WrestleMania 23
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| Brand(s) | RAW SmackDown! ECW | ||
| Date | April 1, 2007 | ||
| City | Detroit, Michigan | ||
| Venue | Ford Field | ||
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WrestleMania 23 is the forthcoming twenty-third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It is scheduled to take place on April 1, 2007 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The event will be the first WrestleMania at Ford Field, but the second to take place in the Detroit metropolitan area (following WrestleMania III, where a reported world record setting 93,173 fans filled the Pontiac Silverdome in 1987, 20 years before this scheduled event).
WrestleMania 23 will be a joint-promotion pay-per-view event, featuring performers from the RAW, SmackDown!, and ECW brands. The tagline for WrestleMania 23 is All Grown Up. The theme song for the event is "Ladies and Gentlemen" by Saliva and is sponsored by both 360 OTC and Bratz Kidz.
Tickets for the event went on sale on November 11, 2006. As of February 15, 2007, ticket sales for WrestleMania 23 stand at approximately USD$5 million, with more than 63,000 tickets sold. [1] This makes WrestleMania 23 the highest-grossing pay-per-view in WWE history as well as the highest-grossing event in professional wrestling history, shattering the previous record of USD$3.9 million held at WrestleMania X8. [2] Recent WWE.com articles have reported the expected attendance to be more than 70,000 or 75,000, either of which would make this the largest WrestleMania attendance since WrestleMania III. [3] [4] As part of the promotion for this event, a fan rally press conference was held at the Ford Field on July 25, 2006.
Matches
- World Heavyweight Championship: Batista (c) vs. The Undertaker
- WWE Championship: John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels
- Hair vs. Hair match: Bobby Lashley (w/Donald Trump) vs. Umaga (w/Vince McMahon and Armando Alejandro Estrada) (w/Steve Austin as Special Guest Referee)
- In this "Battle of the Billionaires", either Trump or McMahon will have his head shaved if his representative loses.
- Money in the Bank ladder match: Edge vs. CM Punk vs. King Booker vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Kennedy vs. Matt Hardy vs. Finlay vs. Randy Orton
- The ECW Originals (Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, The Sandman and Rob Van Dam) vs. The New Breed (Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Striker and Kevin Thorn) (w/Ariel)
- WWE Women's Championship: Melina (c) vs. Ashley Massaro
- Kane vs. The Great Khali
- WWE United States Championship: Chris Benoit (c) vs. Montel Vontavious Porter
References
- ^ "WWE's WrestleMania 23 Breaks Record, Tops $5 Million In Ticket Sales". Retrieved February 15.
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