Wrestlemania 28 was a strange beast, as I reviewed earlier this month. A strange, controversial beast that, in its conclusion, ended a couple of its most interesting storylines and preserved some that weren’t as hot. In its wake, the company has tried to create new ones while continuing the others in the wake of a new WWE season, and that is what Extreme Rules has to work with.
There was really only one major storyline heavily promoted going into the show, and that is John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar. That particular feud’s company-imposed sense of enormity easily overshadowed most other goings-on up and down the card, and perhaps that understatement definitely helped those other match-ups exceed the low expectations with which they were undeservedly saddled, as we’ll see in just a moment.