Extreme Rules (2011)
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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 five 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]
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 storyline best friend (and real-life childhood 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.<---WTH
Matches
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.
- ^ "Jerry Lawler & Jim Ross vs. Michael Cole & Jack Swagger". WWE. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Randy Orton vs. CM Punk (Last Man Standing Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ^ "Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes (Falls Count Anywhere Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
External links
| # | Match | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross vs. Michael Cole and Jack Swagger | Tag Team Country Whipping match[4] |
| 2 | The Miz (c) vs. John Cena vs. John Morrison | Steel Cage Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship[5] |
| 3 | Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio | Ladder match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship[6] |
| 4 | Randy Orton vs. CM Punk | Last Man Standing match[7] |
| 5 | Cody Rhodes vs. Rey Mysterio | Falls Count Anywhere match[8] |
| 6 | Layla vs. Michelle McCool | No Count-Out, No Disqualification, Loser Must Leave Smackdown match |