It was noted on Thursday night that the Extreme Rules PPV will be advertised by WWE under a new name. The company is now calling it ‘WWE Extreme Rules: The Horror Show”.
Wrestling INC is reporting some details about why WWE made the change to the name and provided some details on the plans for the event.
The event will feature Braun Strowman vs Bray Wyatt in a cinematic match. This cinematic match will have a horror theme, hence the name. Here is what the site wrote about the plans for the match:
Wrestling Inc. has learned that the plan is to have various spots and storytelling telling of their past to the present. They want to go back to what made the Boneyard match special “but in a Bray Wyatt kind of way.” Wyatt is said to be heavily involved in creating this match along with Jeremy Borash. Triple H will be involved as well when it comes time to film along with a few others. They are trying to keep this shoot close to the vest.
The report also says that this will be more action-packed then what we saw during the ‘Firefly Funhouse’ match at Wrestlemania 36:
One source noted to me that this will be a cross between a Terminator and a horror movie, noting Bray’s ability to always revive himself. The plan is for the match to be more action packed than Wyatt’s “Firefly Funhouse” match against John Cena at WrestleMania this past April.
We will let you know if we hear anything more.
On a related note, check out my predictions for every match at WWE Extreme Rules here.