Note About The Extreme Rules Multi-Person Match Markets And More

I've had a couple of people ask me about the status of the bets they've placed on Sky Bet's multi-person contenders match market for the bout that had been scheduled to take place at WWE Extreme Rules in a few weeks. Going by last night's episode of Raw, it appears as though there has been a change of plan and the story has gone off in a new direction.

As for these bets, they will end up being voided if a multi-person match to determine a number one contender to the Universal Championship doesn't take place at Extreme Rules. Until then, they should remain open until the end of the July 15th show.

This is usual for sportsbooks. The most recent example I can refer to is the company's match market for the Greatest Royal Rumble bout between Chris Jericho and The Undertaker that was made after initially being announced with Rusev taking on The Phenom. When Rusev .vs. Taker was put back on the card, bets on Jericho .vs. Taker remained unsettled until after the event.

If the direction goes the way it seems to be headed, I expect we'll see Roman Reigns versus Bobby Lashley at Extreme Rules. If so, this will be the first time we'll get to see a Kambi Feud market play out. As noted over the weekend, the bookies have installed Reigns as a favourite to win this meeting - should it take place anytime between the moment of the bet being placed and the end of WrestleMania 35 - as he is 8/13 to Lashley's 23/20.

Paul Heyman posted a long, for want of a better word, promo on Facebook over the weekend. In this post, he reiterated that Roman Reigns has failed three times to beat Brock Lesnar and also spent a sizeable portion of it mentioning Bobby Lashley.

If the match between Reigns and Lashley - if it happens at Extreme Rules - is to see who'll challenge Lesnar at SummerSlam, if Lesnar is defending on August 19th, then this would allow another one of two possible 'feud' markets to be settled.

The market for Reigns versus Lesnar had the former a 1/8 favourite while Lesnar was out at 4/1. A Lashley versus Lesnar match had Lashley at 4/6 to Lesnar's 27/25.

I'm sure we'll get a clear idea of Raw's Extreme Rules main event landscape next week, but - as of right now - it seems as though that multi-man match is off.