WWE WrestleMania 22
WWE WrestleMania 22
| 02 April 2006 (USA)
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WrestleMania 22 was the twenty-second annual WrestleMania PPV. It was presented by Snickers and took place on April 2, 2006 at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. The main match on the Raw brand was John Cena versus Triple H for the WWE Championship. The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship between Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton. Featured matches on the undercard included a No Holds Barred match between Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon, a Casket match between The Undertaker and Mark Henry, a WWE Women's Championship match between Mickie James and Trish Stratus and an interpromotional Money in the Bank ladder match featuring six participants. 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 attended, with millions more watching in more than 90 countries.

Reviews
Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Blaironit Excellent film with a gripping story!
Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
jameslj-cannon The last time I watched a WWE event was nearly two years ago. That event was Judgement Day 2004. I lost my patience with wrestling after that, and I never thought I could have got back into it. However, I told myself to give this Wrestlemania a chance. I tell you what, I'm glad I did, as this was one of the great Mania's. Its definitely up there with 14, X-Seven and XIX. Anyway, lets get on with the matches from this memorable night in Chicago when wrestling went BIGTIME:Match 1:World Tag Team Championship Match: Kane and The Big Show vs. Carlito and Chris Masters. Not being a big fan of tag team matches, I wasn't expecting much from this one. However I was proved wrong. This was a great opener, with brilliant performances from all four men. Kane and Show won to retain the titles. Winners and still champions: Kane and ShowMatch 2:Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Ric Flair vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Matt Hardy vs. Finlay vs. Lashley. WOW. This match was absolutely amazing. It kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. I've never seen a ladder used like Benjamin and RVD use it. Some insane moves in this match, culminating in RVD grabbing the case, and becoming the new Mr Money in the Bank. One question, why was the match so low on the card????? Winner: Rob Van DamMatch 3:United States Championship Match: Chris Benoit vs. JBL. This was a very dogged match. Nothing pretty, but still very entertaining. Quite low for JBL to taunt the late great Eddie Guerrero as he did. He got a cheap victory by rolling Benoit up and holding on to the ropes. Winner and new champion: JBLMatch 4:Hardcore Match: Mick Foley vs. Edge. I thought nothing could beat the MITB match. Oh how wrong I was. This match was absolutely unreal. There was blood galore in this one, as an all manner of weapons were used, including barbed wire, barbed wire bats, thumb tacks, just to name a few. Even Mr Socko got a barbed wire makeover. Both men bled heavily. The match had the best ending, possibly any match has ever had. Mick got speared by Edge on the apron through a table that was on fire!!! Edge picked up the win in a instant Wrestlemania classic. Winner: EdgeMatch 5:Handicap Match: Boogeyman vs. Booker T and Sharmell. Well I suppose nothing could follow that last match up, so we had this. This match wasn't bad by any means, but it was on par as the worst match of the night compared with everything else.Boogeyman picked up the win by pinning the Book. Winner: BoogeymanMatch 6:Women's Championship Match: Trish Stratus vs. Mickie James. Well now I've seen everything. A good tag team match at the start of the show, and now a good women's match. This was a brill match, mainly because of the Chicago crowd, who cheered Mickie instead of usual fan favourite Trish. She even got booed. Mickie won to become new champion. Winner and new champion: Mickie JamesMatch 7:Casket Match: Undertaker vs. Mark Henry. Another good match. The Undertaker can still put up a good match, even against the very large Mark Henry. At one point I thought Henry would steal it, but The Undertaker pulled off another Wrestlemaina win to make his record 14-0 by burying Henry. Winner: UndertakerMatch 8:No Holds Barred Match: Shawn Michaels vs. Mr McMahon. Another amazing match. This match was very violent, much like the Edge-Foley match before it. Glad to see HBK kick old Vince's arse. The chairman was left a bloody mess after Michaels was through with him. Shane tried to intervene and got handcuffed to the middle rope by HBK. The highlight of this one was Michaels pulling out the biggest ladder I have ever seen, setting Vice up on a table, putting a trash can over the upper half of Vince's body, and hitting him with a huge elbow drop. HBK then finished it with a vile Sweet Chin Music. There were even some crotch chops DX style from HBK in this one, ultimately leading to the DX reunion later in the year. Winner: Shawn MichaelsMatch 9:Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Kurt Angle vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton. This match was something else. Back and forth throughout. I was cheering on Angle all the way. Still annoyed that he didn't win. Mysterio shocked the world when he pinned Orton for the win. Winner and new champion: Rey MysterioMatch 10:Playboy Pillow Fight: Torrie Wilson vs. Candice Michelle. Worst match of the night along with the Boogeyman match. This was pretty bad, even though we had two gorgeous women rolling around in their underwear. Winner: Torrie WilsonMatch 11:WWE Title Match: John Cena vs. Triple H. A great main event, although it will probably be remembered for the very hostile crowd. Cena got the biggest boos I have possibly ever heard for a superstar who isn't playing heel. I personally hate Cena and wished he lost this match. Unfortunately, he didn't. He made the Game submit with his dumb submission move the STF-U. Winner and still champion: John CenaWell, I'm glad I took a chance and saw this Wrestlemania, its up there with the best Mania's ever. Have I caught the wrestling bug after seeing this.....Hell Yeahh!!!!!!!!!
