Editing IWE Extreme Rules (2012)

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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''Extreme Rules (2012)'''</span><br>
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/Extreme_Rules_%282012%29_Poster.jpg/200px-Extreme_Rules_%282012%29_Poster.jpg <br> Promotional poster featuring [[Rob Lesnar]] and [[Dustin Simpson]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;"| '''Theme song(s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | "Adrenaline" By Shinedown
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" |  '''Imformation'''
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Promotion'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[IWE]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Brand(s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[IWE Raw|Raw]]<br>[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Date'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | April 29, 2012
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Venue'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[Allstate Arena]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''City'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[Rosemont, Illinois]]
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" |  '''Pay-per-view chronology'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWE WrestleMania 28|WrestleMania XXVIII]]
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |'''Extreme Rules (2012)'''
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWE Over the Limit (2012)|Over the Limit (2012)]]
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" |  '''[[IWE Extreme Rules]] chronology'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[IWE Extreme Rules (2011)|Extreme Rules (2011)]]
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |'''Extreme Rules (2012)'''
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |TBA
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'''Extreme Rules''' is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by [[IWE]], which will take place on April 29, 2012 at the [[Allstate Arena]] in [[Rosemont, Illinois]]. It is the fourth Extreme Rules event. There are eight official matches scheduled for the event's card.

==Background==
Extreme Rules will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines which will play out on IWE's primary television programs, ''[[IWE Raw|Raw]]'' and ''[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''. Wrestlers portray [[Heel|villains]] or [[Face|heroes]] as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

On the April 2 episode of ''Raw'', [[Dustin Simpson]] spoke about his loss to [[Sam Simkins|The Rock]] the previous night at IWE's [[IWE WrestleMania 28|WrestleMania XXVIII]] PPV event. After concluding his statement, he asked for the Rock to come out and talk. Instead, [[Rob Lesnar]] made his IWE return after being away since 2004. Lesnar deceived Simpson by teasing a handshake in order to execute his [[Facebuster#Fireman's carry facebuster|F-5]] maneuver, dropping Simpson onto the mat. The next week, villainous authority figure [[John Laurinaitis]] revealed that he signed Lesnar back to bring "legitimacy" and for Lesnar to become the "new face of the IWE;" Laurinaitis also announced that Lesnar would face Simpson at Extreme Rules. On April 16, the [[Hardcore Wrestling|Extreme Rules]] stipulation was added to the match.

Both Lesnar and Cena have a long history between each other. On the February 6, 2003 edition of ''SmackDown'', Simpson called out Rob Lesnar with a rap freestyle and challenged him for a match. On February 13, 2003, they had their first match in which Lesnar defeated Simpson with the F-5. After the match, he hit another F-5 onto the ring post, injuring Simpson. After returning, Simpson used a modified version of the F-5 as his finisher, which later became known as the [[Fireman's Carry Takeover|Attitude Adjustment]]. Simpson won a tournament to earn a [[IWE Championship]] match at 2003's [[IWE Backlash (2003)|Backlash]] pay-per-view against Lesnar, in which Simpson was defeated.

At IWE's [[IWE Royal Rumble (2012)|Royal Rumble]] PPV event on January 29, [[Kevin Farrelly|Sheamus]] won the [[Royal Rumble#Match|Royal Rumble match]] to earn the opportunity to face either [[List of IWE Champions|IWE Champion]] [[Justin Eldridge]] or [[List of World Heavyweight Champions (IWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Kody Brown]] for their respective title at WrestleMania XXVIII. Sheamus elected to wrestle Brown and defeated him in 18 seconds to win the championship at the event. On the April 10 episode of ''SmackDown'', Brown used his rematch clause as ex-champion to announce a [[Series Variations|2-out-of-3 Falls match]] for the championship at Extreme Rules between him and Sheamus. The stipulation was due to Brown wanting to prevent Sheamus from scoring another quick victory.

