WrestleMania 29
WWE's 2013 WrestleMania pay-per-view
WrestleMania XXIX 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.[1] The event was the fifth WrestleMania in the New York metropolitan area and the third WrestleMania held in the state of New Jersey.[2]
| WrestleMania XXIX | ||||
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 80,676 went to the MetLife Stadium for WrestleMania XXIV | ||||
| Tagline(s) | Wrestlemania is coming home... | |||
| 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 | |||
| Venue | MetLife Stadium | |||
| City | East Rutherford, New Jersey | |||
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||||
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| WrestleMania chronology | ||||
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There was an 8-man mixed tag team match scheduled between Tons of Funk (Brodus Clay & "Sweet T" Tensai) (with Cameron & Naomi) and Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow) (with The Bella Twins) but the match was pulled from the card on short notice because of time constraints.[3]
Matches change
| No. | Matches | Stipulations | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Show | The Miz beat Wade Barrett (c) via submission | Singles match for the Intercontinental Championship[4] | 6:33 |
| 1 | The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) beat Sheamus, Randy Orton, and Big Show | Six-man tag team match[5] | 10:35 |
| 2 | Mark Henry beat Ryback | Singles match[6] | 08:03 |
| 3 | Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) (c) beat Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston (with AJ Lee) | Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship[7] | 7:29 |
| 4 | Fandango beat Chris Jericho | Singles match[8] | 9:33 |
| 5 | Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) (c) beat Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) via Submission | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[9] | 10:30 |
| 6 | The Undertaker beat CM Punk (with Paul Heyman) | Singles match[10] | 22:07 |
| 7 | Triple H (with Shawn Michaels) beat Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) | No Holds Barred match; If Triple H had lost, he would have been forced to retire.[11] | 23:58 |
| 8 | John Cena beat The Rock (c) | Singles match for the WWE Championship[12] | 24:12 |
(c) – refers to the champion heading into the match
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References change
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Mark Henry 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 Alberto Del Rio def. Jack Swagger". Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- ↑ "The Undertaker def. CM Punk". Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ "Triple H def. Brock Lesnar (No Holds Barred Match; If Lesnar won, Triple H would have had to retire)". Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ "John Cena def. WWE Champion The Rock". WWE. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
