Extreme Rules (2014)
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 Promotional poster featuring Daniel Bryan | |||
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Date | May 4, 2014 | ||
| City | East Rutherford, New Jersey | ||
| Venue | Izod Center | ||
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Extreme Rules (2014) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It will take place on May 4, 2014 at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[1] It is the sixth event under the Extreme Rules chronology, with the event having originated in 2009. The theme of the event is that most matches are contested under hardcore wrestling regulations.
Background
Extreme Rules will feature professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on WWE's television programs. Wrestlers portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension, and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
On the April 14th edition of Raw, a tournament was made to determine who would face Big E for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at the event. The bracket is as listed below:
| Quarterfinals (Raw April 14th) | Semifinals (Raw April 21st) | Finals (Raw April 28th) | ||||||||||||
| Mark Henry | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Cesaro | ||||||||||||||
| Cesaro | CO | |||||||||||||
| Rob Van Dam | ||||||||||||||
| Rob Van Dam | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Alberto Del Rio | ||||||||||||||
| Rob Van Dam | ||||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | ||||||||||||||
| Sheamus | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jack Swagger | ||||||||||||||
| Sheamus | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | ||||||||||||||
| Dolph Ziggler | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | ||||||||||||||
Fresh off his win at WrestleMania, John Cena continued to feud with Bray Wyatt of The Wyatt Family. Cena called Wyatt out for not being able to defend his cryptic speeches without Luke Harper and Erick Rowan behind him. To make Wyatt prove himself, Cena challenged him a steel cage match, which Wyatt accepted.
On the April 7th edition of Raw, AJ Lee was bragging about defending her title against 13 other divas when NXT Women's Champion Paige came out to congratulate AJ on her title defense. AJ would then slap and challenged Paige to a match where AJ would put her title on the line. The match itself was dominated by AJ until Paige escaped AJ's submission move the Black Widow and hit her finishing move the Paige Turner to win her first WWE Divas Championship, allowing AJ to take a hiatus from WWE. On the April 15 episode of Main Event, AJ's bodyguard Tamina Snuka won a battle royal to become number one contender to Paige's title at the event. [2]
On the Raw after WrestleMania XXX, Triple H forced Daniel Bryan to defend the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against him after Bryan won the title at WrestleMania XXX. However, Triple H's former bodyguards, The Shield, turned on him and attacked him, resulting in a no contest.[3] As a result, Triple H reformed Evolution with Batista and Randy Orton and attacked The Shield the following week on Raw. On the April 18 edition of SmackDown, Triple H announced that Evolution would take on The Shield at Extreme Rules.[4]
On the April 21st episode of Raw, Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella were getting ready to celebrate their marriage when Stephanie McMahon came out and announces that Bryan would defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Kane at Extreme Rules. Kane comes out, with his mask, and attacks Bryan, giving him three Tombstone Piledrivers. The first one on the floor, the second on the steel steps, and the third on the announce table.
Matches
| No. | Matches | Stipulations | |
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| 1 | Big E (c) vs. TBD | Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[5] | |
| 2 | John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt | Steel Cage match[6] | |
| 3 | Paige (c) vs. Tamina Snuka | Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship[7] | |
| 4 | The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) vs. Evolution (Triple H, Batista and Randy Orton) | Six-man tag team match[8] | |
| 5 | Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Kane | Extreme Rules match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[9] | |
| 6 | The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) (c) vs. Rybaxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel) | Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship | |
| 7 | Alexander Rusev vs. Xavier Woods and R-Truth | 2-on-1 Handicap match | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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References
- ^ Namako, Jason. "Official location for the 2014 WWE Extreme Rules PPV". Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ Trionfo, Richard. "WWE MAIN EVENT REPORT: A LITTLE FEUD; A NEW NUMBER ONE CONTENDER; AND MORE". PWInsider. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ http://www.wwe.com/videos/daniel-bryan-vs-triple-h-wwe-world-heavyweight-championship-match-raw-april-7-20-26223025
- ^ http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/2014-04-18/results-26241722
- ^ Clapp, John. "Intercontinental Champion Big E vs. Winner of No. 1 Contender's Tournament". WWE. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ Melok, Bobby. "John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt (Steel Cage Match)". WWE. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ Clapp, John. "Divas Champion Paige vs. Tamina Snuka". WWE. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ Clapp, John. "The Shield vs. Evolution". WWE. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ Seife, Andy. "WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan vs. Kane (Extreme Rules Match)". WWE. Retrieved 21 April 2014.