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Extreme Rules (2022)

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Extreme Rules
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Promotional poster featuring Ronda Rousey
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateOctober 8, 2022
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
VenueWells Fargo Center
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The 2022 Extreme Rules is the upcoming 14th annual Extreme Rules professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, marking the first Extreme Rules event to be held in October and on a Saturday, as well as the second Extreme Rules event to take place at this venue after the 2019 edition. The concept of Extreme Rules is that the event features various hardcore-based matches.

Production

Background

Extreme Rules is an annual gimmick event produced by WWE since 2009. The concept of the show is that the event features various matches that are contested under hardcore rules and generally features one Extreme Rules match.[1] The defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion, which WWE acquired in 2003, originally used the "extreme rules" term to describe the regulations for all of its matches; WWE adopted the term and has since used it in place of "hardcore match" or "hardcore rules." On October 25, 2021, WWE revealed its 2022 major event schedule for the Raw and SmackDown brands, with a to be announced event for October.[2] On June 13, 2022, that October event was announced as Extreme Rules and it would take place on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;[3][4] Philadelphia was the home of the former ECW promotion from 1993 to 2001.[5] This marks the first Extreme Rules to be held in October and on a Saturday, as well as the second Extreme Rules held at this venue after the 2019 event. It will be the 14th event in the Extreme Rules chronology and will air on pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide and the livestreaming services Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in international markets.[3][4]

Storylines

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[6][7] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[8]

At SummerSlam, Liv Morgan defeated Ronda Rousey to controversially retain the SmackDown Women's Championship; Rousey had Morgan in the armbar submission while Rousey's shoulders were on the mat and the referee counted a pin but did not see Morgan tap out before the three count. Following the match, an irate Rousey attacked both Morgan and the referee,[9] which resulted in the suspension of Rousey.[10] After her suspension was lifted, Rousey won a fatal five-way elimination match on the September 9 episode of SmackDown, earning a rematch against Morgan for the SmackDown Women's Championship at Extreme Rules.[11] The following week, Morgan decided that she wanted to defend the title against Rousey in an Extreme Rules match and Rousey accepted.[12]

At Clash at the Castle, Seth "Freakin" Rollins defeated Matt Riddle.[13] During Rollins' match for the United States Championship on the September 19 episode of Raw, Riddle distracted Rollins, costing him the title. Later that episode, Riddle challenged Rollins to a Fight Pit match at Extreme Rules and Rollins accepted.[14] On October 1, it was revealed that UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier would be the special guest referee for the match.[15]

In early August, Karrion Kross and his wife Scarlett made their return to WWE and immediately began to target Drew McIntyre.[10] Over the following weeks, Kross continued to attack McIntyre, but he would retreat before McIntyre could retaliate. On the September 23 episode of SmackDown, McIntyre announced that WWE officials granted him a match against Kross at Extreme Rules in a strap match, thus ensuring that Kross could not retreat.[16]

After Bianca Belair retained the Raw Women's Championship at SummerSlam, she was confronted by a returning Bayley, accompanied by Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky.[9] The trio would dub themselves as Damage Control. At Clash at the Castle, Damage Control defeated the team of Belair, Alexa Bliss, and Asuka in a six-woman tag team match in which Bayley pinned Belair.[13] Due to pinning the champion, Bayley challenged Belair to a ladder match for the Raw Women's Championship at Extreme Rules and Belair accepted.[17]

After WrestleMania 38 in April, Edge formed a group with Damian Priest called The Judgment Day; Rhea Ripley later joined the group at WrestleMania Backlash,[18] followed by Finn Bálor, who was defeated in a match by Judgment Day. Bálor would then become the new leader after Judgement Day viciously attacked and turned on Edge. Dominik Mysterio would also later join the group after turning on his dad Rey Mysterio and Edge at Clash at the Castle.[13] After weeks of feuding and a brutal attack on Edge by The Judgment Day, Edge returned on the September 26 episode of Raw and challenged Bálor to an "I Quit" match at Extreme Rules and Bálor accepted.[17]

At Clash at the Castle, Gunther (accompanied by Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci) defeated Sheamus (accompanied by Butch and Ridge Holland) to retain the Intercontinental Championship.[13] Imperium (Gunther, Kaiser, and Vinci) then defeated The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch, and Holland) in a six-man tag team match on the following episode of SmackDown.[11] The following week, Butch and Holland won a fatal four-way tag team match, also involving Kaiser and Vinci, to earn a match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship on the next episode,[12] but failed to win the titles due to Imperium interfering.[16] On September 29, a six-man tag team Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook match between the two teams was confirmed to take place at Extreme Rules.[19]

Matches

No. Matches* Stipulations
1 Liv Morgan (c) vs. Ronda Rousey Extreme Rules match for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[20]
2 Matt Riddle vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins Fight Pit match[21]
Daniel Cormier will serve as the special guest referee.
3 Drew McIntyre vs. Karrion Kross (with Scarlett) Strap match[22]
4 Bianca Belair (c) (with Alexa Bliss and Asuka) vs. Bayley (with Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky)) Ladder match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship[23]
5 Edge vs. Finn Bálor (with The Judgment Day (Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio, and Rhea Ripley)) "I Quit" match[24]
6 The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, and Butch) vs. Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, and Giovanni Vinci) Six-man tag team Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook match[25]
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • *Card subject to change

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