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- The 2013 WWE Extreme Rules post-show opens up with Renee Young, Mick Foley, Wade Barrett and Titus O’Neil talking about the Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H match. Foley predicts the feud isn’t over. - They talk about the seriousness of the finish to Ryback vs. John Cena. We see footage of Cena getting off the stretcher at the ambulance. Cena told medics he felt good and didn’t need to go to the hospital. Michael Cole at ringside says we should have an update tomorrow on RAW. JBL and Jerry Lawler chime in on Cena being stubborn and refusing medical attention. - We go back to Renee Young and crew. They talk about The Shield bringing home gold. Titus says you have to respect them but there are a lot of WWE stars who will be going after them now. Foley compares The Shield to The Fabulous Freebirds. - We go backstage to new WWE Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns plus new United States Champion Dean Ambrose. They talk about tonight and say a lot more arrogant fools still don’t believe in The Shield but they will. Ambrose says they are just getting warmed up. - The announcers talk about the Jack Swagger vs. Alberto Del Rio finish. Matt Striker is backstage with Del Rio. Del Rio talks about a tweet from Dolph Ziggler. Big E Langston and AJ Lee appear, mocking Del Rio. - We go back to Renee Young and the WWE Superstars to talk about the Sheamus vs. Mark Henry Strap Match. Titus isn’t convinced Sheamus is as tough as he portrays himself. Titus has fighting words for Sheamus. Barrett puts over Sheamus and the Brogue Kick. - We see footage of Mark Henry in the trainers room after the Strap Match. Striker to get comment but Henry told him to get away. Henry walked out of the trainers room and said he was going home. - We get another look at the cage match. Striker catches Heyman backstage for comment. Heyman puts over Lesnar’s performance and says he’s the ultimate extreme athlete in WWE. We go back to Renee Young and crew to talk about the match. - They talk more about John Cena refusing medical help and plug tomorrow night’s RAW. That’s it for the post-show. Backstage News on HHH vs. Lesnar, What’s Next for Ryback, More…

The main event of the WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view (PPV) tonight (Sun., May 19, 2013) at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, featured Brock Lesnar and Triple H settling their differences once and for all -- hopefully -- in a steel cage match, the third time the two have met inside the ring. The story? Lesnar hurt his knee early and "The Game" spent the rest of the match focusing on it, including chair shots, dives, figure four leg locks, and even a Sharpshooter. It wasn't the most exciting way to blow off their feud but at least they were strong psychologically throughout. Brock hit an F-5 that looked like he took a lot off it due to his knee and actually collapsed underneath Trips' weight on the second one. Triple H seemed to be greatly enjoying the fact that he was the one getting in all the offense and Lesnar was selling for the entire match, even when he was getting in some offense. Really, the amount of punishment Brock took during this match was impressive. In the end, it went the way it was supposed to. Lesnar used Triple H's sledgehammer to knock him out after Heyman assisted with a low blow. Brock may have sold the entire match but he stood tall at the end. Just the way it should have been. For complete results and blow-by-blow coverage of all the Extreme Rules action click here.

The following video is the complete WWE Extreme Rules pre-show, featuring The Miz facing off against Cody Rhodes. WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley joins Wade Barrett and Titus O'Neil on a Superstar panel to run down tonight's event.

When he was WWE champion, CM Punk was able to get a couple really good matches out of Ryback. Tonight (Sun., May 19, 2013) at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view (PPV) at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, John Cena got his chance to do the same. Only he was working on an apparently bum foot in a Last Man Standing match. They were given plenty of time to work and, as is almost always the case with Cena, worked a typical WWE main event style match. There were big enough spots, like Cena going through a table set up in the corner early on and Ryback taking an Attitude Adjustment through one later. There was also a spear through a barricade and a big brawl through the crowd. The story late was about Ryback somehow managing to get back up despite Cena pulling out all the stops and getting extremely frustrated at the fact that he just couldn't put him down for the 10 count. Ultimately, they went without a finish. Ryback picked up Cena and drove him through the stage set up, causing lights to go boom and laying both guys out completely. Ryback managed to get up and walk away with the help of a referee but they went full out for Cena, doing a stretcher job and yes, checking for a pulse. He's stable, by the way. But he did get the Owen Hart voices from the commentary team. That means we're supposed to take this super serious. Cena, obviously, retains the WWE championship. For complete results and blow-by-blow coverage of all the Extreme Rules action click here.

