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Promotional poster featuring andDateApril 29, 2012City,VenueAttendance14,817Pay-per-view chronology← PreviousNext →chronology← PreviousNext →Extreme Rules (2012) was a (PPV) produced. It took place on April 29, 2012 at the in,. It was the fourth event under the chronology. Eight were scheduled on the event's and one pre-show match was streamed on. It included 's first WWE match since in 2004.The concept of Extreme Rules was that the event comprised various matches. In the main event, defeated in an. Elsewhere on the card, defeated in a to retain the, and defeated in a to retain the.The pay-per-view received universally positive reviews, with the main event and two world championship matches drawing high praise from critics and fans.
The event received 263,000 buys, up 25.8% from the 209,000 buys for the, whereas the received 231,000 buys, a drop of 12.1%. Contents.Production Background is an annual pay-per-view produced by since 2009. The concept of the show is that the event features various matches that are contested under; the defunct promotion originally used the 'extreme rules' term to describe the regulations for all of its matches. WWE uses the term in place of 'hardcore match' or 'hardcore rules'. The 2012 event was the fourth event under the Extreme Rules chronology and the first since the end of the first in August 2011.
Of the four hardcore-based matches on the card, only one was an.Storylines The at Extreme Rules comprised professional wrestlers performing as in pre-determined by the hosting, WWE. Between the characters played out on WWE's primary television programs,. Brock Lesnar face to face with John Cena after his return in April 2012.On the April 2 Raw, spoke about his loss to the previous night at, which was dubbed a once-in-a-lifetime match and the most important battle of Cena's career.
Cena asked for the Rock to come out so that Cena could offer his congratulations. Instead, Brock Lesnar came into the ring, making his first WWE appearance since 2004.
Lesnar offered to shake hands with Cena but instead executed the maneuver, dropping Cena onto the mat. The next week, revealed that he signed Lesnar to bring 'legitimacy' and for Lesnar to become the 'new face of the WWE'; Laurinaitis also scheduled Lesnar to face Cena at Extreme Rules. On April 16, the match was made into an match.On the January 2 Raw, returned to. He made it clear that he wanted to reclaim his title as the 'best wrestler in the world,' which had claimed to be since. Punk defeated Jericho at. In the weeks following the event, Jericho attacked Punk several times, once pouring a bottle of over him — a pointed insult to the Punk, and vowed to lead Punk 'down the path to alcoholism just like his father.'
On the April 16 Raw, Jericho challenged Punk to a at Extreme Rules for the WWE Championship. Punk had held the WWE Championship since November 2011 at.At WWE's pay-per-view event on January 29, won the to earn the opportunity to face either or for their respective titles at WrestleMania XXVIII. Sheamus elected to wrestle Bryan and defeated him in 18 seconds to win the championship.
On the April 10 SmackDown, Bryan invoked his rematch clause for Extreme Rules. Bryan chose a format to prevent Sheamus from scoring another quick victory.Another rivalry heading into Extreme Rules was between.
In July 2011, Kane lost in a to Orton, and the two shook hands after the match as a sign of respect. In 2012, a newly re-masked Kane viewed the handshake as a sign of weakness, hence Kane started a feud with Orton and defeated him at. Yet, on the April 6 episode of SmackDown, Orton defeated Kane in a. On the April 10 episode of SmackDown, Kane attacked Orton and his father. On the April 20 episode of SmackDown, a between Kane and Orton was scheduled for Extreme Rules.On April 23, a rematch between and for the was scheduled; Big Show had won the title from Rhodes at. Later that same day, a title defense by against was scheduled for the pre-show.Also on April 23, defeated the, to capture the Divas Championship.
Phoenix was slated to receive a rematch for the title at Extreme Rules, but was not medically cleared to compete due to a (storyline) sprained left ankle, and was replaced. This was Layla's first WWE appearance since the May 13, 2011 SmackDown. Layla had injured her knee at the previous year's Extreme Rules event and had subsequently been attacked. Event Other on-screen personnel Role:Name:English(pre-show only)Spanish CommentatorsBackstageMatt Striker(SmackDown)(Raw)Justin KingChad PattonPre-show On the pre-show, challenged in a singles match for the.
This was Marella's third defense of the title. Before the match, Miz complained about being in the pre-show after he was in the main event a year before at.
