{"id":72854,"date":"2020-07-19T22:42:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T02:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=72854"},"modified":"2020-09-04T10:29:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T14:29:52","slug":"new-champions-crowned-extreme-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/07\/19\/new-champions-crowned-extreme-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: New Tag Team Champs, Controversy at Extreme Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Horror Show at Extreme Rules<\/strong><\/em> promised to be something no one had ever seen before. And that certainly lived through as we walk away from the PPV wondering what could possibly be next ahead of <em><strong>SummerSlam<\/strong><\/em> in August. What we do know is there is one title change for certain, and the other has plenty of question marks surrounding it. Here are your new champions leaving <strong>Extreme Rules<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>#AndNEW: Cesaro &amp; Shinsuke Nakamura Win SmackDown Tag Team Championships<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To kick off the night was a Tables match between <strong>The New Day<\/strong> and the team of <strong>Cesaro<\/strong> and <strong>Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong>. In what may have been the most physical match of the night, Cesaro and Nakamura managed to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championships when Cesaro hit a vicious powerbomb on<strong> Kofi Kingston<\/strong> from the top rope through two tables on the outside. This was the end of The New Day&#8217;s eighth reign. For Nakamura, this is his first run as a tag team champion. Cesaro, on the other hand, wins his seventh tag team title with his third different partner since joining the WWE.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You WILL respect them.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ExtremeRules?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ExtremeRules<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWECesaro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWECesaro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShinsukeN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ShinsukeN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xX1Sx6KfmR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/xX1Sx6KfmR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1284996971594489856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>#And&#8230;.WAIT&#8230;WHAT?: Sasha Banks (Possibly) Wins Raw Women&#8217;s Championship<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We aren&#8217;t totally sure what the end of the <strong>Asuka<\/strong> vs. <strong>Sasha Banks<\/strong> means there is for certain a new champion or not but we can act like it. Asuka hit the referee in the eyes with the green mist, resulting in him being unable to call the rest of the match. With the ref out <strong>Bayley<\/strong> entered the ring already taking out <strong>Kairi Sane<\/strong> on the outside of the ring. Bayley used one of the WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team Championships to hit Asuka in the back, putting her down and out. Bayley then ripped off the shirt of the referee, placed it on herself, and made the three count as Banks pinned Asuka. The bell was rung and the music hit for Banks, signaling it may have counted. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/extremerules\/raw-women%E2%80%99s-title-match-ends-in-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE&#8217;s website states<\/a> that Baley &#8220;put on the referee\u2019s shirt to count a pinfall for Banks, unofficially hailing her partner as the victor and fleeing with the Raw Women\u2019s Championship&#8221;, so perhaps she isn&#8217;t officially champion? This &#8220;controversy&#8221; will most likely be addressed on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are they your role models yet?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ExtremeRules?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ExtremeRules<\/a> @SashaBanksWWE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsBayleyWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@itsBayleyWWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aF2I1W88We\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/aF2I1W88We<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1285024077510565888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>More From LWOPW<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"InformationBoxRow\">\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0WWE fan? You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Horror Show at Extreme Rules promised to be something no one had ever seen before. And that certainly lived through as we walk away from the PPV wondering what could possibly be next ahead of SummerSlam in August. 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