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WWE Extreme Rules
Extreme Rules match

WWE Extreme Rules was an annual

Extreme Rules match, which was introduced at the 2010 event. The defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling
promotion, which WWE acquired in 2003, originally used the "extreme rules" term to describe the regulations for all of its matches.

The event name was established in 2009; however, its theme began with its predecessor, One Night Stand, which was promoted in 2005 and 2006 as an Extreme Championship Wrestling reunion show. In 2007, WWE promoted the show as one of its own regular PPV events but kept the concept of hardcore-based matches. In 2009, WWE renamed One Night Stand as Extreme Rules. The 2009 Extreme Rules event was noted by WWE to be a direct continuation of the One Night Stand chronology; however, the 2010 event was later promoted as only the second event under a new chronology, one that was no longer a direct continuation of the One Night Stand events.

Starting in 2010, Extreme Rules was moved from June to late April/early May to replace Backlash as the post-WrestleMania PPV event. For 2013, the event replaced Over the Limit as that year's May PPV. After the reinstated brand extension took effect in mid-2016, the event returned to the June slot of WWE's PPV calendar in 2017 and was held as a Raw-exclusive event. Following WrestleMania 34 in 2018, however, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs, and Extreme Rules moved to the July slot. For the 2020 edition only, the event was titled The Horror Show at Extreme Rules. The 2021 event was then moved to September, replacing Clash of Champions. The 2022 event was then moved to October and was the only time the event was held on a Saturday. It would also be the final Extreme Rules as it was replaced by the reinstated Fastlane in 2023 due to the reduction of gimmick events.

Concept and History

From 2005 to 2008,

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) ran a pay-per-view (PPV) event entitled One Night Stand. While originally a reunion show for the defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion, the assets of which WWE acquired in 2003, the concept of One Night Stand was that the event featured various matches that were contested under hardcore rules.[1] In 2009, Extreme Rules was established to replace One Night Stand and was initially noted by WWE to be a direct continuation of the One Night Stand chronology, with Extreme Rules continuing the concept of featuring hardcore-based matches. However, the 2010 event was later promoted as only the second event under a new chronology, one that was no longer a direct continuation of the One Night Stand events. The term "extreme rules" was originally used by Extreme Championship Wrestling to describe the regulations for all of its matches; WWE adopted the term, using it in place of "hardcore match" or "hardcore rules".[2][3] In the mid-to-late 2010s, the amount of hardcore-based matches began decreasing, with only one included at the 2021 event,[4] however, the 2022 event returned to form with all six of its matches contested under hardcore stipulations.[5]

The

Extreme Rules match.[7] This year's event also moved Extreme Rules up to the late April/early May slot to replace Backlash as the post-WrestleMania pay-per-view event.[8]

In April 2011, WWE ceased using its full name with the "WWE" abbreviation becoming an

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city that was the home of Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1993 to 2001.[20]

Due to the

cinematically produced match, a Wyatt Swamp Fight between Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman, a hardcore match held at a swamp.[25]

The SAP Center in San Jose, California was originally to host the 2020 event, but due to the event's relocation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the SAP Center announced that they would instead host the 2021 event.[26] However, due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2021 event was reported to be broadcast from WWE's bio-secure bubble, the WWE ThunderDome (introduced in August 2020),[27] but that July date was instead given to Money in the Bank after WWE announced they would be returning to live touring in mid-July.[28] It was then announced that the 2021 edition, which returned to the event's original name, would instead take place on September 26 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio,[29] replacing Clash of Champions, which had originally been scheduled for that date and venue.[30] The 2021 event was also the first Extreme Rules to air on Peacock's WWE Network channel, following the merger of the American version of the WWE Network under Peacock in March that year.[31]

In June 2022, WWE announced that the 2022 Extreme Rules would be held on October 8 and return the event to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This marked the first Extreme Rules to be held in October and on a Saturday.[32] The 2022 event would be the final Extreme Rules event, as an event was not scheduled for 2023, with that year's October slot given to a reinstated Fastlane.[33] This came after WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H stated that he wanted to discontinue some of the gimmick events.[34]