Randy Orton returned home to the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, tonight (Sun., May 19, 2013) for a hardcore match with Big Show at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view (PPV) with zero stakes and even less hype. Yet, it was a fine match. That's got a lot to do with it being Orton at home, meaning the crowd was firmly in his corner and he performed like whether or not he looked good in the match actually mattered to him. They broke out plenty of big spots, like Show coming off the second rope onto a ladder that Orton had vacated. The finish saw Orton hit one RKO straight up and one on a chair but neither was enough to get the job done. So he went back into his old bag of tricks and broke out a move that, last we checked and last he said, was banned. The patented punt. It looked brutal upon replay, too, and it seems odd to break it out now when Dolph Ziggler suffered a concussion that kept him off this show thanks to a punt to the head. Either way, Orton won the match and the crowd absolutely loved it. For complete results and blow-by-blow coverage of all the Extreme Rules action click here.

The two members of The Shield who weren't going for the United States title earlier in the night -- won by Dean Ambrose when he pinned Kofi Kingston, by the way -- took on Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) for the tag team titles in a tornado match at tonight's (Sun., May 19, 2013) Extreme Rules pay-per-view (PPV) at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. As usual, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns looked fantastic, while Kane and Bryan did their part to make it an extremely exciting match, the best on the card up to that point. Everyone took finishers, with Reigns hitting his spear multiple times on Kane, Bryan using the No Lock on Reigns and the finish coming when Rollins came off the top with leg drop on Bryan while Reigns had him up on his shoulders. It was incredible. And now each member of The Shield holds a championship. BELIEVE! For complete results and blow-by-blow coverage of all the Extreme Rules action click here.

Not only are The Shield still undefeated as a group in WWE, but they now hold both the WWE Tag Team Championships, and the United States title. Dean Ambrose was successful in his first pay-per-view singles match, defeating Kofi Kingston to become United States Champion, with a devastating headlock driver. Later in the night, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns competed in tag action without Ambrose, for the first time on pay-per-view, but nevertheless were successful in their endeavors. After destroying the Big Red Machine with two spears, Reigns lifted Daniel Bryan into the air, and help him in place as Seth Rollins drove his knee into his temple. The Shield ends Team Hell No's Championship reign at 246 days, the longest reign in almost five years. Check out our complete WWE Extreme Rules coverage.

The unfortunate concussion suffered by Dolph Ziggler at the foot of the cowardly Jack Swagger on SmackDown two weeks ago led to the latter getting booked in a number one contender match with Alberto Del Rio at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view (PPV) tonight (Sun., May 19, 2013) at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. And, because WWE knew it needed to try something fresh to make it interesting, it was an "I Quit" match. That meant brutality, and they brought plenty of that, but it also meant the most annoying gimmick in history: the referee absurdly interrupting the match every few seconds or after every moderately big spot just to ask if one of the two wanted to quit. And this started within the first two minutes of the bout. Way too early. The finish was also ... odd. Yeah, we'll use that word for it because it saw the referee call for the bell and award the win to Swagger after Zeb Colter threw the towel in. Yes, that's Colter but he did so from the position Ricardo Rodriguez was standing, so there was confusion. Then they consulted instant replay. I shit you not, that's what happened. Naturally, the match restarted and Del Rio used the Cross Armbreaker to force Swagger to utter the words "I Quit." For complete results and blow-by-blow coverage of all the Extreme Rules action click here.

Alberto del Rio is the new #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Championship currently held by Dolph Ziggler, following his "I Quit" victory over Jack Swagger at Extreme Rules. Originally, Zeb Colter tricked the referee by throwing in del Rio's white towel, causing Mike Chioda to award the victory to Jack Swagger. However, after utilizing an instant replay, the match was restarted, and Alberto del Rio was able to execute the Cross Arm Breaker on Swagger, forcing him to say "I quit". As we have been reporting, it is likely WWE will give del Rio his title match against Dolph Ziggler on television in the coming weeks, allowing them to continue with their plans going into next month's WWE Payback event.

It wasn't much of a match, though the crowd did pop big for the finish, but Sheamus defeated Mark Henry in their strap match at tonight's (Sun., May 19, 2013) Extreme Rules pay-per-view (PPV) at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The concept, a silly one at best, called for big Irish to touch all four corners in succession before the "World's Strongest Man" did the same thing. They toyed with a few big spots but never really got to do any because, to my eyes, it appeared Henry may have injured himself early in the match trying to throw his opponent over the rope and back into the ring. Even if he didn't suffer a legitimate injury, he simply wasn't the same after that happened. The finish saw Sheamus touch three corners then battle with Henry before a Brogue Kick gave him time to touch the fourth to light up the green and give him the victory. Here's to hoping WWE balances it out with a Henry win later on. For complete results and blow-by-blow coverage of all the Extreme Rules action click here.