Extreme Rules (2016)

Extreme Rules (2016)
Promotional poster featuring Dean Ambrose
Theme song(s)	"Fire" by PVRIS
Information
Promotion	WWE
Sponsor(s)	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Date	May 22, 2016
Attendance	15,963
Venue	Prudential Center
City	Newark, New Jersey
WWE Network event chronology
Payback (2016) Extreme Rules (2016) NXT TakeOver: The End
Extreme Rules chronology
Extreme Rules (2015) Extreme Rules (2016) Extreme Rules (2017)

Extreme Rules (2016) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on May 22, 2016, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It was the eighth event under the Extreme Rules chronology.

Eight matches were contested at the event, with one being shown on the pre-show. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated AJ Styles in a Extreme Rules match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, before Seth Rollins made his return from an injury and attacked Reigns. The event received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with praise directed at the Intercontinental Championship four-way and the main event WWE World Heavyweight Championship match.

The professional wrestling matches at Extreme Rules featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, WWE. Storylines between the characters played out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown.

Extreme Rules was originally scheduled for May 1, 2016, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. However, it switched dates and venues with Payback.