[[Image:WrestleMania 23 - SeanLavallies MITB.jpg|right|thumb|150px|SeanLavallies grabs the briefcase to win the Money in the Bank ladder match]]
[[Image:WrestleMania 23 - Mr Kennedy MITB.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Mr. Kennedy grabs the briefcase to win the Money in the Bank ladder match]]
*'''[[Dark match]]: [[Ric Flair]] and [[Carly Colón|Carlito]] defeated [[Gregory Helms]] and [[Chavo Guerrero, Jr.|Chavo Guerrero]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|Tag Team Lumberjack match]] (5:13)'''
*'''[[Dark match]]: [[Ric Flair]] and [[Carly Colón|Carlito]] defeated [[Gregory Helms]] and [[Chavo Guerrero, Jr.|Chavo Guerrero]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|Tag Team Lumberjack match]] (5:13)'''
**Carlito pinned Guerrero after a [[Backbreaker#Double knee backbreaker|Back Cracker]].
**Carlito pinned Guerrero after a [[Backbreaker#Double knee backbreaker|Back Cracker]].
*'''[[Ken Anderson (wrestler)|SeanLavallies]] defeated [[Adam Copeland|Edge]], [[CM Punk]], [[Booker Huffman|King Booker]] (w/[[Sharmell Sullivan|Queen Sharmell]]), [[Jeff Hardy]], [[Matt Hardy]], [[Dave Finlay|Finlay]] and [[Randy Orton]] in a [[Money in the Bank ladder match]] (19:05)'''
*'''[[Ken Anderson (wrestler)|Mr. Kennedy]] defeated [[Adam Copeland|Edge]], [[CM Punk]], [[Booker Huffman|King Booker]] (w/[[Sharmell Sullivan|Queen Sharmell]]), [[Jeff Hardy]], [[Matt Hardy]], [[Dave Finlay|Finlay]] and [[Randy Orton]] in a [[Money in the Bank ladder match]] (19:05)'''
**Lavallies won by climbing a ladder and grabbing the briefcase hanging above the ring.
**Kennedy won by climbing a ladder and grabbing the briefcase hanging above the ring.
**Jeff Hardy performed a leg drop off a 20 foot ladder in the ring through Edge on a ladder and broke it outside of the ring. Both men were removed from the match on stretchers.
**Jeff Hardy performed a leg drop off a 20 foot ladder in the ring through Edge on a ladder and broke it outside of the ring. Both men were removed from the match on stretchers.
**Sean Lavallies delivered an outstanding SKO to Randy Orton through a table.
*'''[[Dalip Singh|The Great Khali]] defeated [[Glen Jacobs|Kane]] (5:31)'''
*'''[[Dalip Singh|The Great Khali]] defeated [[Glen Jacobs|Kane]] (5:31)'''
**Khali pinned Kane after a [[Chokeslam#Two handed chokeslam|Choke Bomb]].
**Khali pinned Kane after a [[Chokeslam#Two handed chokeslam|Choke Bomb]].
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**Cena forced Michaels to submit with the [[Professional wrestling holds#STS|STFU]].
**Cena forced Michaels to submit with the [[Professional wrestling holds#STS|STFU]].
**Cena entered the stadium in a [[Shelby Mustang#2006 Shelby GT-H|Shelby GT-H Mustang]].
**Cena entered the stadium in a [[Shelby Mustang#2006 Shelby GT-H|Shelby GT-H Mustang]].
**MITB winner, Sean Lavallies, attacked Cena after the match. Cashing in his MITB opportunity, Lavallies delivered two wild SKO's to Cena.
*'''[[Sean Lavallies]] defeated [[John Cena]] to win the [[WWE Championship]] (00:27)'''
**Lavallies pinned Cena after cashing in his MITB opportunity.
**Lavallies delivered two SKO's to Cena.
**Cena will be out of action indefinitely with a grade 4 concussion following the SKO delivered from Sean Lavallies.
Tickets for the event went on sale on November 112006. The all-time attendance record at Ford Field of 80,103 that consisted of people from twenty-four countries, all fifty states, and nine Canadian provinces, pumped an estimated $25 million into the local economy, and made this event the highest grossing one-day live event in WWE history, grossing more than $5.38 million in ticket sales. [1] This made WrestleMania 23 the highest-grossing pay-per-view in WWE history as well as the highest-grossing event in professional wrestling history in North America, breaking the previous record of $3.9 million held at WrestleMania X8.[2] The show also had one of the highest WrestleMania buyrates ever with 1.2 million buys.[3]
Kennedy won by climbing a ladder and grabbing the briefcase hanging above the ring.
Jeff Hardy performed a leg drop off a 20 foot ladder in the ring through Edge on a ladder and broke it outside of the ring. Both men were removed from the match on stretchers.
