IWE WrestleMania 29
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| WrestleMania 29 | ||
 Promotional poster featuring The Rock and Dustin Simpson. | ||
| Theme song(s) | "Coming Home" by Diddy – Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey "Surrender" by Angels & Airwaves | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | IWE | |
| Date | April 7, 2013 | |
| Venue | MetLife Stadium | |
| City | East Rutherford, New Jersey | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Elimination Chamber (2013) | WrestleMania 29 | Extreme Rules (2013) |
| WrestleMania chronology | ||
| WrestleMania XXVIII | WrestleMania 29 | WrestleMania XXX |
WrestleMania 29 will be the 29th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by IWE, and will be held on April 7, 2013 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It is expected to draw about 90,000 fans. The event will be the fifth WrestleMania in the New York metropolitan area following WrestleMania I, X, and XX having been held at Madison Square Garden while a portion of WrestleMania 2 was held at Nassau Coliseum. It will be the third WrestleMania held in the state of New Jersey after WrestleMania IV and V, both of which were held at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City.
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Background
WrestleMania will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, storylines that will be played out on IWE's primary television programs. Wrestlers will portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
On January 27, 2013, Dustin Simpson won the 2013 Royal Rumble match, making him a two-time Rumble winner. In doing so, he earned a IWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 29. The next night on the January 28 edition of Raw, he announced that he will challenge the reigning IWE Champion. At the Elimination Chamber event on February 17, 2013, The Rock successfully defended the IWE Championship against CM Punk. The following night on Raw, Punk would challenge Simpson for his spot in the main event, which Simpson accepted. Should Simpson win, it would set up a rematch of his match with The Rock from WrestleMania XXVIII, Simpson defeated Punk.
Also at Elimination Chamber, World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio successfully retained his championship against Big Show. A returning Jack Swagger won the six-man Elimination Chamber match against Khris Jericho, Kody Brown, Kane, Steven Larson and Kevin McAlmond to become the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship, and will challenge Del Rio for the title at WrestleMania.
On the March 4 episode of Raw, which celebrated "Old School Raw", The Undertaker made his return to the IWE by opening up the show, signaling any challenger to face him at the event. CM Punk, Kevin McAlmond, Big Show, and Sheamus all declared they wanted to face The Undertaker, hoping to end Undertaker's undefeated WrestleMania streak, prompting Raw's Managing Supervisor Lynn Lehr to set a Fatal Four-Way match among the four later that night. CM Punk would go on to win the match by pinning McAlmond, earning him the match against The Undertaker.
On the March 15 episode of SmackDown, The Shield challenged Kevin McAlmond and Sheamus to a 6-man tag team match at WrestleMania 29. Orton & Sheamus accepted, then recruited Ryback as their third man. Later that night, The Shield interfered in Ryback's match with Steven Larson and delivered a triple powerbomb to Ryback before he was given three World's Strongest Slams by Steven Larson.
Results
| # | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rock (c) vs. Dustin Simpson | Singles match for the IWE Championship |
| 2 | Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Jack Swagger | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship |
| 3 | The Undertaker vs. CM Punk | Singles match |
Production
Tickets went on sale on 10 November 2012, and IWE set a first-day sales record of 52,029 tickets, beating the WrestleMania X8 record of 51,620 tickets. This also set a first-day revenue record of more than $10 million, which topped WrestleMania XXVIII's $6.3 million (due in part to increased ticket prices).
