WrestleMania 31

WrestleMania 31
WrestleMania 31
Theme; song(s)	"Rise" by David Guetta feat. Skylar Grey; "Money and the Power" by Kid Ink
Information
Promotion	WWE
Sponsor	Mountain Dew; Mountain Dew Kickstart
Date	March 29, 2015
Attendance	76,976 (according to WWE)
Venue	Levi's Stadium
City	Santa Clara, California
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania chronology

WrestleMania 31 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view and WWE Network livestreaming show made by WWE. It took place on March 29, 2015 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It was the thirty-first WrestleMania event held by WWE. According to WWE, the event earned a record gate of $12.6 million and also broke Levi's Stadium's attendance record by 6,177 people.^[3]^[4]^[a]

The main event saw Roman Reigns face Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, Seth Rollins ran to the ring and cashed in his Money in the Bank contract which made the match a triple threat match. Rollins won the match and the championship. Another match on the card saw Sting compete in his first WWE match where he was defeated by Triple H.

Matches

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[5]^[6]
1^P	Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (c) (with Natalya) defeated Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) (with El Torito), The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods), and The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) (with Naomi) by pinfall	Fatal four-way tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship^[7]	9:58
2^P	Big Show won by last eliminating Damien Mizdow	30-man André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal^[8]	18:07
3	Daniel Bryan defeated Bad News Barrett (c), Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, Luke Harper, R-Truth, and Stardust	Ladder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship^[9]	13:47
4	Randy Orton defeated Seth Rollins (with Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury) by pinfall	Singles match^[10]	13:15
5	Triple H defeated Sting by pinfall	No Disqualification match^[11]	18:36
6	AJ Lee and Paige defeated The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella) by submission	Tag team match^[12]	6:42
7	John Cena defeated Rusev (c) (with Lana) by pinfall	Singles match for the WWE United States Championship^[13]	14:31
8	The Undertaker defeated Bray Wyatt by pinfall	Singles match^[14]	15:12
9	Seth Rollins defeated Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) and Roman Reigns by pinfall^[b]	Triple threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship^[15] This was Rollins' Money in the Bank cash-in match.	16:43
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match P – This match took place on the pre-show

Battle Royal order of eliminations

Order	Eliminated	By
1	Curtis Axel	Everyone
2	Adam Rose	Fandango
3	Fandango	Adam Rose
5	Zack Ryder	Bo Dallas
6	Bo Dallas	Hideo Itami
7	Hideo Itami	Big Show
8	Diego	Kane
9	Fernando	Kane
10	Sin Cara	Cesaro
12	Mark Henry	Viktor and Konnor
13	Konnor	Ryback
14	Viktor	Ryback
17	Titus O'Neil	Ryback
18	Jack Swagger	Big Show
19	Big E	Big Show
20	Xavier Woods	Big Show
21	Kofi Kingston	Big Show
22	Erick Rowan	Big Show
23	Goldust	Ryback
24	Kane	Cesaro
25	Jimmy Uso	Big Show
26	Cesaro	Big Show
28	The Miz	Damien Mizdow
29	Damien Mizdow	Big Show
30	Big Show	Winner

Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Dave Meltzer said that actually about 67.000 people attended the event.^[2]
↑ This match was at first a singles match between Lesnar and Reigns. Rollins ran down to the ring during it and cashed in his Money in the Bank contract which made it a triple threat match.

References

↑ "Aloe Blacc, Skylar Grey, Kid Ink and Travis Barker join WWE at WrestleMania 31". WWE. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
↑ Namako, Jason (April 2, 2015). "Actual reported attendance for Wrestlemania 31 per report". WrestleView. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
↑ "WWE WrestleMania record setting again". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
↑ "WrestleMania 31 breaks attendance and box office records". WWE. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
↑ Caldwell, James (March 29, 2015). "Caldwell's WM31 PPV Report 3/29 (Pre-Show): Tag Title match, Andre Battle Royal, final WM31 hype, Stooges, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
↑ Caldwell, James (March 29, 2015). "Caldwell's WM31 PPV Results 3/29: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of WWE World Title match, Taker's return, Sting vs. Triple H, Cena vs. Rusev, Rock/UFC surprise, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
↑ Taylor, Scott (March 16, 2015). "WWE Tag Team Champions Tyson Kidd & Cesaro def. The Usos, Los Matadores and The New Day's Big E & Kofi Kingston". WWE. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
↑ Laboon, Jeff (February 23, 2015). "Big Show won 2nd Annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (Kickoff Match)". WWE. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
↑ Wortman, James (February 25, 2015). "Daniel Bryan won the Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match". WWE. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
↑ Melok, Bobby (March 12, 2015). "Randy Orton def. Seth Rollins". WWE. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
↑ Powers, Kevin (February 22, 2015). "Triple H def. Sting". WWE. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
↑ Adkins, Greg (March 6, 2015). "AJ Lee & Paige def. The Bella Twins". WWE. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
↑ Clapp, John (March 9, 2015). "John Cena def. United States Champion Rusev". WWE. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
↑ Murphy, Ryan (March 9, 2015). "The Undertaker def. Bray Wyatt". WWE. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
↑ Benigno, Anthony (January 25, 2015). "WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns". WWE. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.

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Official WrestleMania 31 website

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[attendance-3] 1.0 ^1.1 Dave Meltzer said that actually about 67.000 people attended the event.^[2]

[16] This match was at first a singles match between Lesnar and Reigns. Rollins ran down to the ring during it and cashed in his Money in the Bank contract which made it a triple threat match.

[1] "Aloe Blacc, Skylar Grey, Kid Ink and Travis Barker join WWE at WrestleMania 31". WWE. Retrieved 2015-03-30.

[2] Namako, Jason (April 2, 2015). "Actual reported attendance for Wrestlemania 31 per report". WrestleView. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.

[4] "WWE WrestleMania record setting again". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2014-11-30.

[5] "WrestleMania 31 breaks attendance and box office records". WWE. Retrieved 2015-03-30.

[PreWM31-6] Caldwell, James (March 29, 2015). "Caldwell's WM31 PPV Report 3/29 (Pre-Show): Tag Title match, Andre Battle Royal, final WM31 hype, Stooges, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.

[WM31-7] Caldwell, James (March 29, 2015). "Caldwell's WM31 PPV Results 3/29: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of WWE World Title match, Taker's return, Sting vs. Triple H, Cena vs. Rusev, Rock/UFC surprise, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.

[8] Taylor, Scott (March 16, 2015). "WWE Tag Team Champions Tyson Kidd & Cesaro def. The Usos, Los Matadores and The New Day's Big E & Kofi Kingston". WWE. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.

[9] Laboon, Jeff (February 23, 2015). "Big Show won 2nd Annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (Kickoff Match)". WWE. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.

[10] Wortman, James (February 25, 2015). "Daniel Bryan won the Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match". WWE. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.

[11] Melok, Bobby (March 12, 2015). "Randy Orton def. Seth Rollins". WWE. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.

[12] Powers, Kevin (February 22, 2015). "Triple H def. Sting". WWE. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.

[13] Adkins, Greg (March 6, 2015). "AJ Lee & Paige def. The Bella Twins". WWE. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.

[14] Clapp, John (March 9, 2015). "John Cena def. United States Champion Rusev". WWE. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.

[15] Murphy, Ryan (March 9, 2015). "The Undertaker def. Bray Wyatt". WWE. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.

[17] Benigno, Anthony (January 25, 2015). "WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns". WWE. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.

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