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| *] from ] will sing ] and ] will play Rey Mysterio's entrance theme "Booyaka 619" at Wrestlemania 22. | *] from ] will sing ] and ] will play Rey Mysterio's entrance theme "Booyaka 619" at Wrestlemania 22. | ||
| *This is Rey Mysterio's first world title shot at a pay-per-view event. | *This is Rey Mysterio's first world title shot at a pay-per-view event. | ||
| *This WrestleMania had two alternate logos released before the third and final logo was decided. The first was shown in a promotional video which aired during ] and the second was shown in WWE advertisements on Raw and Smackdown! magazines. The third and final logo released is the first since ] to make use of the classic font from the first fifteen WrestleMania events. | |||
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| WrestleMania 22 | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| Date | April 2, 2006 | ||
| City | Rosemont, Illinois | ||
| Venue | Allstate Arena | ||
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WrestleMania 22 is a forthcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view event, scheduled to take place on April 2, 2006 in Rosemont, Illinois at the Allstate Arena. It will be the twenty-second annual WrestleMania pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, and the third to take place in the Chicago, Illinois area (along with WrestleMania 13 and a portion of WrestleMania 2).
WWE claimed that tickets for the event sold out in less than two minutes after going on sale at 10:00 A.M. (CDT) on October 15, 2005.
The tagline for WrestleMania 22 is Big Time, based on one of the event's theme songs, "Big Time" by Peter Gabriel. "I Dare You" by Shinedown is another theme song for the event.
Scheduled matches
- RAW main event: WWE Championship: John Cena (c) vs. Triple H
- SmackDown! main event: World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat Match: Kurt Angle (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Rey Mysterio
- Money In The Bank Ladder Match: WWE Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin (RAW) vs. Rob Van Dam (RAW) vs. Ric Flair (RAW) vs. Finlay (SmackDown!) vs. Matt Hardy (SmackDown!) vs. Bobby Lashley (SmackDown!)
- World Tag Team Championship: Kane & The Big Show (c) vs. Carlito & Chris Masters
WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2006
One day prior to WrestleMania 22, the induction ceremony for the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2006 will be held at the Rosemont Theatre near the Allstate Arena, which will be televised on the USA Network. It will be aired in Canada on TSN the night after WrestleMania 22. During WrestleMania itself, the inductees will appear on stage and be announced again. The following have been confirmed to be inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame:
- Bret "The Hitman" Hart (to be inducted by Stone Cold Steve Austin)
- Eddie Guerrero (to be inducted by Chris Benoit, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and Rey Mysterio)
- "Mean" Gene Okerlund (to be inducted by Hulk Hogan)
- "Sensational" Sherri Martel (to be inducted by Ted DiBiase)
- Verne Gagne (to be inducted by Greg Gagne)
- Blackjack Mulligan & Blackjack Lanza (to be inducted by Bobby Heenan)
- "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas
- (Celebrity wing) William "The Refrigerator" Perry
Trivia
- The name for the WrestleMania 22 theme, Big Time, was also the name of the theme song for WrestleMania 21, however it was spelled "Bigtime", and was performed by The Soundtrack of Our Lives.
- This is the fourth consecutive, and fifth overall, WrestleMania where the WWE Intercontinental Championship is not defended (the other four being XII, XIX, XX, and 21).
- This is the third consecutive WrestleMania where the Intercontinental Champion wrestles in a match where he is not defending his title (Randy Orton was involved in a Handicap Match at WrestleMania XX and Shelton Benjamin participated in the first "Money in the Bank" ladder match at WrestleMania 21).
- This is the second consecutive WrestleMania where Shelton Benjamin goes into the "Money in the Bank" match as Intercontinental Champion. He is the only man involved in both "Money in the Bank" ladder matches.
- The Mark Henry vs. The Undertaker Casket match is the first ever casket match at a WrestleMania.
- This is the second time The Undertaker has participated in a match with a special stipulation, the first being WrestleMania XV in a Hell in a Cell match and the second to be the Casket Match against Mark Henry at WrestleMania 22. He did participate in what was temporarily a handicap match at WrestleMania XIX against The Big Show & A-Train. His originally scheduled partner, Nathan Jones, did finally make his way into the match to assist the Undertaker in defeating The Big Show & A-Train.
- This is Triple H's fifth consecutive WrestleMania main event and sixth overall.
- Finlay, Bobby Lashley, Mickie James, Candice Michelle, Sharmell, and The Boogeyman all make their WrestleMania debuts at WrestleMania 22. Chris Masters makes his televised WrestleMania debut and Carlito makes his competitive WrestleMania debut. (Carlito made an appearance on Piper's Pit and Chris Masters was involved in the untelevised interpromotional battle royal, both at WrestleMania 21).
- This is the first time since WrestleMania XV that the World Tag Team Championships have been defended in a traditional 2 on 2 tag match.
- This is Vince McMahon's third match at a WrestleMania following bouts with his son, Shane McMahon at WrestleMania X-Seven and Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania XIX. He has lost on both occasions.
- Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child will sing America the Beautiful and P.O.D. will play Rey Mysterio's entrance theme "Booyaka 619" at Wrestlemania 22.
- This is Rey Mysterio's first world title shot at a pay-per-view event.