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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| Date | April 2, 2006 | ||
| City | Rosemont, Illinois | ||
| Venue | Allstate Arena | ||
| Attendance | 17,159 | ||
| Buy rate | 930,000 buys: 560,000 domestic, 370,000 international | ||
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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). The event, which sold out in under two minutes, grossed $2.5 million USD in ticket sales at the Allstate Arena, making it the highest grossing one-day event in the history of the arena. More than 17,155 people from 16 countries and 43 states attended, with millions more watching in more than 90 countries.
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.
WrestleMania 22 was a joint-promotion pay-per-view event, featuring performers from both the RAW and SmackDown! brands. The commentators for the RAW brand were Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, while the SmackDown! commentators 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 performed the ring announcing for the RAW bouts and Tony Chimel did the same for the SmackDown! matches.
Results
- Dark match: Viscera won a 18-man interpromotional battle royal also featuring, from the RAW brand, Eugene, Goldust, Snitsky, Tyson Tomko, Rob Conway, Lance Cade, Trevor Murdoch and Matt Striker and, from the SmackDown! brand, Super Crazy, Psicosis, Funaki, Steven Richards, Johnny Nitro, Joey Mercury, Road Warrior, William Regal and Simon Dean.
- Viscera lastly eliminated Snitsky to win.
- Kane and Big Show defeated Carlito and Chris Masters to retain the World Tag Team Championship (6:41)
- Kane pinned Carlito following a chokeslam.
- Rob Van Dam defeated Shelton Benjamin, Ric Flair, Finlay, Matt Hardy and Bobby Lashley in a Money in the Bank ladder match (12:21)
- Van Dam won by climbing a ladder and taking possession of the briefcase hanging above the ring.
- 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 2006 inductee to the Hall of Fame, 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 (with 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 (with Lita) defeated Mick Foley in a hardcore match (14:37)
- Edge pinned Foley following 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)
- The Boogeyman pinned Booker T following a chokebomb.
- Mickie James defeated Trish Stratus to win the WWE Women's Championship (8:48)
- James pinned Stratus after a Mick Kick.
- The Undertaker defeated Mark Henry in a casket match (9:26)
- The 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.
- 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.
- Mysterio's entrance music was performed live by P.O.D.
- 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 STF-U.