign at 90 days. after the loss of the world heavyweight title, del rio would continue feud with swagger and ziggler over the title. on the april 29 episode of "raw", ricardo rodriguez defeated big e langston and zeb colter in a three-way match to give del rio the right to choose the stipulation of his three-way match at extreme rules and chose a ladder match. however, ziggler would suffer a legitimate concussion at a "smackdown" taping, thus removing their match from extreme rules. in result of ziggler's injury, del rio instead would be booked to face swagger in a number one contender "i quit" match at the pay-per-view on may 19, which del rio won. in the following weeks, del rio would face ziggler's enforcer big e. langston in a series of matches, which del rio won 3-2.
alberto del rio