With WWE Extreme Rules just over a week away on May 4 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., the WWE has rounded out its backstage plans for what the final card will look like and what the pre-show match will be.
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As Sports World News reported yesterday, the WWE is planning on having a WWE Tag Team Championship match pitting the champion Usos against the challenging Ryback and Curtis Axel. Wrestlingheadlines.com reports that the tag match between those teams is a lock and is currently penciled in for the Extreme Rules pre-show.
It has also been reported that the WWE Intercontinental Championship match will be Bad News Barrett challenging Big E for his gold. Barrett is expected to go over Rob Van Dam this week on Monday Night RAW in the finals of the No. 1 contender's tournament after interference from Cesaro.
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The match will then branch to two matches at Extreme Rules, with Barrett taking on Big E while Van Dam battles Cesaro and Jack Swagger in a Triple Threat Match as Swagger cost Cesaro his match against Van Dam and Cesaro then in-turn cost Van Dam his match against Barrett.
The show is headlined by three main matches which are a WWE World Heavyweight Championship Extreme Rules match between champion Daniel Bryan and challenger Kane, a Steel Cage match between John Cena and Bray Wyatt and a Six-Man Tag Team Match between The Shield (Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins) and Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista).
Other matches booked for the show are WWE Divas Champion Paige taking on Tamina Snuka while Alexander Rusev will battle R-Truth and Xavier Woods in a two-on-one handicap match.
Here is the updated list of confirmed matches with the rumored encounters noted where applicable.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship:
Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Kane
Steel Cage Match:
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
Six-Man Tag Match:
Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista) vs. The Shield (Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins)
WWE Intercontinental Championship (Rumored):
Big E (c) vs. Bad News Barrett
WWE Divas Championship:
Paige (c) vs. Tamina Snuka
Triple Threat Match (Rumored):
Rob Van Dam vs. Cesaro w/ Paul Heyman vs. Jack Swagger w/ Zeb Colter
Handicap Match:
Alexander Rusev vs. R-Truth and Xavier Woods
Pre-show WWE Tag Team Championships (Rumored):
The Usos (c) vs. Ryback and Curtis Axel
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