Extreme Rules (2013)
The 2013 Extreme Rules was the fifth annual Extreme Rules professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on May 19, 2013, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The concept of Extreme Rules is that the event features various hardcore-based matches.
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Date | May 19, 2013 | ||
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | ||
| Venue | Scottrade Center | ||
| Attendance | 14,500 | ||
| Buy rate | 231,000 | ||
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Eight matches took place on the event's card and one Pre-Show match was livestreamed on YouTube. Five of the main card's matches were contested under a hardcore stipulation. In the main event, Brock Lesnar defeated Triple H in a Steel Cage match. In other prominent matches, WWE Champion John Cena and Ryback fought to a no contest in a Last Man Standing match, Dean Ambrose defeated Kofi Kingston to capture the WWE United States Championship, The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) defeated Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) in a tornado tag team match to capture their first WWE Tag Team Championship, and Randy Orton defeated Big Show in an Extreme Rules match.
The 2013 event's scheduling replaced Over the Limit as the year's May PPV. Extreme Rules 2013 received 231,000 buys, down from last year's event of 263,000.