The title match ended with Marella pinning Miz after hitting the. After the match, the stipulation for the match between champion and was determined by a wheel spin to be a. Preliminary matches The English commentators for the event were, and, while there were also Spanish commentators. And acted as ring announcers.In the first match on the pay-per-view portion of the show, defeated in a. The match started with Kane and Orton brawling into the crowd and then backstage, where made an appearance to attack Kane and allow Orton to deliver an for a two count. Orton and Kane eventually headed back into the ring, where Orton was unable to beat Kane despite multiple pin attempts after repeated, an off a broadcast table onto the arena floor and a. However, Orton managed to kick out of a from Kane to counter the into an on a steel chair for the pinfall victory.defeated in the main show's second match.
Interference from at ringside led to Ziggler seizing an early advantage with a and a. Clay then mounted a comeback; his floored an onrushing Ziggler, and he delivered a for the pinfall victory.In the main show's third match, 's first defense of his ended in failure when he lost to in a. Big Show had the upper hand early on, but Rhodes managed to escape being thrown into a table propped up in the ring corner by running up and pushing off it to deliver the. Big Show then re-established the advantage with superior size and strength, but Rhodes later his leg as he attempted to re-enter the ring from the outside.
To regain his balance, Big Show stepped on and broke a table at ringside, and Rhodes was declared the winner and new Intercontinental Champion as Big Show had gone through a table with his foot. An angry Big Show assaulted Rhodes after the match.The fourth match on the main card was a for the in which defended his title against in his first title defense. Sheamus held the early advantage, putting Bryan in a and countering Bryan's off the apron by catching and tackling Bryan back-first into the barricade. Bryan then began to target Sheamus' left arm and shoulder with a, and he repeatedly went for the, but Sheamus was able to shake him off. Bryan then sent Sheamus shoulder-first into the corner ring post, and continued to ram Sheamus into the ring post shoulder-first while outside the ring. Back in the ring, Bryan repeatedly Sheamus' left arm while it was in the ropes and refused to stop at the referee's five count. The referee disqualified Bryan and awarded the first fall to Sheamus.
Bryan, who intentionally disqualified himself to hurt Sheamus, immediately rushed to put the 'Yes!' Lock on Sheamus, targeting the injured arm as soon the match was restarted. Sheamus soon passed out due to the 'Yes!' Lock and the referee awarded the second fall to Bryan. WWE officials then tended to a dazed Sheamus, who insisted that he could continue the match, as Bryan started shouting 'Yes!'
, prompting his fans to chant with him and his detractors in the crowd to yell 'No!' When the match restarted, Bryan rushed Sheamus in the corner, but Sheamus responded with a.
Sheamus was slow to cover Bryan, and Bryan kicked out at two. Bryan then peppered Sheamus with kicks, and got a two count. However, Bryan missed a and a, allowing Sheamus to make a comeback with and an. Sheamus finished Bryan off with a Brogue Kick to score a pinfall and win 2 falls to 1. With this victory, Sheamus retained his World Heavyweight Championship.The fifth match pitted against Aaron Relic and Jay Hatton, two, in a 2-on-1. Ryback hit a on Hatton, then a and a on Relic.
Ryback then delivered his finisher on Hatton and pinned both opponents at the same time for the.The next match was the sixth on the main card, a for the, in which defended his title in his hometown against in his tenth title defense. After weathering an initial flurry of offense from Punk, Jericho gained the edge and taunted Punk and his family. This earned Jericho a slap from Punk's sister at ringside.
An aggravated Jericho went after Punk's sister, causing Punk to go into a frenzy, Jericho through the top piece of the broadcast table, which had been removed and propped up against the under-structure of the table. When Jericho managed to re-establish an advantage, he taunted the Punk by pouring all over him. Then, Punk made a comeback and performed the, but Jericho kicked out at two. Yet Jericho managed to block Punk's attempts at executing his finisher, the, and managed to deliver a to Punk. Jericho then locked Punk in his finishing submission, the.
Punk made it to the ropes while in the hold, but there were no rope breaks in the Street Fight format. Punk then reached under the ring, grabbed a and sprayed it in Jericho's face to blind him and break the hold. Punk then executed a diving elbow drop from the top rope onto Jericho through the Spanish broadcast table.
That did not give Punk a pinfall victory, however, and he locked Jericho in the. Jericho broke it by hitting Punk with a.
