Extreme Rules (2013)

Extreme Rules
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Attendance	14,500[1]
Buy rate	231,000[2][3]
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The 2013 Extreme Rules was the fifth annual

matches.

Eight

Extreme Rules match

.

The 2013 event's scheduling replaced Over the Limit as the year's May PPV. Extreme Rules 2013 received 231,000 buys, down from last year's event of 263,000.

Production

Background

St. Louis, Missouri

.

Storylines

The

At

, Triple H accepted the match by assaulting Heyman with a Pedigree. Two weeks later on Raw, Lesnar would respond by coming to WWE headquarters and trashing Triple H's office and attacking nearby employees. The week after on Raw, Triple H would come face to face with Lesnar, goading him in coming into the steel cage. Triple H would gain the upper hand and throw Lesnar into Heyman, resulting in both men retreating up to the ramp.

On the episode of Raw following WrestleMania 29,

"I Quit" match

, for the #1 contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship.

A day after WrestleMania 29 on Raw, John Cena, who defeated The Rock for the WWE Championship, would issue a challenge to anybody to face him for the title after news broke out that Rock would undergo surgery. Mark Henry would come forward and face him in a match for a shot at the title later in the night, but he would lose via count-out. Henry would assault Cena afterward until Ryback seemingly came to save Cena, but Ryback would attack Cena and hold the title up high. A week later, Ryback explained that he was living in Cena's shadow and Cena never helped him against The Shield. Ryback would watch The Shield attack Cena from the ramp. Prior to the April 22 episode of Raw, it was announced that Cena would defend the WWE Championship against Ryback. Later that night, Ryback would confront Mick Foley about his decision to attack Cena. Cena would come and save Foley, but The Shield would come out to attack the two men. Cena retreated up to the ramp to see Ryback get assaulted by The Shield, but he would assault all three members with a chair, forcing The Shield to retreat, and gave Ryback an Attitude Adjustment. On the May 6 edition of Raw, Ryback would make the title match a Last Man Standing Match. Later that night, both John Cena and Ryback would drive away The Shield only for Ryback to attack Cena with a chair in retaliation. A week after on Raw, Ryback would attack Cena and his injured Achilles tendon with a chair following Cena being attacked by The Shield after a six-man elimination match that ended in a disqualification win for Cena.

After Big Show speared all three members of

in a singles match only afterwards for Big Show to interfere and Sandow attacked Orton post-match. After defeating Sandow in a second straight singles match three days later on Raw, Big Show knocked out Orton as Orton was about to head to the locker room. Prior to the May 10 episode of SmackDown, it was announced that Orton and Big Show would fight in an Extreme Rules match on the pay-per-view.

. A week later on Raw, Sheamus would attack Henry with two leather straps.

The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose) continued their reign of attacks on various superstars, particularly

.

A minor rivalry continued between

feigned an injury, which distracted Jericho and led to Fandango attacking him.

Event

Other on-screen personnel

Role:	Name:
English Commentators	Michael Cole
	Jerry Lawler
	John "Bradshaw" Layfield
Spanish Commentators	Carlos Cabrera
	Marcelo Rodriguez
Backstage interviewer	Tony Dawson
Ring announcers	Lilian Garcia
	Justin Roberts
Referees	Mike Chioda
	Charles Robinson
	John Cone
	Darrick Moore
	Scott Armstrong
	Ryan Tran
	Rod Zapata
Pre-show panel	Renee Young
	Wade Barrett
	Mick Foley
	Titus O'Neil

Pre-show

The Extreme Rules Pre-Show match was between Cody Rhodes and The Miz. Miz won by forcing Rhodes to submit to the figure-four leglock.

Preliminary matches

The first match was between Chris Jericho and Fandango. During the match, Fandango managed to grab the ropes while Jericho had the Walls of Jericho locked in. Jericho eventually picked up the win using the Codebreaker in mid-air on Fandango.