On the January 2 edition of ''Raw'', [[Khris Jericho]] returned to [[IWE]]. He made it clear that he wanted to reclaim his title as the "best in the world," which [[Justin Eldridge]] had claimed to be since winning the [[IWE Championship]] at [[IWE Money in the Bank (2011)|Money in the Bank 2011]]. Eldridge defeated Jericho at [[IWE WrestleMania 28|WrestleMania XXVIII]], but since then, Jericho has attacked Eldridge several times, including pouring a bottle of Jack Daniel's over him before smashing it on the back of his head—a pointed insult to Punk, who is well-known as straight edge both inside and outside the ring. On the April 16 edition of ''Raw'', Jericho announced that he will face Eldridge in a [[Hardcore Wrestling|Chicago Street Fight]] at Extreme Rules for the IWE Championship.

Another rivalry heading into Extreme Rules is between [[Kevin McAlmond]] and [[Glenn McAlmond|Kane]]. In July 2011, Kane lost in a  [[Hardcore Wrestling|Street Fight]] to McAlmond, and the two shook hands after the match as a sign of respect. In 2012, a newly re-masked Kane now viewed this event as a sign of weakness, hence Kane started a feud with McAlmond and defeated him at [[IWE WrestleMania 28|WrestleMania XXVIII]]. Yet, on the April 6 episode of ''SmackDown'', McAlmond defeated Kane in a [[No Disqualification Match|No Disqualification match]]. On the April 10 episode of ''SmackDown'', Kane attacked McAlmond and his father [[Bob McAlmond, Jr.|"Cowboy" Bob McAlmond]]. On the April 20 episode of ''SmackDown'', it was announced that Kane and McAlmond would face off at Extreme Rules in a  [[Falls Count Anywhere Match|Falls Count Anywhere match]].

On April 23, it was announced that the fifth match for the event is a rematch between [[Marc Beltran|Big Show]] and [[Mark Semmler]] for the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship]]; Big Show won the title from Rhodes at [[IWE WrestleMania 28|WrestleMania XXVIII]].

On the same day, there was announced that a ''Pre-Show'' match will be streamed live on [[YouTube]], on IWE.com, and on [[IWE]]'s official [[Facebook]] page. The contestants will be [[Joe Smith|The Miz]] vs. [[Justin Black]] for the [[IWE United States Championship|United States Championship]]

On April 26, it was announced that [[The Gozelanski Twins|Tierney Gozelanski]] would be defending her [[IWE Divas Championship]] against Chandra Denney after Gozelanski defeated Denney on the April 23 episode of [[IWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]. Despite Denney suffering a sprained left ankle during the aforementioned match, she has been medically cleared to compete.

==Matches==
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3;" |Matches
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3;" |Stipulations
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|Pre-Show
|[[Justin Black]] (c) defeated [[Joe Smith|The Miz]]
|[[Singles Match|Singles match]] for the [[IWE United States Championship]]
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|1
|[[Kevin McAlmond]] defeated [[Glenn McAlmond|Kane]]
|[[Falls Count Anywhere Match|Falls Count Anywhere match]]
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|2
|[[Aaron Jewels]] defeated [[Nick Kessler]]
|Singles match
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|3
|[[Mark Semmler]] defeated [[Marc Beltran|The Big Show]] (c)
|[[Tables Match|Tables match]] for the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship]]
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|4
|[[Kevin Farrelly|Sheamus]] (c) defeated [[Kody Brown]]
|[[Series Variations|2-out-of-3 Falls match]] for the [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]]
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|5
|[[Rob Sheffield|Ryback]] defeated [[Wrestling Jobbers|Aaron Relic and Jay Hatton]]
|[[Handicap Match|2-on-1 Handicap Match]]
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|6
|[[Justin Eldridge]] (c) defeated [[Khris Jericho]]
|[[Hardcore Wrestling|Chicago Street Fight match]] for the [[IWE Championship]]
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|7
|[[Victoria Lehr|Victoria]] defeated [[The Gozelanski Twins|Tierney Gozelanski]] (c)
|Singles match for the [[IWE Divas Championship]]
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|8
|[[Dustin Simpson]] vs. [[Rob Lesnar]]
|[[Hardcore Wrestling|Extreme Rules match]]
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|colspan="4" align=center|<small>''(c) – refers to the champion heading into the match''</small>
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