Friday 20 July 2018

Styles .vs. Rusev Wins Kambi's Observer Markets For Extreme Rules 2018

Dave Meltzer's review of this past weekend's WWE Extreme Rules 2018 was featured in this week's issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, which was published in the early hours of this morning. In it, the editor gave the WWE Championship match - which saw AJ Styles retain the strap with a victory over Rusev - four stars.

The result means Kambi's oddsmakers will now settle a couple of its markets in favour of the match, if they haven't done so by the time this post gets published.

Firstly, going into the weekend, punters could bet which match - out of Styles .vs. Rusev or Roman Reigns .vs. Bobby Lashley - would receive the most stars in this week's issue. The latter earned three-and-a-half stars in the review. Therefore, those who backed it at 23/20 will have bets settled in their favour now.

Another market, where clients could punt on the 'Exact Star Rating of the Highest Rated Match on the Card', saw the 'Exactly 4.0 Stars' win at odds of 9/4.

The Over/Under line for Styles versus Rusev was set at 3.75 Stars. The 'Over' - in this particular market - remained at 21/20 throughout the entire period the market was available to customers.

In the table below, you can see how all of the Over/Under lines were settled.

Extreme Rules 2018 Observer Star Ratings Results

B-Team .vs. Hardy and Wyatt
This market remained unchanged throughout the entire weekend. The winning selection 'Exactly 2 Stars' won at odds of 41/20. The other prices were:
Over 2 Stars 19/10
Under 2 Stars 3/4

Baron Corbin .vs. Finn Balor
Finn Balor's win over Baron Corbin was graded two-and-a-quarter stars. With a line of two-and-a-half, the winning selection was the 'Under', Its odds were 19/20 when it was first priced up. It was down to 9/10 by the following morning.

Balor .vs. Corbin
Over 2.5 Stars
Exactly 2.5 Stars
Under 2.5 Stars
14/7 10:50AM
EVS
21/10
19/20
15/7 10:00AM
"
9/4
9/10
CLOSED
"
"
"

Carmella .vs. Asuka
The customers evidently thought that the Carmella .vs. Asuka rematch would go over the line of 1.75 Stars because it was backed from 19/20 into 9/10 within the first day. As we now know, the winning selection was the 'Under 1.75'. This was 11/10 throughout the weekend.

SD Women's Championship
Over 1.75 Stars
Exactly 1.75 Stars
Under 1.75 Stars
14/7 10:50AM
19/20
19/10
11/10
15/7 10:00AM
9/10
2/1
"
CLOSED
"
"
"

Jeff Hardy .vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Due to the match only lasting seconds, it was not given a rating. Therefore, all bets should be declared void. Here's how the betting went, though:

Hardy .vs. Nakamura
Over 2.75 Stars
Exactly 2.75 Stars
Under 2.75 Stars
14/7 10:50AM
5/4
43/20
3/4
15/7 10:00AM
19/20
11/5
19/20
CLOSED
"
"
"

The punters were hopeful that this would go 'Over' as it fell from 5/4 into 19/20.

Braun Strowman .vs. Kevin Owens
The steel cage match, which saw Kevin Owens win after being thrown from the cage by Braun Strowman, was given two-and-a-half stars by the editor. This was exactly as the Kambi oddsmakers had predicted as they set the line at 2.50.
The winning selection was available at 9/5 from the moment the market opened all the way to its closure. The other options were as follows:
Over 2.50 11/10
Under 2.50 EVS

Bludgeon Brothers .vs. Team Hell No
Another market that didn't change was the one for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship match between The Bludgeon Brothers and their challengers - Team Hell No.
The match received three stars and went 'Over' the line of 2.75. The winning selection was 23/20 while the 'Under 2.75 Stars' was 17/20 and 'Exactly 2.75 Stars' was 41/20.

Roman Reigns .vs. Bobby Lashley
Bobby Lashley's win over Roman Reigns received three-and-a-half stars from Meltzer. This fell below the bookies' line of 3.75. As you can see, in the table below, the punters backed the right side as the 'Under' fell from 13/10 into 23/20 by Sunday morning.

Reigns .vs. Lashley
Over 3.75 Stars
Exactly 3.75 Stars
Under 3.75 Stars
14/7 10:50AM
17/20
9/5
13/10
15/7 10:00AM
9/10
19/10
23/20
CLOSED
"
"
"

Alexa Bliss .vs. Nia Jax
Alexa Bliss' WWE Raw Women's Championship retention against Nia Jax received two-and-a-half stars. This fell exactly on the line that was set by the bookmakers. The eventual winning selection 'Exactly 2.50 Stars' was 9/5 from open to close. The 'Over' was 23/20 and the 'Under' was 19/20.

AJ Styles .vs. Rusev
As you've already seen, Meltzer rated AJ Styles' title defence against Rusev four stars. This went over the line of 3.75 Stars. The winning selection was available at 21/20 throughout the weekend. The other selections - 'Exactly 3.75' and 'Under 3.75' - were 9/5 and 21/20 respectively.

Dolph Ziggler .vs. Seth Rollins
The main event, which was a favourite to be the match of the night, was given a line of 4.25 Stars. It fell 'Under' as Meltzer rated it 3.25, The market was stationary all weekend with the eventual winner priced at 4/5. The 'Over' was 7/5 and 'Exactly 4.25 Stars' was 7/4.

Hopefully, I'll be able to cover more Observer Star Ratings markets on SummerSlam weekend. Until then, you can view Kambi's odds on the following pages:


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