IWE WrestleMania 22

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WrestleMania 22
Promotional poster featuring Booker T and Dustin Simpson
Tagline(s)	Big Time
Theme song(s)	"Big Time" by Peter Gabriel "I Dare You" by Shinedown "Save Me Sorrow" by Bullets and Octane "Baby Hates Me" by Danko Jones
Imformation
Promotion	International Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown!
Date	April 2, 2006
Attendance	17,159
Venue	Allstate Arena
City	Rosemont, Illinois
Pay-per-view chronology
No Way Out (2006)	WrestleMania 26	Backlash (2006)
WrestleMania chronology
WrestleMania 21	WrestleMania 22	WrestleMania 23

WrestleMania 22 was the twenty-second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). It took place on April 2, 2006 at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois.

The event was a joint-promotion pay-per-view (PPV) featuring performers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. There were two main events which were the main matches for each brand. The main match on the Raw brand was Dustin Simpson versus Triple K for the IWE Championship, which Simpson won after forcing Triple K to submit to the STFU The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship between champion Matt Borske, Scott Wright, and Kevin McAlmond. Wright won the match and the World Heavyweight Championship after pinning McAlmond following a 619 and a West Coast Pop. Featured matches on the undercard included a No Holds Barred match between Ryan Barnhart and Grant Mayer, a Casket match between The Undertaker and Steven LArson, a IWE Women's Championship match between Sari Pasma and Bailey Dalton and an interpromotional Money in the Bank ladder match featuring six participants.

WrestleMania 22 was the third WrestleMania to take place in the Chicago metropolitan area (following WrestleMania 2, and WrestleMania 13). Tickets sold out in under two minutes, grossing US$2.5 million for the event, making it the highest grossing one-day event at the Allstate Arena. More than 17,155 people from 16 countries and 43 states attended, with millions more watching in more than 90 countries.

Background

The main feud heading into WrestleMania on the Raw brand was between Dustin Simpson and Triple K over the IWE Championship. After failing to win the Royal Rumble match, Triple K participated in the 2006 Road to WrestleMania Tournament, where the winner would become the number-one contender to the IWE Championship at WrestleMania. In the final match of the tournament, held on the February 20 edition of Raw, Triple K faced Kyle Van Dam (RVD) and The Big Show in a Triple Threat match. Triple K won the match after pinning KVD following a Pedigree.

The Road to WrestleMania tournament to determine the number one contender for the IWE Championship match at WrestleMania 22 was held between February 6 and February 20, 2006. The tournament brackets were:

The predominant feud on the SmackDown! brand was between Matt Borske, Scott Wright, and Kevin McAlmond over the World Heavyweight Championship. Wright won the 2006 Royal Rumble match, last eliminating McAlmond, to earn a World Championship match at WrestleMania. At No Way Out, McAlmond defeated Wright to win his WrestleMania 22 world championship match. Five days later, on the February 24 edition of SmackDown!, SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long announced that the World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 22 would be a Triple Threat match involving Wright, McAlmond, and champion Borske.

