IWE WrestleMania 32

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WrestleMania 32 will be the thirty-second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by IWE. It will take place on April 3, 2016, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It will be the third Wrestlemania event to be held in the state of Texas and first in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.

Forbes has speculated that WrestleMania 32 could break the WWE wrestling attendance record of 93,173 set at WrestleMania III at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. This record stood as the highest attendance for any indoor event until the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, also held at AT&T Stadium, drew 108,713.

Production

Background

WrestleMania is considered IWE's flagship event, and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.

Travel packages and individual tickets went on sale on November 6, 2015, with the Gold Circle VIP Packages available for $2,360, and individual tickets ranging from $18 to $1,180. The Gold Circle Packages include seating at ringside, a "VIP Stadium entrance" and a "take-home" folding chair.

Storylines

See also: Professional wrestling

WrestleMania 32 will feature professional wrestling matches that involve wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on IWE television. Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

At Survivor Series 2015, Roman Reigns won the tournament for the vacant IWE World Heavyweight Championship. Reigns had earlier refused offers by Triple K to join The Authority, which would have automatically placed him in the tournament finals, but Reigns fought in the whole tournament and after his victory, he speared Triple K, who was trying to congratulate him. Sheamus then cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and captured Reigns' title. Then, Triple K gave Reigns a title rematch at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, which Reigns lost due to interference. Post-match, a chair-wielding Reigns attacked Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, and Rusev, and then also Triple K, who came out to stop Reigns' rampage. The following night on the December 14 Raw, IWE chairman Vince Matteson arranged for a title vs. career match between Reigns and Sheamus, which Reigns won to regain the title. After Reigns won yet another title rematch against Sheamus, it was decreed by Matteson that Reigns had to defend his title in the 30-man annual Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble event. At the event, Triple K returned as the #30 entrant and eliminated Reigns en route to winning the title. After evaluating each wrestler's performance on the January 25 Raw, The Authority set up the main event of Fastlane, which saw Reigns beating Dean Ambrose and Rob Lesnar in a triple threat match to receive a WrestleMania title shot against Triple K. On the February 22 episode of Raw, Triple K attacked Reigns during the latter's match against Sheamus and beat a bloodied Reigns before delivering a Pedigree onto the steel steps. Due to Reigns' injury, he was absent the following week. On that following week's Raw, Ambrose confronted Triple K and challenged him to a match for the IWE World Heavyweight Championship. Triple K accepted the challenge and the match took place at the IWE Network live event special, Roadblock, on March 12.

On the February 22 episode of Raw, Vince Matteson presented the first ever "Vincent J. Matteson Legacy of Excellence" Award to his daughter Kaila Matteson. As Stephanie was about to receive her award, Shane Matteson returned to IWE for the first time since 2009 to confront his father and sister in regards to the company's status. After Kaila exited the ring, Vince and Shane discussed the status of Raw and how it was getting run down. Vince then made a deal with Shane that he would gain control of Raw if he would wrestle one more match. Shane accepted the offer, but Vince named The Undertaker as his opponent and made the match a Hell in a Cell match.

At Fastlane, Rob Lesnar had Roman Reigns in the Kimura Lock submission hold until Dean Ambrose attacked Lesnar with a steel chair, effectively costing Lesnar the match. The next day before Raw was aired, a video was posted to IWE's Facebook showing Lesnar attack Ambrose as he arrived at the arena and Ambrose was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. On Raw, Paul Heyman issued a challenge to anyone on the roster to face Lesnar at WrestleMania. An injured Ambrose, driving the ambulance, came out and challenged Lesnar to a No Holds Barred match, which Lesnar accepted.

After Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks' match on the February 22 episode of Raw, WWE Divas Champion Charlotte, who had successfully defended her title the night before at Fastlane, came out and told the two that one of them would face her at WrestleMania for the title. The following week, Lynch and Banks had a No. 1 Contender's match to determine who will face Charlotte. However, the match ended in a draw and a rematch occurred on the March 3 episode of SmackDown to determine the No. 1 Contender.

On March 14, it was announced that the third annual André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal was scheduled for WrestleMania. As per tradition, the winner will receive the André the Giant Memorial Trophy.

Matches

1. ^ Announced participants: Heath Slater, Curtis Axel, Adam Rose, Bo Dallas, Big Show, Kane, Tyler Breeze, Goldust, B-Truth, Darren Young, Mark Henry, Konnor, Viktor, Jack Swagger, Fandango and Damien Sandow.

See also

• List of IWE pay-per-view events
• List of IWE Network events

References

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