Punk then grabbed a chair and prepared to attack Jericho, but Jericho executed a Codebreaker into the chair on Punk. Jericho made the cover but Punk kicked out at the last second. Aiming to humiliate Punk, Jericho attempted Punk's finishing move, the Go to Sleep, but Punk countered and catapulted Jericho into an exposed turnbuckle that Jericho himself had exposed earlier in the match. Punk finished by delivering the Go to Sleep to Jericho for the pin and the win. Punk then celebrated retaining his WWE Championship with his hometown crowd.Then, a backstage segment revealed that was declared not medically fit to wrestle.
As a result, would have to make her first defense of her title against a mystery opponent. The mystery opponent was revealed as, who managed to counter Bella's Twin Magic switcheroo to score the pinfall victory with a. Main event match The main event for the night saw face in an; this was Lesnar's first match in WWE since 2004. The match, refereed by, started with Lesnar causing Cena to bleed with a vicious to his head after a. Lesnar continued to dominate the match, delivering, and to Cena; the match had to be paused twice while a medic attended to Cena to clean up the blood. After the match restarted for the second time, Lesnar continued to brutalize Cena, hanging him from the turnbuckles and throwing him into the steel steps and the guardrail. Cena desperately went for his finishing move, the, but Lesnar countered into his own finishing move, the.
While throwing Cena to the mat, however, Lesnar inadvertently caused Cena to hit and knock out the referee. By the time another referee got to the ring to make the count, Cena was able to kick out at two and Lesnar attacked the referee. Lesnar then brought the metal ring steps into the ring and put a on Cena while on the steps. Cena lifted and slammed Lesnar onto the metal steps to break the hold. After Lesnar avoided a Cena, Lesnar charged and leapt off the ring steps and over the top rope onto Cena, sending both men to the floor. When Lesnar tried the same move again, Cena countered by hitting Lesnar in the head with a metal chain, bloodying Lesnar.
A re-energized Cena then delivered an Attitude Adjustment to Lesnar onto the steel steps and pinned him. Following his victory, a bloodied Cena, an arm injury, said that he would go home for a vacation. Reception The event sold out the Allstate Arena with 14,817 people in attendance. The official buy total for the 2012 Extreme Rules event was 263,000, up from 209,000 for the and 182,000 for the, whereas the received 231,000 buys, a drop of 12.1%.Extreme Rules received universally positive reviews from critics and fans. Allstate Arena. Archived from on January 6, 2012.
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Promotional poster featuring andDateApril 29, 2012City,VenueAttendance14,817Pay-per-view chronology← PreviousNext →chronology← PreviousNext →Extreme Rules (2012) was a (PPV) produced. It took place on April 29, 2012 at the in,.
It was the fourth event under the chronology. Eight were scheduled on the event's and one pre-show match was streamed on. It included 's first WWE match since in 2004.The concept of Extreme Rules was that the event comprised various matches. In the main event, defeated in an. Elsewhere on the card, defeated in a to retain the, and defeated in a to retain the.The pay-per-view received universally positive reviews, with the main event and two world championship matches drawing high praise from critics and fans. The event received 263,000 buys, up 25.8% from the 209,000 buys for the, whereas the received 231,000 buys, a drop of 12.1%. Contents.Production Background is an annual pay-per-view produced by since 2009.
The concept of the show is that the event features various matches that are contested under; the defunct promotion originally used the 'extreme rules' term to describe the regulations for all of its matches. WWE uses the term in place of 'hardcore match' or 'hardcore rules'. The 2012 event was the fourth event under the Extreme Rules chronology and the first since the end of the first in August 2011. Of the four hardcore-based matches on the card, only one was an.Storylines The at Extreme Rules comprised professional wrestlers performing as in pre-determined by the hosting, WWE. Between the characters played out on WWE's primary television programs,. Brock Lesnar face to face with John Cena after his return in April 2012.On the April 2 Raw, spoke about his loss to the previous night at, which was dubbed a once-in-a-lifetime match and the most important battle of Cena's career. Cena asked for the Rock to come out so that Cena could offer his congratulations.
Instead, Brock Lesnar came into the ring, making his first WWE appearance since 2004. Lesnar offered to shake hands with Cena but instead executed the maneuver, dropping Cena onto the mat. The next week, revealed that he signed Lesnar to bring 'legitimacy' and for Lesnar to become the 'new face of the WWE'; Laurinaitis also scheduled Lesnar to face Cena at Extreme Rules.
On April 16, the match was made into an match.On the January 2 Raw, returned to. He made it clear that he wanted to reclaim his title as the 'best wrestler in the world,' which had claimed to be since. Punk defeated Jericho at.
