Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler added to WWE Extreme Rules
A 12th match has been added to tonight’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view in Philadelphia.
WWE has confirmed that Kevin Owens will face Dolph Ziggler at tonight’s PPV. Post Wrestling’s John Pollock first reported that the match would be added to the show.
Owens and Ziggler have been in a program since the storyline where they were forced to team together on the July 2 episode of SmackDown.
Kofi Kingston, who was advertised for the main event of last night’s house show in Petersburg, Virginia, but didn’t wrestle due to a back injury, is expected to wrestle his match with Samoa Joe tonight.
Kingston was injured one week ago and did do a Trouble in Paradise on Ziggler as a run-in during the Elias & Sami Zayn vs. Xavier Woods & Big E match at last night’s house show. Ziggler interfered and Kingston made the save and hit his finisher. Kingston vs. Ziggler was locally advertised as the main event of that show.
Here’s the updated card for Extreme Rules:
- The Undertaker & Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre in a no holds barred match
- Universal Champion Seth Rollins & Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending against Baron Corbin & Lacey Evans in an extreme rules match (winners-take-all stipulation with both titles on the line)
- WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Samoa Joe
- SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley defending against Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross in a handicap match
- United States Champion Ricochet defending against AJ Styles
- Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley in a last man standing match
- SmackDown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan & Rowan defending against Big E & Xavier Woods and Heavy Machinery in a triple threat match
- Raw Tag Team Champions The Revival defending against The Usos
- Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler
- Aleister Black vs. Cesaro
- WWE Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak defending against Tony Nese (pre-show)
- Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor defending against Shinsuke Nakamura (pre-show)