Extreme Rules (2006)

Event
Extreme Rules (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on April 30, 2006, at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was presented by AT&T. It was the first event promoted under the Extreme Rules name. It featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown, and Hardnitro brands. There were twelve matches scheduled on the event's card.

The main event from Raw was the champion The Rod versus Sting for the WWE Global Heavyweight Championship. The match was interrupted by a masked man, this was called The Shaman, the former gimmick of The Rod. He attacked The Rod, and cost him the Global title. Sting is the new Global Champion.

The main event from Smackdown! was the champion Mark Henry versus Edge in a Ladder match for the WWE Grand Heavyweight Championship. Edge won and is the new Grand Champion.

The main event from Smackdown! was John Cena versus Rob Van Dam in a ECW Extreme Rules match. RVD won and faces Rey Mysterio at Bad Blood.