In the weeks following the event, Jericho attacked Punk several times, once pouring a bottle of over him — a pointed insult to the Punk, and vowed to lead Punk 'down the path to alcoholism just like his father.' On the April 16 Raw, Jericho challenged Punk to a at Extreme Rules for the WWE Championship. Punk had held the WWE Championship since November 2011 at.At WWE's pay-per-view event on January 29, won the to earn the opportunity to face either or for their respective titles at WrestleMania XXVIII.
Sheamus elected to wrestle Bryan and defeated him in 18 seconds to win the championship. On the April 10 SmackDown, Bryan invoked his rematch clause for Extreme Rules.
Bryan chose a format to prevent Sheamus from scoring another quick victory.Another rivalry heading into Extreme Rules was between. In July 2011, Kane lost in a to Orton, and the two shook hands after the match as a sign of respect. In 2012, a newly re-masked Kane viewed the handshake as a sign of weakness, hence Kane started a feud with Orton and defeated him at. Yet, on the April 6 episode of SmackDown, Orton defeated Kane in a. On the April 10 episode of SmackDown, Kane attacked Orton and his father.
On the April 20 episode of SmackDown, a between Kane and Orton was scheduled for Extreme Rules.On April 23, a rematch between and for the was scheduled; Big Show had won the title from Rhodes at. Later that same day, a title defense by against was scheduled for the pre-show.Also on April 23, defeated the, to capture the Divas Championship. Phoenix was slated to receive a rematch for the title at Extreme Rules, but was not medically cleared to compete due to a (storyline) sprained left ankle, and was replaced. This was Layla's first WWE appearance since the May 13, 2011 SmackDown.
Layla had injured her knee at the previous year's Extreme Rules event and had subsequently been attacked. Event Other on-screen personnel Role:Name:English(pre-show only)Spanish CommentatorsBackstageMatt Striker(SmackDown)(Raw)Justin KingChad PattonPre-show On the pre-show, challenged in a singles match for the. This was Marella's third defense of the title. Before the match, Miz complained about being in the pre-show after he was in the main event a year before at. The title match ended with Marella pinning Miz after hitting the. After the match, the stipulation for the match between champion and was determined by a wheel spin to be a.
Preliminary matches The English commentators for the event were, and, while there were also Spanish commentators. And acted as ring announcers.In the first match on the pay-per-view portion of the show, defeated in a. The match started with Kane and Orton brawling into the crowd and then backstage, where made an appearance to attack Kane and allow Orton to deliver an for a two count.
Orton and Kane eventually headed back into the ring, where Orton was unable to beat Kane despite multiple pin attempts after repeated, an off a broadcast table onto the arena floor and a. However, Orton managed to kick out of a from Kane to counter the into an on a steel chair for the pinfall victory.defeated in the main show's second match. Interference from at ringside led to Ziggler seizing an early advantage with a and a. Clay then mounted a comeback; his floored an onrushing Ziggler, and he delivered a for the pinfall victory.In the main show's third match, 's first defense of his ended in failure when he lost to in a.
Big Show had the upper hand early on, but Rhodes managed to escape being thrown into a table propped up in the ring corner by running up and pushing off it to deliver the. Big Show then re-established the advantage with superior size and strength, but Rhodes later his leg as he attempted to re-enter the ring from the outside. To regain his balance, Big Show stepped on and broke a table at ringside, and Rhodes was declared the winner and new Intercontinental Champion as Big Show had gone through a table with his foot.
An angry Big Show assaulted Rhodes after the match.The fourth match on the main card was a for the in which defended his title against in his first title defense. Sheamus held the early advantage, putting Bryan in a and countering Bryan's off the apron by catching and tackling Bryan back-first into the barricade. Bryan then began to target Sheamus' left arm and shoulder with a, and he repeatedly went for the, but Sheamus was able to shake him off. Bryan then sent Sheamus shoulder-first into the corner ring post, and continued to ram Sheamus into the ring post shoulder-first while outside the ring. Back in the ring, Bryan repeatedly Sheamus' left arm while it was in the ropes and refused to stop at the referee's five count. The referee disqualified Bryan and awarded the first fall to Sheamus.
Bryan, who intentionally disqualified himself to hurt Sheamus, immediately rushed to put the 'Yes!' Lock on Sheamus, targeting the injured arm as soon the match was restarted.
Sheamus soon passed out due to the 'Yes!' Lock and the referee awarded the second fall to Bryan.
