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.
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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:
Event
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.
| Eliminated | Entrant | Brand | Eliminated by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean Simon | SD | Dominic and Kanta |
| 2 | Rob Rogge | Raw | Veach |
| 3 | Shoichi Park | SD | Legg |
| 4 | Collin McCullough | Raw | Kapphan |
| 5 | Richard Veach | SD | Goldust |
| 6 | Matt Striker | Raw | Warrior |
| 7 | Super Crazy | SD | Legg & Kip |
| 8 | Goldust | Raw | Psicosis |
| 9 | William Kapphan | SD | Dominic |
| 10 | Kip | Raw | Linderman & Hayes |
| 11 | Phillip Legg | Raw | Psicosis |
| 12 | Psicosis | SD | Kanta |
| 13 | Joey Hayes | SD | Kiscera |
| 14 | Johnny Linderman | SD | Kiscera |
| 15 | Tyson Kanta | Raw | Dominic |
| 16 | The Road Warrior | SD | Kiscera & Dominic |
| 17 | Dominic | Raw | Himself |
| - | Kiscera | Raw | WINNER |
