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'<!-- {{current sport|sport=pro wrestling|event=professional wrestling PPV}} --> {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox Wrestling event |name = No Mercy (2016) |image = File:WWE No Mercy 2016 Logo.png |tagline = |theme = "No Mercy" by Kit<ref>{{cite web|title=There will be No Mercy for SmackDown LIVE Superstars on Sunday, Oct. 9|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOW465ZFrfI|publisher=WWE|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref> |promotion = [[WWE]] |brand = [[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] |sponsor = [[WWE 2K17]]<br>[[Mattel]] |date = October 9, 2016 |attendance = |venue = [[Golden 1 Center]] |city = [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], [[California]] |wwenlast = [[Clash of Champions (2016)]] |wwennext = [[Hell in a Cell (2016)]] |event = ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' pay-per-view |lastevent2 = [[Backlash (2016)]] |nextevent2 = [[TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2016)]] |event2 = [[WWE No Mercy|No Mercy]] |lastevent3 = [[No Mercy (2008)]] |nextevent3 = }} '''No Mercy (2016)''' is an upcoming [[professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of WWE pay-per-view events|event]] and [[WWE Network]] event produced by [[WWE]]. It will take place on October 9, 2016, at the [[Golden 1 Center]] in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/nomercy/article/wwe-no-mercy-2016-tickets|title=Get WWE No Mercy 2016 tickets|publisher=WWE|accessdate=September 12, 2016}}</ref> This will be the twelfth event in the [[WWE No Mercy|No Mercy]] chronology. ==Background== {{see also|Professional wrestling}} The card consists of matches which result from scripted storylines and had results predetermined by [[WWE]] on their [[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] brand, one of WWE's [[WWE brand extension|brand divisions]].<ref name="HSW">{{cite web|title=How Pro Wrestling Works|url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|last=Grabianowski|first=Ed|work=HowStuffWorks|publisher=[[Discovery Communications]]|accessdate=March 5, 2012<!--|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6LDla2zy5|archivedate=November 18, 2013-->}}</ref><ref name=WWEnt>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/company/events.jsp|title=Live & Televised Entertainment|publisher=[[WWE]]|accessdate=March 21, 2012|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6LDleY7Lr|archivedate=November 18, 2013}}</ref> Storylines between the characters are produced on WWE's weekly television show ''SmackDown Live''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Orr|first=James|title=WWE brand split: WWE announce return of divided roster as SmackDown goes live every Tuesday|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/wwe-mma-wrestling/wwe-brand-split-wwe-announce-return-of-divided-roster-as-smackdown-goes-live-every-tuesday-a7048576.html|work=[[The Independent]]|date=May 25, 2016|accessdate=August 24, 2016}}</ref> At [[SummerSlam (2016)|SummerSlam]], [[A.J. Styles|AJ Styles]] defeated [[John Cena]].<ref name="SSlam2016">{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=8/21 WWE Summerslam Results – CALDWELL’S Complete Live Report|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/08/21/summerslam2016resultsfinal/|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|accessdate=August 21, 2016}}</ref> This earned Styles a [[WWE World Championship]] match against [[Dean Ambrose]] at [[Backlash (2016)|Backlash]], which Styles won. Two days later on ''SmackDown'', Cena challenged Styles in an attempt to be a 16 time World Champion like [[Ric Flair]], while Ambrose invoked his rematch clause against Styles. [[Shane McMahon]] subsequently booked Styles to defend the title against both Ambrose and Cena in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple Threat match]] at No Mercy.<ref name="Smackdown09132016">{{cite web|last=Parks|first=Greg|title=9/13 WWE Smackdown LIVE – Parks’s Complete, Real-Time Report|url=http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/09/13/913-wwe-smackdown-live-parkss-ongoing-real-time-report/|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|accessdate=September 13, 2016}}</ref> Two days after [[Backlash(2016)|Backlash]], where [[Becky Lynch]] won the [[WWE SmackDown Women's Chanpionship]], [[Alexa Bliss]] won a Fatal-5-Way against [[Carmella]], [[Nikki Bella]], [[Naomi]] and [[Natalya]] to become Number-One contender. ==Matches== <!---No matches should be put here unless confirmed with references.---> {{Pro Wrestling results table |times = |future = yes |match1 = [[A.J. Styles|AJ Styles]] (c) vs. [[Dean Ambrose]] vs. [[John Cena]] |stip1 = [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple Threat match]] for the [[WWE World Championship]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Benigno|first1=Anthony|title=WWE World Champion AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose vs. John Cena|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/nomercy/2016/aj-styles-vs-dean-ambrose-vs-john-cena|work=WWE|accessdate=September 13, 2016}}</ref> }} == See also == {{Portal|Professional wrestling}} * [[List of WWE Network events]] * [[List of WWE pay-per-view events]] == References == {{reflist}} == External links == *{{Official website|http://www.wwe.com/shows/nomercy|No Mercy Official Website}} {{2016 WWE Network events}} {{WWEPPV|No Mercy}} [[Category:2016 in professional wrestling]] [[Category:WWE No Mercy|2016]] [[Category:2016 sports in California]] [[Category:Professional wrestling in Sacramento, California]] [[Category:2016 WWE Network events]] [[Category:Professional wrestling in California]]'