WWE officials then tended to a dazed Sheamus, who insisted that he could continue the match, as Bryan started shouting 'Yes!' , prompting his fans to chant with him and his detractors in the crowd to yell 'No!' When the match restarted, Bryan rushed Sheamus in the corner, but Sheamus responded with a. Sheamus was slow to cover Bryan, and Bryan kicked out at two. Bryan then peppered Sheamus with kicks, and got a two count. However, Bryan missed a and a, allowing Sheamus to make a comeback with and an. Sheamus finished Bryan off with a Brogue Kick to score a pinfall and win 2 falls to 1.
With this victory, Sheamus retained his World Heavyweight Championship.The fifth match pitted against Aaron Relic and Jay Hatton, two, in a 2-on-1. Ryback hit a on Hatton, then a and a on Relic.
Ryback then delivered his finisher on Hatton and pinned both opponents at the same time for the.The next match was the sixth on the main card, a for the, in which defended his title in his hometown against in his tenth title defense. After weathering an initial flurry of offense from Punk, Jericho gained the edge and taunted Punk and his family. This earned Jericho a slap from Punk's sister at ringside. An aggravated Jericho went after Punk's sister, causing Punk to go into a frenzy, Jericho through the top piece of the broadcast table, which had been removed and propped up against the under-structure of the table. When Jericho managed to re-establish an advantage, he taunted the Punk by pouring all over him. Then, Punk made a comeback and performed the, but Jericho kicked out at two.
Yet Jericho managed to block Punk's attempts at executing his finisher, the, and managed to deliver a to Punk. Jericho then locked Punk in his finishing submission, the. Punk made it to the ropes while in the hold, but there were no rope breaks in the Street Fight format. Punk then reached under the ring, grabbed a and sprayed it in Jericho's face to blind him and break the hold. Punk then executed a diving elbow drop from the top rope onto Jericho through the Spanish broadcast table. That did not give Punk a pinfall victory, however, and he locked Jericho in the.
Jericho broke it by hitting Punk with a. Punk then grabbed a chair and prepared to attack Jericho, but Jericho executed a Codebreaker into the chair on Punk. Jericho made the cover but Punk kicked out at the last second.
Aiming to humiliate Punk, Jericho attempted Punk's finishing move, the Go to Sleep, but Punk countered and catapulted Jericho into an exposed turnbuckle that Jericho himself had exposed earlier in the match. Punk finished by delivering the Go to Sleep to Jericho for the pin and the win. Punk then celebrated retaining his WWE Championship with his hometown crowd.Then, a backstage segment revealed that was declared not medically fit to wrestle. As a result, would have to make her first defense of her title against a mystery opponent. The mystery opponent was revealed as, who managed to counter Bella's Twin Magic switcheroo to score the pinfall victory with a.
Main event match The main event for the night saw face in an; this was Lesnar's first match in WWE since 2004. The match, refereed by, started with Lesnar causing Cena to bleed with a vicious to his head after a. Lesnar continued to dominate the match, delivering, and to Cena; the match had to be paused twice while a medic attended to Cena to clean up the blood. After the match restarted for the second time, Lesnar continued to brutalize Cena, hanging him from the turnbuckles and throwing him into the steel steps and the guardrail. Cena desperately went for his finishing move, the, but Lesnar countered into his own finishing move, the.
While throwing Cena to the mat, however, Lesnar inadvertently caused Cena to hit and knock out the referee. By the time another referee got to the ring to make the count, Cena was able to kick out at two and Lesnar attacked the referee. Lesnar then brought the metal ring steps into the ring and put a on Cena while on the steps. Cena lifted and slammed Lesnar onto the metal steps to break the hold. After Lesnar avoided a Cena, Lesnar charged and leapt off the ring steps and over the top rope onto Cena, sending both men to the floor. When Lesnar tried the same move again, Cena countered by hitting Lesnar in the head with a metal chain, bloodying Lesnar. A re-energized Cena then delivered an Attitude Adjustment to Lesnar onto the steel steps and pinned him.
Following his victory, a bloodied Cena, an arm injury, said that he would go home for a vacation. Reception The event sold out the Allstate Arena with 14,817 people in attendance. The official buy total for the 2012 Extreme Rules event was 263,000, up from 209,000 for the and 182,000 for the, whereas the received 231,000 buys, a drop of 12.1%.Extreme Rules received universally positive reviews from critics and fans.
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