A Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook Match kicked off WWE Extreme Rules.
In the show's opening bout, The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch, & Ridge Holland) faced Imperium (GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser, & Giovanni Vinci). The two groups have been at odds over the past month, but tensions between them reached an all-time high when Imperium distracted Butch and Holland during their SmackDown Tag Team Title Match two weeks ago.
To make matters worse for The Brutes, last night on SmackDown, Sheamus thought he had the WWE Intercontinental Championship won when he believed he made GUNTHER tap out. GUNTHER tapped the mat twice, but referee Jessika Carr waved it off. GUNTHER made it to the ropes and would eventually win the bout after hitting Sheamus with a shillelagh while the referee wasn't looking.
At Extreme Rules, it was The Brawling Brutes who emerged victorious despite Imperium controlling a large portion of the bout. After putting GUNTHER through the announce table with a Celtic Cross, Sheamus would hit a Brough Kick on Vinci for the pin and win.
A detailed rundown of the action can be seen below:
Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook Match.
The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, & Butch) vs. Imperium (GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci)
The match began with the six men standing in the ring before exchanging punches. Vinci & Butch brawled on the broadcast table on the outside while Sheamus tossed GUNTHER into the barricade. Holland tossed Kaiser onto the ring corner while Butch connected an Enziguri kick on Kaiser. Holland paced Kaiser upside down in the corner before Butch hit a shotgun dropkick on Kaiser, but GUNTHER greeted him with a vicious chop to the chest. Vinci hit a Spinebuster on Holland before Kaiser greeted him with a Penalty Kick. Outside of the ring, GUNTHER, Vinci & Kaiser attacked Sheamus at the same time on the outside before Vinci & Kaiser launched him into the barricade. Gunther chopped Butch through the barricade. GUNTHER hit a series of vicious Machine Gun Chops on Sheamus on the mini-bar before slamming him into the bar with a back suplex. Holland & Butch attacked IMPERIUM, but GUNTHER greeted Holland with a boot kick while Kaiser stomped down Butch on the corner. GUNTHER slapped Holland in the face. GUNTHER got Butch up, but Butch hit an Enziguri Kick on GUNTHER before Kaiser & Vinci attacked Butch. Holland hit a double back body drop on Vinci & Kaiser, but GUNTHER kicked him in the head to send him to the outside. Kaiser & Vinci hit the IMPERIUM Bomb on Holland on the ring floor. IMPERIUM triple-teamed Butch before Gunther placed Butch at the top rope and laid his boot on Butch in the corner, allowing. Vinci & Kaiser to hit a double sliding kick on Butch's head before posing to the crowd. Kaiser & Vinci got a hold of Butch before GUNTHER hit a chop on Butch. Sheamus got back up and tossed Vinci & Kaiser onto the barricade before staring daggers at GUNTHER. GUNTHER and Sheamus fired away blows before GUNTHER hit a German Suplex on Sheamus, but Sheamus responded with a lariat, a corner splash, and a bodyslam on GUNTHER. Sheamus got GUNTHER on the apron before hitting the Beats of the Battering before Holland & Butch joined in and stomped away on GUNTHER. Sheamus hit the Irish Curse on GUNTHER before getting in position for the Brogue Kick. Sheamus hit a Brogue Kick on GUNTHER, but Vinci broke the pin with a springboard splash on Sheamus. Vinci hit a Lariat on Holland and tried to hit a powerbomb on Holland, but Holland tossed him into the mat. Kaiser leaped off the middle rope, but Butch caught him with a leaping knee strike mid-air, sending him to the outside. GUNTHER hit a double shotgun dropkick on Butch & Holland, but Sheamus hit the Irish Curse & the Cloverleaf on GUNTHER. Sheamus tightened the hold, but Kaiser hit Sheamus with a stock on the back for a near fall for GUNTHER. The six men exchanged strikes away. Vinci hit a springboard cross body on Holland while Sheamus hit a Brogue Knee on GUNTHER for a near fall, with Vinci & Kaiser pulling Sheamus out of the ring. Holland, Vinci & Kaiser exchanged blows before Butch hit a Moonsault on them all off the Beer Barrels standing there. GUNTHER hit a Stick-assisted lariat on Sheamus for a nasty visual but only got a near fall. GUNTHER went for the Powerbomb, but Butch snapped GUNTHER's fingers before Sheamus hit GUNTHER with the Irish Stick. Butch & Holland started firing away with the sticks on Kaiser & Vinci before Sheamus hit the Razor's Edge on GUNTHER onto the broadcast table. Sheamus hit the brogue kick on Vinci for the pinfall win.
Winners: The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, & Butch)
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