Another primary feud from Raw was between Ryan Borske and Gary Wright. On the December 26th edition of Raw, Wright and Barnhart had words ending with Lewis threatening that he could screw HBK just like he did Bret Heart anytime he wanted. During the following couple of weeks on Raw, Gary has inflicted some humiliation on Ryan Barnhart esp.on the January 23rd edition of IWE Raw when it was between Ryan Barnhart and Junior Remeriz with Mr. Wright declaring that if Ryan Barnhart were to lose, he would also lose his spot in the Royal Rumble match. Ryan Barnhart won the match and kept his spot in the Rumble but a few moments later, Gary met Ryan backstage then stated that lady luck was on his side. He also said that he wanted to turn back the clock to the days of sex, drugs, & rock n' roll then he asked Ryan to join him but got turned down, however, and Gary last stated that HBK's luck would run out at the Royal Rumble. At the Royal Rumble, during the Royal Rumble match, Gary distracted Barnhart as his music started to play. During that time, Lewis Wright, who was not an official entrant in the match, eliminated Barnhart after attacking him from behind. One month later, on the February 27 edition of Raw, Lewis hit Barnhart with a steel chair and forced him to "kiss" Gary's ass, thus joining Gary's "Kiss My Ass Club." Gary then announced that he and Michaels would face off against each other at WrestleMania. On Raw two weeks later, Vince forced Michaels to take a public drug test all due to Michaels being deceived and drugged by Gary's daughter, Bonnie Wright on the March 6th edition of Raw. During the test, however, Barnhart threw his urine on both Gary and Lewis. Later that night, Barnhart faced off against the Spirit Squad in a Steel Cage match. The Spirit Squad won the match by pinning Barnhart after Lewis interfered and slammed the cage door on Barnhart. After the match, Lewis continued attacking Barnhart, causing him to bleed in the process, and executed a Coast 2 Coast. At Saturday Night's Main Event, Barnhart faced off against Lewis in a Street Fight. Near the end of the match, Lewis locked Barnhart in the sharpshooter, and Gary ordered the match to end. Gary screwed Barnhart, claiming he submitted to the move, and declared Lewis the winner via submission. On the March 20 edition of Raw, Gary announced that his match against Barnhart at WrestleMania would now be a No Holds Barred match.

One of the featured matches on the undercard was a Casket match between The Undertaker and Steven Larson. On the March 3 edition of SmackDown!, Undertaker challenged Matt Borske for the World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, after Undertaker executed a Tombstone piledriver, Larson came out and attacked Undertaker, causing the match the end via disqualification. Undertaker won the match, but since a championship cannot change hands via countout or disqualification, he did not win the title. The following week, on SmackDown!, Undertaker challenged Larson to a Casket match at WrestleMania. On the March 18 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, Larson, along with his manager Daivari, called out The Undertaker. Undertaker came out, accompanied by Druids carrying a casket, and the two started attacking each other. Shortly after, Undertaker performed a chokeslam, followed by a Tombstone piledriver, on Daivari on the casket.

One of the main matches on the undercard was a singles match between Sari Pasma and Bailey Dalton for the IWE Women's Championship. Pasma debuted in IWE on the October 10, 2005 episode of Raw coming to the aid of then Women's Champion Bailey Dalton from an attack from Courtney Savoie. She wrestled under the gimmick of Bailey Dalton biggest fan. The two competed in tag team action together frequently where Pasma was becoming extremely obsessed with Bailey. Pasma became the number one contender for the Women's Title on December 12 by defeating Courtney in a match to determine who would face Dalton at New Year's Revolution. She was unable to win the title at the Pay Per View. The storyline between Pasma and Dalton developed into a lesbian angle after Pasma initiated an intimate kiss with Dalton under the mistletoe and complemented on the size of her breasts. At IWE Royal Rumble 2006 Pasma confessed to Dalton that she loved her. It finally became too much for Dalton as she then told Pasma that they needed time apart. The two teamed each other at Saturday Night's Main Event to defeat the team of Courtney and Ali Richards. After the match Pasma honored Dalton wishes to have time apart. However Pasma attempted to kiss her. After Dalton refused Pasma made a heel turn by attacking Dalton and vowed to destroy her.

Event

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, a dark match was held which was an 18-man interpromotional battle royal. Viscera won the battle royal last eliminating Dominic. After winning the battle royal, he kissed Lilian Garcia. Michelle Williams sang the annual rendition of "America the Beautiful" before the show.

The opening match was for the World Tag Team Championship between champions Big Show and Kane and Carlito and James Masters. Kane hit Masters with a big boot, then chokeslammed Carlito to get the victory and to retain the World Tag Team Championship.

Aftermath

Reception

Results

¹ The other participants were: Kip, Goldust, Tyson Kanta, Rob Rogge, Collin McCullough, Phillip Legg, Matt Striker, Super Crazy, Psicosis, Shoichi Park, Richard Veach, Johnny Linderman, Joey Hayes, The Road Warrior, William Kapphan, and Dean Simon

Battle Royal eliminations

Red ██ and "Raw" indicates a Raw superstar and blue ██ and "SD" indicates a SmackDown superstar.