Extreme Rules (2014)
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 chronology | |||
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Extreme Rules is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It will be the sixth ever Extreme Rules pay-per-view and the first to ever be held in the state of New Jersey.
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 | 3:18 | |||||||||||||
Cesaro | Count Out | |||||||||||||
Rob Van Dam | ||||||||||||||
Rob Van Dam | 10:33 | |||||||||||||
Alberto Del Rio | Pin | |||||||||||||
Rob Van Dam | ||||||||||||||
Bad News Barrett | ||||||||||||||
Sheamus | 6:55 | |||||||||||||
Jack Swagger | Pin | |||||||||||||
Sheamus | Pin | |||||||||||||
Bad News Barrett | ||||||||||||||
Dolph Ziggler | Pin | |||||||||||||
Bad News Barrett | 12:13 |
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. [1]
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.[2] 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 in a six man tag team match at Extreme Rules.[3]
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 announced that Bryan would defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Kane at Extreme Rules. Kane then came out from the audience (with his mask) and attacked 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, resulting in Bryan being stretchered out.
Alexander Rusev made his main roster debut on April 7 and scored victories over various superstars, including R-Truth and Xavier Woods, but made it personal with both men when he attacked them after each match. This set up a 2-on-1 Handicap match with Rusev against Truth and Woods at the PPV.
Matches
No. | Matches | Stipulations | |
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1 | Big E (c) def. Rob Van Dam | Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[4] | |
2 | John Cena def. Bray Wyatt | Steel Cage match[5] | |
3 | Paige (c) def. Tamina Snuka | Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship[6] | |
4 | Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista) def. The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) | Six Man No Hold Bared Tag Match[7] | |
5 | Daniel Bryan (c) def. Kane | Extreme Rules match, where if Kane (wrestler) wins, Daniel Bryan would have to file for a divorce with Brie Bella for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[8] | |
6 | Alexander Rusev (with Lana) vs. Xavier Woods and R-Truth | 2-on-1 Handicap match[9] | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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References
- ^ 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. Chris Violette (Extreme Rules Match)". WWE. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ Clapp, John. "R-Truth & Xavier Woods vs. Alexander Rusev (2-on-1 Handicap Match)". WWE. Retrieved 22 April 2014.