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 a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It is the sixth event in the history of the show, and, for the first time, it will also be broadcast on the WWE Network.
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 designed 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 | 13:13 | |||||||||||||
| Rob Van Dam | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Alberto Del Rio | 10:35 | |||||||||||||
| Rob Van Dam | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | ||||||||||||||
| Sheamus | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jack Swagger | 6:55 | |||||||||||||
| Sheamus | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | 10:33 | |||||||||||||
| Dolph Ziggler | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | 12:12 | |||||||||||||
Fresh off his win at WrestleMania, John Cena continued to feud with Bray Wyatt of The Wyatt Family. Cena called Wyatt out for his inability to physically defend himself and his cryptic messages without Luke Harper and Erick Rowan by his side. To make Wyatt prove himself, Cena challenged him to a steel cage match, which Wyatt accepted.
On the April 7th edition of Raw, AJ Lee was bragging about having defended her title against 13 other divas at WrestleMania XXX when NXT Women's Champion Paige came out to congratulate AJ on her title defense. AJ then slapped Paige and challenged her to a match for AJ's Diva's Championship. The match itself was dominated by AJ until Paige escaped AJ's submission move, the Black Widow, and hit her own 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 WWE Main Event, AJ's bodyguard, Tamina Snuka, won a battle royal to become number one contender to Paige's title, allowing her to wrestle Paige for the championship at Extreme Rules.[1]
On Raw the day after WrestleMania XXX, Triple H forced Daniel Bryan to defend the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against him (Bryan had won the title at WrestleMania the night before). 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, 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 (wearing his mask) and attacked Bryan, giving him three Tombstone Piledrivers- the first on the floor, the second on the steel steps, and the third on the announce table, resulting in Bryan being stretchered out of the arena.
Alexander Rusev made his main roster debut on April 7 and scored victories over various superstars, including R-Truth and Xavier Woods. He also attacked both competitors after their respective matches. This set up a 2-on-1 Handicap match with Rusev against R-Truth and Woods at the PPV.
Matches
| No. | Matches | Stipulations | |
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| Pre-show | El Torito (with Diego and Fernando) vs. Hornswoggle (with Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre) | WeeLC match | |
| 1 | Big E (c) vs. Bad News Barrett | Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[4] | |
| 2 | Bray Wyatt vs. John Cena | Steel Cage match [5] | |
| 3 | Paige (c) vs. Tamina Snuka | Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship[6] | |
| 4 | The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) vs. Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista) | Six-man tag team match[7] | |
| 5 | Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Kane | Extreme Rules match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [8] | |
| 6 | Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Cesaro (with Paul Heyman) | Triple Threat Match | |
| 7 | Alexander Rusev (with Lana) vs. Xavier Woods and R-Truth | 2-on-1 Handicap match[9] | |
| 7 | Jack Swagger vs. Cesaro vs. Rob Van Dam | Triple threat match[10] | |
(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. Bad News Barrett". 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.
- ^ Clapp, John. "R-Truth & Xavier Woods vs. Alexander Rusev (2-on-1 Handicap Match)". WWE. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
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