Extreme Rules(2016)

Extreme Rules(2016) was a pay-per-view that took place on April 24th, 2016, live from Tampa, Florida. The main event was a triple threat match featuring The Rock, Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan, and was contested for the WWE Title.



Background
This was the first pay-per-view of the series. It is also notable for it's weird scheduling, as it technically took place before the Raw and Smackdown go-home shows. This is a litte known fact, and has never been mentioned in any Universe Mode post before.

Extreme Rules was a seven-match card, with the Raw main event of Bray Wyatt vs Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Title, and the Smackdown main event of The Rock vs Randy Orton vs Daniel Bryan. Jericho won his spot by defeating Seth Rollins to become number one contender on the Raw go-home show. The Rock defeated Randy Orton for the WWE Title on the second episode of Smackdown, and they were orginally scheduled to meet in a rematch, but Orton lost twice to Bryan, and Smackdown GM Teddy Long made it a triple threat match on the Smackdown go-home show.

Event
All seven matches were title matches, and two titles changed hands, as Dean Ambrose defeated Booker T for the United States Title and Luke Harper and Erick Rowan defeated the Brothers of Destruction to win the World Tag Team Titles. Trish Stratus retained the Women's Title against Lita via a roll up with a handful of tights, and Nikki Bella defeated AJ Lee to retain the Diva's Title. After the match, Brie Bella returned to stop Nikki from hitting AJ with a chair.

John Cena defeated Ryback in a Last Man Standing Match to retain the Intercontinental Title, and Bray Wyatt pinned Chris Jericho after a Sister Abigail to retain the World Heavyweight Title. In the main event, The Rock pinned Daniel Bryan following an RKO from Randy Orton, who was unable to get back to his feet after hitting the move.

The only main roster title not defended on the show was the WWE Tag Team Titles, as the Prime Time Players had defended them on the last episode of Smackdown against Tyson Kidd and Cesaro.