Fight Pit Match: Matt Riddle vs. Seth Rollins (Special Guest Referee: Daniel Cormier)
Rollins is wearing RVD-inspired gear for the match. Riddle takes Rollins down and lands a few strikes. Before Rollins can react, Riddle runs up the cage and hits a flying kick. Riddle grounds and pounds Rollins. Cormier tells Riddle to back off. Riddle accidentally elbows Cormier. Cormier pulls Riddle off of Rollins and throws him into the cage. Cormier tells Riddle has to fight Rollins. not him. Rollins attacks Riddle from behind. After a series of reversals, Rollins sends Riddle into the cage. Cormier checks on Riddle. Rollins pushes Cormier away.
.@TherealRVD would be proud.#ExtremeRules pic.twitter.com/955lJCMS91
— WWE (@WWE) October 9, 2022
Cormier grabs Rollins and presses him against the cage. Cormier warns Rollins. Rollins drops Riddle with a head kick. Cormier starts the count. Before Riddle can beat the ten count. Rollins gets back on him with punch after punch. Rollins calls Riddle a loser. Riddle tries to fire up but Rollins suplexes him into the cage. Rollins climbs the pit and hits a frog splash. Kawada kicks by Rollins.
Check out last week’s coverage: WWE SmackDown Results (10/7/22)
Rollins tries the Peruvian necktie. Riddle escapes and hits an RKO. Both men are down. Cormier counts both men. Rollins and Riddle both get to their feet. Riddle and Rollins trade strikes. Riddle tries another RKO but Rollins pushes him away. Rollins lands a Stomp. Cormier checks on Riddle.
Rollins yells at Cormier to count. Cormier starts the count late. Riddle is about to get to his feet. Rollins climbs the pit and tries a super Stomp. Riddle moves out of the way. Rollins climbs the pit to the upper platform. Riddle follows. Rollins powerbombs Riddle into the upper part of the pit.
.@SuperKingofBros FROM THE TOP OF THE FIGHT PIT!!!#ExtremeRules pic.twitter.com/olOCf69jCK
— WWE (@WWE) October 9, 2022
Cormier tells both men the decision has to happen in the ring, not the upper platform. Rollins Pedigrees Riddle on the upper platform. Rollins yells at Cormier to count. Cormier refuses. Riddle RKOs Rollins. Rollins falls off the platform, and back into the ring. Riddle leaps off the platform and hits a devastating Broton. Both men are down.
Cormier starts the count. Rollins and Riddle both manage to get to their feet. Riddle traps Rollins in a flying triangle. Rollins lifts Riddle off the mat and powerbombs him into the pit over and over again but Riddle won’t let go. Rollins is forced to tap out.
Winner- Matt Riddle
Check out last week’s coverage: WWE SmackDown Results (10/7/22)
As Riddle and Cormier are leaving the lights in the arena go out. Michael Cole asks if they are still on the air. A familiar voice sings over and over again, “He’s got the whole world, in his hands”. Spotlights go off all over the arena. There are people dressed up like all of the characters from The FireFly Funhouse characters.
The last character revealed is someone dressed like The Fiend. A door appears on the stage. The door files open and a blinding light is revealed. That light goes out and all that remains is a glowing lantern. The man holding the lantern is wearing a mask. He removes the mask. It’s Bray Wyatt. Wyatt tells us he’s here before blowing out the lantern.
WHAT DID WE JUST WITNESS?!#ExtremeRules pic.twitter.com/YQ6Cxzk2gS
— WWE (@WWE) October 9, 2022
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