WrestleMania 22

WrestleMania 22

Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand	RAW SmackDown!
Date	April 2, 2006
Venue	Allstate Arena
City	Rosemont, Illinois
Attendance	17,159
Pay-per-view chronology
No Way Out 2006	WrestleMania 22	Backlash 2006

WrestleMania 22 was the twenty-second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place on April 2, 2006 at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Rosemont. The event was the third WrestleMania to take place in the Chicago metropolitan area (following WrestleMania 2, and WrestleMania 13). Tickets sold out in under two minutes, grossing $2.5 million USD for the event, making it the highest grossing one-day event at the Allstate Arena. More than 17,155 people from 16 countries and 43 states attended, with millions more watching in more than 90 countries.

WrestleMania 22 was a joint-promotion pay-per-view event, featuring performers from both the RAW and SmackDown! brands. The tagline for WrestleMania 22 was Big Time. The theme song for the event was "Big Time" by Peter Gabriel. Secondary themes included "I Dare You" by Shinedown, "Save Me Sorrow" by Bullets and Octane, and "Baby Hates Me" by Danko Jones.

The commentators for the RAW brand were Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, while the commentators for the SmackDown! brand were Michael Cole and Tazz. The Spanish language commentators were Carlos Cabrera and Hugo Savinovich. Joey Styles provided commentary for the hardcore match between Mick Foley and Edge. Lilian Garcia served as the ring announcer for the RAW brand, while Tony Chimel served as the ring announcer for the SmackDown! brand.

[edit] Results

Rey Mysterio after winning the World Heavyweight Championship

Howard Finkel introduced the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2006:
- "Mean" Gene Okerlund, "Sensational" Sherri, Tony Atlas, Verne Gagne, William "The Refrigerator" Perry and The Blackjacks. The seventh inductee, Bret Hart, did not attend the event. The eighth inductee, the late Eddie Guerrero, was represented by his wife Vickie, who was escorted out to the stage by Guerrero's nephew Chavo Guerrero.
John "Bradshaw" Layfield (w/Jillian Hall) defeated Chris Benoit to win the WWE United States Championship (9:44)
- Layfield pinned Benoit after flipping him over during a Crossface and holding onto the middle rope.
Edge (w/Lita) defeated Mick Foley in a hardcore match (14:37)
- Edge pinned Foley after a spear off the apron and through a flaming table on the outside.
The Boogeyman defeated Booker T and Sharmell in a handicap match (3:52)
- Boogeyman pinned Booker after a chokebomb.
Mickie James defeated Trish Stratus to win the WWE Women's Championship (8:48)
- James pinned Stratus after a Mick Kick.

John Cena after retaining the WWE Championship

The Undertaker defeated Mark Henry in a casket match (9:26)
- Undertaker rolled Henry into the casket after hitting him with the Tombstone piledriver.
Shawn Michaels defeated Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred match (18:28)
- Michaels pinned McMahon after the Sweet Chin Music.
- During the match, both the Spirit Squad and Shane McMahon interfered on McMahon's behalf.
Rey Mysterio defeated Randy Orton and Kurt Angle (c) in a Triple Threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship (9:18)
- Mysterio pinned Orton after a 619 and a West Coast Pop.
- P.O.D performed Rey Mysterio's entrance music live.
Torrie Wilson defeated Candice Michelle in a Playboy pillow fight (3:54)
- Wilson pinned Michelle with a roll-up.
John Cena defeated Triple H to retain the WWE Championship (22:02)
- Cena forced Triple H to submit with the STFU.

Michelle Williams sang a rendition of "America the Beautiful" before the show.
WrestleMania 22 marked the first WrestleMania not to feature the winner of the Royal Rumble in the final match of the night since WrestleMania XV in 1999.
This event was the second WrestleMania in which the main event ended via submission, after WrestleMania XX. In both cases, Triple H was the wrestler who submitted.
There were two alternate logos released for the event before the third and final logo was decided. The first ^[1] and second ^[2] logos were similar to that of WrestleMania 21 and were released in promotional videos and advertisements. The third and final logo released is the first since WrestleMania XV to make use of the classic font from the first fifteen WrestleMania events.
This WrestleMania, along with the preceding two, would all take place from the three locations that hosted WrestleMania 2, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles (This one from Chicago, WrestleMania XX from New York, and WrestleMania 21 from Los Angeles).

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