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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Date | May 1, 2011 | ||
| City | Tampa, Florida | ||
| Venue | St. Pete Times Forum | ||
| Tagline(s) | WWE goes Extreme | ||
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Extreme Rules is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE, which will take place on May 1, 2011 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. It will be the third Extreme Rules event.[1][2] Currently, there are seven matches scheduled for the event.
Background
Extreme Rules will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that will be played out on WWE's primary television programs. Wrestlers will portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3] Due to the new rules, WWE is no longer allowed to use the terms 'wrestler or wrestling' as it is too reminiscent of the attitude era. Edge was originally scheduled to defend his World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio in a ladder match. However, Edge retired on the April 11 episode of Raw due to being diagnosed with cervical spinal stenosis stemming from previously sustained injuries. Edge vacated the World Heavyweight Championship and the match was cancelled. It was later announced the winner of a 20-man battle royal would face Alberto in the ladder match; Edge's real life best friend and story line best friend Christian won the right to face Del Rio for the title. In the interim, Del Rio was drafted to Raw in the 2011 WWE Draft.
On the April 11th edition of Monday Night Raw there was a 5-man gauntlet match which would decide the number one contender to face The Miz for the WWE Championship. This match featured John Cena, Randy Orton, John Morrison, R-Truth and Dolph Ziggler. The last two men in the final round were John Cena and R-Truth. After an interference from The Miz and Alex Riley the match was resulted in a double disqualification, which would then lead to the anonymous Raw general manager stating that both John Cena and R-Truth would compete for the WWE Championship against The Miz in a Triple Threat match. On the April 18 edition of Raw, John Morrison challenged R-Truth for Truth's spot in the match and won the opportunity, but Truth turned heel and attacked Morrison after the match. Later in the night, it was revealed that the match would be contested inside a steel cage.
An ongoing feud involves Raw commentators Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler. At WrestleMania XXVII, Lawler made Cole submit to the ankle lock, but the anonymous Raw General Manager reversed special guest referee Stone Cold Steve Austin's decision, thus making Cole the winner via disqualification. On the April 11 episode of Raw, Lawler defeated Cole's trainer, Jack Swagger, allowing him to announce that he would team up with his former broadcast partner, Jim Ross, to face Cole and Swagger at Extreme Rules. Two weeks later, the Raw General Manager declared that the teams would face each other in a Country Whipping match.
Another feud from the SmackDown brand is between Layla and Michelle McCool, formerly known together as LayCool. Dissension between the two divas started on the April 8 edition of SmackDown when McCool refused to tag Layla in a tag team match against Beth Phoenix and Kelly Kelly. The following two weeks, the two attended couple's therapy sessions, but the latter session ended with McCool attacking Layla, solidifying their break up. During the 2011 WWE Draft, after Layla lost her match against Eve, she attacked McCool for distracting her. On the April 29 edition of SmackDown, after fighting to a double count-out in their match, Layla and McCool agreed to have a No Count-out, No Disqualification match at Extreme Rules with the loser leaving WWE.
Another feud between Raw and SmackDown is Rey Mysterio and Cody Rhodes. At WrestleMania XXVII, Cody Rhodes defeated Rey Mysterio by using Mysterio's knee brace, then the following Cross Rhodes. On the April 22 edition of Friday Night SmackDown, Rhodes and Mysterio would have a rematch; however, Mysterio defeated Rhodes. After the match, Rhodes attacked Mysterio from behind, performed a Cross Rhodes on a concrete floor, and puts a paper bag on Mysterio. It was announced that Mysterio would face Rhodes in a Falls Count Anywhere match at Extreme Rules. At the 2011 WWE Draft, Mysterio would be drafted from SmackDown to Raw.
Matches
| # | Match | Stipulations | ||
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| 1 | Randy Orton defeated CM Punk | Last Man Standing Match[4] | ||
| 2 | Kofi Kingston defeated Sheamus (c) | Tables match for the WWE United States Championship | ||
| 3 | Michael Cole and Jack Swagger defeated Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler | Tag Team Country Whipping match[5] | ||
| 4 | Rey Mysterio defeated Cody Rhodes | Falls Count Anywhere match[6] | ||
| 5 | Layla vs. Michelle McCool | No Disqualifications, Loser Leaves WWE match[7] | ||
| 6 | The Miz (c) vs. John Cena vs. John Morrison | Steel Cage Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship[8] | ||
| 7 | Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio | Ladder match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship[9] | ||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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References
- ^ "Extreme Rules". WWE. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ "WWE Extreme Rules". St. Pete Times Forum. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ "Randy Orton vs. CM Punk (Last Man Standing Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ^ "Jerry Lawler & Jim Ross vs. Michael Cole & Jack Swagger". WWE. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ "Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes (Falls Count Anywhere Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "Layla vs. Michelle McCool (Loser Leaves WWE)". WWE. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ "WWE Championship Triple Threat Steel Cage Match". WWE. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ^ "Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio (World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
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