IWE Extreme Rules (2012)

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Extreme Rules (2012)
Promotional poster featuring Kane
Tagline(s)	TBA
Theme song(s)	"TBA" by TBA
Imformation
Promotion	IWE
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown
Date	April 29, 2012
Venue	Allstate Arena
City	Rosemont, Illinois
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania XXVIII	Extreme Rules (2012)	Over the Limit (2012)
IWE Extreme Rules chronology
Extreme Rules (2011)	Extreme Rules (2012)	TBA

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.

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, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers portray villains or 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 The Rock the previous night at IWE's 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 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.

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 Attitude Adjustment. Simpson won a tournament to earn a IWE Championship match at 2003's Backlash pay-per-view against Lesnar, in which Simpson was defeated.

At IWE's Royal Rumble PPV event on January 29, Sheamus won the Royal Rumble match to earn the opportunity to face either IWE Champion Justin Eldridge or 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 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.

Matches