Wrestling Wednesday - Extreme Rules!

So! This Sunday WWE holds it annual Extreme Rules PPV, where every match is held with a different stipulation. Be it 2/3 Falls, Tables, Submission or the nicely vague Extreme Rules match. Passed onto me, to my very pleasant surprise, Paddy Power is taking bets on the outcome of some of the matches at the PPV. So in the interest of helping people make a little extra scratch, here are my tips for Extreme Rules 2012

Randy Orton (1/3) vs. Kane (2/1) - Falls Count Anywhere
Kane has had some terrible history with the Fall Count Anywhere match. BUT Kane has undergone a re-calibration recently, or more accurately he went back to the old Kane with a mask. BUUUUT Orton seems to have been under the radar recently and though I wouldn't be his biggest fan in-ring-wise, I'd definitely see Orton being bumped up to main event status pretty soon. Considering the odds though I say take the risk and hope that they are going to keep up Kane's momentum and make him a evil bastard again.

                                                                           

      KANE

Intercontinental Championship Match
Big Show (c) (5/4) vs. Cody Rhodes (4/7) - Stipulation Yet to be Figured Out
Probably Big Show, since they made a big song and dance about him winning the title and it being his 'Wrestlemania Moment'. Still should be fun and part of me wants Cody to win but it'd make much more sense for Showster to retain.

BIG SHOW

World Heavyweight Championship 
Sheamus (c) (2/5) vs. Daniel Bryan (7/4) - 2/3 Falls
I figure this is going to be a little sleeper hit. I have yet to hate a Sheamus match (Wrestlemania notwithstanding) and Daniel Bryan's pre-WWE 2/3 Falls are always spectacular! Granted this ain't Ring of Honor but WWE are perfectly capable of putting on some awesome wrestling. WWE could actually make this feud pretty interesting with a Bryan win but the safe bet is Sheamus to retain.

                                                                     

  SHEAMUS

WWE Championship 
CM Punk (c) (4/7) vs. Chris Jericho (5/4) - Chicago Street Fight
This. Will. Be. Awesome! Their feud has been bad-ass with Punk and Jericho being an absolute riot! The win is absolutely going to Punk. He has been slapped around the place by Jericho for the last few weeks and its time for a bit of retribution. There is always a chance they will keep this feud going to the Over the Limit PPV but if Jericho wins they are gonna have to pull out something really clever for Punk's character to keep the momentum going and as much as I am enjoying WWE at the moment, I don't see that happening.

CM PUNK

John Cena (13/8) vs. Brock Lesnar (4/9) - Extreme Rules
Brock Lesnar. No doubt about. Everything, all you have, the whole she-bang on Brock Lesnar

BROCK LESNAR

Hmmm, that's a pretty big Brock...