Extreme Rules matches

An "Extreme Rules match" is a type of hardcore match in which there are no disqualifications and no countouts and weapons are incentivized, but pinfalls and submissions must take place in the ring; since the acquisition of Extreme Championship Wrestling, WWE has used the "Extreme Rules" term in place of "hardcore". Although the Extreme Rules event was established in 2009, it was not until 2010 when the Extreme Rules match began to be held at the titular event.[7] Only two other Extreme Rules events did not include the namesake match, which were the 2011 and 2015 events.[35][36]

After being introduced at the 2010 event, the events that included an Extreme Rules match only had one such match on the card. The other matches were another type of hardcore match or just standard rules matches. Some of the other hardcore matches may have technically had the same or very similar rules as an Extreme Rules match, but were not stipulated as such (for example, a

No Holds Barred match, which was held at the inaugural 2009 event).[6]
Some Extreme Rules matches had other stipulations applied on top of the Extreme Rules stipulation.

Other types of hardcore matches that took place at Extreme Rules include

Fight Pit match
.

The following are the Extreme Rules matches that were held at the titular event.

# Year
Extreme Rules match
 Ref.
1 2010
Jack Swagger (c) vs. Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship
 [7]
2 2012 John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar [37]
3 2013 Randy Orton vs. Big Show [38]
4 2014 Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Kane for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [13]
5 2016 Roman Reigns (c) vs. AJ Styles for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship [14]
6 2017 Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Bálor vs. Bray Wyatt for a WWE Universal Championship match at Great Balls of Fire [16]
7 2018
WWE Raw Women's Championship
 [19]
8 2019
mixed tag team match
. 		[20]
9 2020
singles match
rules. 		[24]
10 2021
"The Demon" Finn Bálor for the WWE Universal Championship
 [4]
11 2022
WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
 [5]

Events

Raw-branded event
# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
1 Extreme Rules (2009) June 7, 2009 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Arena
Money in the Bank cash-in match
 [6]
2 Extreme Rules (2010) April 25, 2010 Baltimore, Maryland
1st Mariner Arena
Last Man Standing match for the WWE Championship
 [7]
3 Extreme Rules (2011) May 1, 2011 Tampa, Florida St. Pete Times Forum
Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship
 [35]
4 Extreme Rules (2012) April 29, 2012 Rosemont, Illinois Allstate Arena
Extreme Rules match
 [37]
5 Extreme Rules (2013) May 19, 2013 St. Louis, Missouri Scottrade Center
Steel Cage match
 [38]
6 Extreme Rules (2014) May 4, 2014 East Rutherford, New Jersey Izod Center
Extreme Rules match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
 [13]
7 Extreme Rules (2015) April 26, 2015 Rosemont, Illinois Allstate Arena
Steel Cage match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
 [36]
8 Extreme Rules (2016) May 22, 2016 Newark, New Jersey Prudential Center
Extreme Rules match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
 [14]
9 Extreme Rules (2017) June 4, 2017
Baltimore, Maryland
Royal Farms Arena
Extreme Rules match for a WWE Universal Championship match at Great Balls of Fire
 [16]
10 Extreme Rules (2018) July 15, 2018 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania PPG Paints Arena
Iron Man match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
 [19]
11 Extreme Rules (2019) July 14, 2019 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center
Money in the Bank cash-in match
 [20]
12 The Horror Show at Extreme Rules July 19, 2020 Orlando, Florida WWE Performance Center1
Wyatt Swamp Fight
 [24]
13 Extreme Rules (2021) September 26, 2021 Columbus, Ohio Nationwide Arena
Extreme Rules match for the WWE Universal Championship
 [39][4]
14 Extreme Rules (2022) October 8, 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center
special guest referee
. 		[40][5]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
Notes

1The main event match, which was the Wyatt Swamp Fight, was pre-recorded at an undisclosed location about two hours outside of Orlando on July 16–17.

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