The second match was a United States Championship match between Kofi Kingston and Dean Ambrose of The Shield. Ambrose made his entrance with the other Shield members, but they left before the match started, leaving Ambrose alone with Kingston. In the end, Kingston attempted Trouble in Paradise, but Ambrose avoided the move. Ambrose executed Dirty Deeds on Kingston for the win.

The third match was a

attempt. He then proceeded to touch his final turnbuckle for the win.

The fourth match was an "I Quit" match between Alberto Del Rio and Jack Swagger to determine the #1 contender to the World Heavyweight Championship. Swagger appeared to have won when Zeb Colter threw in Ricardo Rodriguez's towel for Del Rio and referee Mike Chioda mistook it as Rodriguez throwing it, but later reversed the decision upon viewing a video replay, allowing the match to continue. Del Rio would go on to win after applying the cross armbreaker, which forced Swagger to quit.

The fifth match was a

combination on Bryan.

Main event matches

The first match of the three main event matches was an Extreme Rules match between Big Show and Randy Orton. During the match, Big Show delivered a

punted

Show in the head for the victory.

The seventh match was a Last Man Standing match for the WWE Championship between John Cena and Ryback. At the end of the match, Ryback tackled Cena through the electronic wall on the stage, severely injuring him and leaving both down for the 10-count, making the match a no-contest. Despite this, Cena remained the WWE Champion, as championships do not change hands by a no-contest.

The last match of the night was a Steel Cage match between Brock Lesnar and Triple H. Early, Lesnar hurt his leg as he slammed inadvertently himself on the steel cage, and Triple H, seizing the opportunity, attacked Lesnar's leg for the majority of the match. Near the end, Triple H revealed a sledgehammer that he had hidden on top of the cage, but Lesnar countered quickly by making Triple H slip from the turnbuckle. Lesnar grabbed the sledgehammer but Triple H ducked and applied the sharpshooter on Lesnar. As Paul Heyman ran in the cage to save Lesnar, Triple H broke the hold to perform a Pedigree on Heyman. Triple H executed a Pedigree on Lesnar for a near-fall. Triple H grabbed the sledgehammer and was ready to hit Lesnar until Heyman delivered a low blow from behind. Lesnar finished the match by hitting Triple H with the sledgehammer, executing an F-5 on Triple H and pinning Triple H to win the match and end their feud.

Aftermath

The next night on Raw, Ryback drove into the arena on an ambulance and challenged John Cena for the WWE Championship at Payback in an

. On the May 27 episode of Raw, John Cena challenged Ryback to a 3 Stages of Hell match (with the Ambulance match being the third stage), and Ryback accepted.

Paul Heyman revealed his newest client, Curtis Axel (the former Michael McGillicutty from NXT). Triple H challenged Axel to a match, in which he was not medically cleared to compete. He wrestled the match but suffered a concussion, leading to Curtis Axel picking up the victory via KO.

On the May 24 episode of SmackDown, Kingston would invoke his rematch clause for the U.S. Championship against Ambrose, but he won via disqualification with Rollins and Reigns interfering. Sheamus and Randy Orton would save Kingston, setting a six-man tag team match between The Shield and Orton, Sheamus, and Kingston, but The Shield would emerge victorious. Three days later on Raw, Kingston would receive another rematch for the title, but Ambrose would defeat Kingston to retain the title.

On the May 27 episode of Raw, Team Hell No invoked their rematch clause for the WWE Tag Team Championships, but Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins would defeat them to retain the titles.

Although Dolph Ziggler was absent due to recovering from his concussion suffered from Jack Swagger, Alberto Del Rio would be defeated by Ziggler's bodyguard Big E Langston the next night on Raw, but Del Rio would defeat him twice two days later on Main Event and five days later on Raw. Four days later on SmackDown, Langston would defeat Del Rio, but three days later on Raw, Del Rio defeated Langston. On the June 7 episode of SmackDown, Ziggler appeared via satellite announcing he would make his return on the June 10 episode of Raw and announced that he would defend the title against Del Rio at Payback.

Results

No.	Results Steel Cage match[17]	20:10
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match P  – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

References

External links

• Extreme Rules website