WrestleMania XXIX
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| WrestleMania XXIX | ||
|---|---|---|
| Information | ||
| Promotion | WWE | |
| Brand (s) | Raw SmackDown |
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| Date | April 7, 2013 | |
| Venue | MetLife Stadium | |
| City | East Rutherford, New Jersey | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Elimination Chamber (2013) | WrestleMania XXIX | Extreme Rules (2013) |
| WrestleMania chronology | ||
| WrestleMania XXVIII | WrestleMania XXIX | WrestleMania XXX |
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]
There was a 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 |
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| 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 |
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References [change]
- ↑ Burdick, Michael (February 16, 2012). "WrestleMania press conference electrifies at MetLife Stadium". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/wrestlemania-29-announcement-press-conference. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ Vorkunov, Mike. "WrestleMania 29 to be held in New Jersey at MetLife Stadium". nj.com. http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/02/wrestlemania_29_to_be_held_in.html. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Clay & Tensai comment on match cut from WM29". PW Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_69858.shtml. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ "The Miz def. Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett (Interactive Pre-Show Match)". http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/wade-barrett-miz-26102012. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ↑ "The Shield def. Randy Orton, Big Show & Sheamus". http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/randy-orton-sheamus-big-show-vs-the-shield-26099045. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ↑ "Mark Henry def. Ryback". http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/ryback-vs-mark-henry-26099529. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ "WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No def. Dolph Ziggler & Big E Langston". http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/wwe-tag-team-champions-team-hell-no-vs-dolph-ziggler-big-e-langston-26099604. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ "Fandango def. Chris Jericho". http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/chris-jericho-vs-fandango-26101305. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio def. Jack Swagger". http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/alberto-del-rio-jack-swagger-26092473. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- ↑ "The Undertaker def. CM Punk". http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/the-undertaker-cm-punk-26095866/. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ "Triple H def. Brock Lesnar (No Holds Barred Match; If Lesnar won, Triple H would have had to retire)". http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/triple-h-brock-lesnar-26099489. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ "John Cena def. WWE Champion The Rock". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/29/wwe-title-match-26088300. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
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