IWE WrestleMania 33

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WrestleMania 33 will be the thirty-third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by IWE for the Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on April 2, 2017, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. It will be the second WrestleMania to be held at this venue since WrestleMania XXIV in 2008 and the third to be held in the state of Florida since WrestleMania XXVIII in 2012 at Sun Life Stadium (now known as Hard Rock Stadium) in the Miami suburb of Miami Gardens.

Production

Background

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

Storylines

The professional wrestling matches at WrestleMania 33 will feature professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, IWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands. Storylines between the characters played out on IWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown Live.

The winner of the Royal Rumble match traditionally earns a world championship match in the main event of WrestleMania. This year, it was for either Raw's IWE Universal Championship or SmackDown's IWE Championship. Kevin Orton won the 2017 match, the second time in his career, and stated his intent to challenge for his brand's IWE Championship at WrestleMania 33. On the January 31 episode of SmackDown Live, Orton warned IWE Champion Dustin Simpson, who had just won the championship from KJ Styles at the Royal Rumble, that if he manages to retain the title at Elimination Chamber on February 12, he will be taking the title from him at WrestleMania. The Wyatt Family (Orton and Bray Wyatt) then faced Simpson and former Wyatt Family member Luke Harper where Orton pinned Cena. Orton defeated Harper at Elimination Chamber, and then Wyatt won the Elimination Chamber match to become the new IWE Champion. After Wyatt's win, Orton came out on the stage and the two Wyatt Family members had a brief stare down before Wyatt continued his celebration. The following episode of SmackDown, Simpson invoked his rematch clause. Styles, however, said that he was still owed a one-on-one rematch from the Royal Rumble. Bryan then scheduled a triple threat between Simpson, Styles, and Wyatt for the title. As Wyatt made his entrance, he was attacked by Harper, but despite this, Wyatt retained. After the match, Orton came out and said that although he has a guaranteed title match at WrestleMania, he refuses to face Wyatt. Afterwards on Talking Smack, Bryan scheduled a battle royal for the following week to determine a new number one contender for Wyatt at WrestleMania. Styles, who complained that he had not gotten his promised one-one-one rematch, was the first confirmed entrant. The other nine entrants were confirmed the following week: Dustin Simpson, Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose, The Miz, Luke Harper, Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, Mojo Rawley, Apollo Crews, and Kalisto. The match came down to Harper and Styles, but ended in a draw when both men went over the top rope and their feet hit the floor at the same time. Daniel Bryan announced that the number one contender will be determined on the next episode in a match between Harper and Styles, in which Styles won.

At WrestleMania XX in 2004, Goldberg defeated Rob Lesnar in their first match against each other. Both left the company after the event, but Lesnar returned in 2012. After twelve years, Goldberg returned in 2016 and immediately began a feud with Lesnar, thanks in part due to the IWE 2K17 video game, which featured Lesnar on the cover and Goldberg as the pre-order bonus. This culminated in a match at Survivor Series, in which Goldberg humiliated Lesnar by defeating him in one minute and twenty-six seconds. Both then competed in the Royal Rumble match; Lesnar entered at number twenty-six and dispatched of several other wrestlers before Goldberg came out at number twenty-eight and once again humiliated Lesnar by quickly eliminating him from the match; Goldberg was soon after eliminated by The Undertaker. The following night on Raw, Lesnar and Paul Heyman appeared and challenged Goldberg to one final match at WrestleMania 33. On the following Raw, Goldberg accepted Lesnar's challenge to officially set up the match. Before their match, Goldberg will be facing IWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens for the championship at Fastlane on March 5. On the February 20 episode of Raw, Lesnar and Heyman said in an interview with Michael Cole that if Goldberg wins the Universal Championship at Fastlane, Lesnar will challenge him for the title at WrestleMania.

On the July 27, 2009 episode of Raw, Shaquille O'Neal confronted Khris Jericho and Big Show, which led to O'Neal attacking Big Show. Years later, O'Neal was a surprise entrant in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32. He and Big Show went after each other, however, the rest of the wrestlers eliminated both of them. At the 2016 ESPY Awards on the red carpet, Big Show and Shaq had another brief confrontation. A match was proposed, which Shaq accepted. In November 2016, Big Show was interviewed by Chris Van Vliet from Deco Drive. Van Vliet asked about the potential match, and Big Show said if Shaq shows up at WrestleMania, he will get "smacked up". On January 9, 2017, Shaq made an Instagram post of himself working out with the caption "I'm coming for you Big Show! A few days later, Big Show responded with a similar post on Twitter. The match has all but been confirmed by IWE.

Matches

See also

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

References

External links

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