WrestleMania 29
WrestleMania XXIX (also known as WrestleMania NY/NJ) was the twenty-ninth yearly WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event made by WWE. It took place on April 7, 2013 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[2] The event was the fifth WrestleMania in the New York metropolitan area and the third WrestleMania held in the state of New Jersey.[3]
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 The WrestleMania XXVIII set | ||||
| Theme song(s) | "Coming Home" by Diddy – Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey "Bones" by Young Guns "Letters from the Sky" by Civil Twilight | |||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | WWE | |||
| Brand (s) | Raw SmackDown | |||
| Date | April 7, 2013 | |||
| Attendance | 74,300[a] | |||
| Venue | MetLife Stadium | |||
| City | East Rutherford, New Jersey | |||
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||||
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| WrestleMania chronology | ||||
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In the main event, John Cena faced The Rock in a rematch from WrestleMania XXVIII the previous year. Cena won the match and became a record 11-time WWE Champion. Also on the card, The Undertaker defeated CM Punk, Triple H defeated Brock Lesnar in a No Holds Barred match, Alberto Del Rio defeated Jack Swagger to keep his World Heavyweight Championship, this was the final time the championship was defended at WrestleMania.
There was an 8-man mixed tag team match scheduled between Tons of Funk (Brodus Clay and "Sweet T" Tensai) (with Cameron and Naomi) and Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow) (with The Bella Twins) but the match was pulled from the card on short notice because of time constraints.[4]
Matches
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1P | The Miz defeated Wade Barrett (c) by submission[6] | Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship | 4:08 |
| 2 | The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) defeated Big Show, Randy Orton and Sheamus by pinfall[7] | Six-man tag team match | 10:33 |
| 3 | Mark Henry defeated Ryback by pinfall[8] | Singles match | 8:02 |
| 4 | Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane) (c) defeated Big E Langston and Dolph Ziggler (with AJ Lee) by pinfall[9] | Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship | 6:17 |
| 5 | Fandango defeated Chris Jericho by pinfall[10] | Singles match | 9:11 |
| 6 | Alberto Del Rio (c) (with Ricardo Rodriguez) defeated Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) by submission[11] | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship | 10:30 |
| 7 | The Undertaker defeated CM Punk (with Paul Heyman) by pinfall[12] | Singles match | 22:08 |
| 8 | Triple H (with Shawn Michaels) defeated Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) by pinfall[13] | No Holds Barred Retirement match Had Triple H lost, he would have been forced to retire from in-ring competition. |
23:58 |
| 9 | John Cena defeated The Rock (c) by pinfall[14] | Singles match for the WWE Championship | 23:58 |
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WrestleMania 29 Media
Prior to WrestleMania, The Rock introduced a new design for the WWE Championship
CM Punk faced The Undertaker at his last WrestleMania
The Shield at WrestleMania
CM Punk with Paul Heyman
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Footnotes
- ↑ According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. WWE said 80,676 people were at the event.[1]
References
- ↑ Observer Staff (August 1, 2019). "August 5, 2019 Observer Newsletter: WWE financials breakdown, AEW TV taping details, more". f4wonline.com. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
The paid the previous time they were in MetLife Stadium was 68,900 paid and a real number of 74,300 in the building, which was announced at 80,676.
- ↑ Burdick, Michael (February 16, 2012). "WrestleMania press conference electrifies at MetLife Stadium". WWE. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ Vorkunov, Mike. "WrestleMania 29 to be held in New Jersey at MetLife Stadium". nj.com. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Clay & Tensai comment on match cut from WM29". PW Torch. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (2013-04-07). "CALDWELL'S WWE WRESTLEMANIA 29 PPV RESULTS: Complete 'virtual-time' coverage of live PPV from MetLife Stadium - Rock-Cena II, Taker-Punk, Lesnar-Hunter, more". pwtorch.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ↑ "The Miz def. Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett (Interactive Pre-show Match)". Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "The Shield def. Randy Orton, Big Show & Sheamus". Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ↑ "Adrian Neville def. Ryback". Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ "WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No def. Dolph Ziggler & Big E Langston". Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ "Fandango def. Chris Jericho". Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry def. Jack Swagger". Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- ↑ "The Undertaker def. CM Punk". Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ "Triple H defeated Brock Lesnar (No Holds Barred Match)". Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- ↑ "John Cena def. WWE Champion The Rock". WWE. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