Kkarensheart This has to be the greatest Wrestlemania since 17... I mean this was just outstanding it focused on more on wrestling and entertainment.This PPV proves that WWE isn't going downhill no more....in my opinion Raw is been better since the draft of 2002... the ratings have been strong and SD sometimes can suck ass but well here the matches.1)Carlito/Chris Masters vs Kane/Big ShowWorld Tag Team Titles decent match up...good way to kick things off but a little short 7.5/102)Money in the Bankbetter than last years and Shelton did another cool stunt...great performance by Finally and Lashely and Matt tried hard and Flair never gave up and RVD was just outstanding and won 10/103)Chris Benoit vs JBLUnited States Title not a bad match...very decent close of being great but decent 7.0/104)Edge vs Mick FoleyHardcore Match awesome match up Foley still has it and Edge damn cant believe the ending o well at least we know Foley still can fight. 10/105)Booker T vs Boogeymanyou call this Wrestlemania Teddy Long? 4/106)Mickie Jane vs Trish StratusWomen's Championshipwow what a womens match.....best womens match i seen in years 8/107)Undertaker vs Mark HenryCasket Match decent enough...I really hate Mark henry this could been a lot better if he wasn't Undertaker's opponent why he getting a push he cant fight he too slow. 6/108)Shawn Michaels vs Vince McMahanNo Hold's BarredWOW, WOW, WOW what a match...entertaining and exciting sure Vince barely did anything but nice to see Shawn doing his thing we never seen in a long time....SUCK IT VInce thats what u get for messing wit the showstopper.10/10!!!9)Kurt Angle vs Rey Mysterio vs Randy OrtonWorld Heavyweight Championshipawesome match but too short and I hate that Rey is the champion now come on??? is this a joke?? 8.5/1010)Torrie vs Candice MichelleLangerine Pillow Fightwhat? is? this? after a title match 4/1011)HHH vs John CenaWWE Title very shocking from the fans... I mean the fans were into this match like crazy..just like Hogan/Rock... but damn I know there some Cena haters out there but didn't have to chant F** YOU Cena he didn't do anything he works out hes very busy..I'm a Cena fan and I was pulling for Cena in this match.Cuz he my favorite no matter what but no respect to HHH I like HHH i really do but I'm in Cena's chain gang but anyways this was perfect way to end the show....the match and the crowd..great main event hope they fight again soon.10/10!!!Overall:Tremendious PPV 10/10 I def recommend this for a collection and for a WWE fan cause this was just plain great!!!
beasly_c The results of WrestleMania 22 both shocked and pleased everyone who watched it! The matches - Tag Team Championship Match - Big Show and Kane vs. Carlito and Chris Masters... This match was a great match. During the match, Kane got booed for and the Carlito fans definitely showed their support through their cheers but in the end after an exciting match, the winners became apparent as Carlito fell to the Chokeslam winning Big Show and Kane the match.Money in the Bank Match - RVD vs. Matt Hardy vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Finlay vs. Ric Flair vs. Shelton Benjamin... This was an extremely heated match and there was much excitement! In this match we saw Ric Flair be taken off in a stretcher with a leg injury from a ladder, but being the true player he is, he came back out again ready to fight for the contract! Unfortunately for him, in the final moments of the match, Matt Hardy and Benjamin were both on the same ladder trying to get the briefcase when Van Dam came along, planted another ladder next to theirs, pushed them both over (including the ladder) and grabbed the case! An excellent win for RVD!United States Champoinship - Chris Benoit vs. JBL... The former champion, Chris Benoit fought hard in this match, throwing German Suplexes, The Three Amigos and a diving headbutt into the mix at various times. And when he locked the Crippler Crossface in victory seemed only a tap away, but JBL fought back and using the ropes without the ref seeing, he won through false pinfall.Hardcore Match - Mick Foley (Cactus Jack vs. Edge)... This match was an amazing match! Thimb tacks, steel chairs and even burning tables were all present in the hell raising match. Sfter awakening the Cactus Jack hiding in Mick Foley, Edge was scared but through all the hell and barbed wire, Edge came out the victor.Handicap Match - Booker T and Sharmell vs. The Boogeyman... This match was a complete no brainer! After faking an injury previously, Booker T was trying so hard to not be defeated. Unfortunately fear took over him and his wife, as The Boogeyman open mouth kissed Sharmell (worms and all). So obviously The Boogeyman won! Not much wrestling, just comedy I suppose!Womens Championship - Trish Stratus vs. Mickie James... Now this was a match in which we all thought Trish would return to the locker room Womens Champion, but were we wrong?! Mickie spent the whole match releasing all this anger she now has toward her former idol Trish Stratus. After a main match, Mickie performed the Mick Kick which put Trish out. This gave her enough time to pin her and break her 15 month reign over the belt!Casket Match - Undertaker vs. Mark Henry... This was a very exciting match! After both men had been in the casket, and a close shave for Henry, Undertaker managed to roll the huge Mark Henry into the casket and shut the lid, securing him a victory and carrying on his no loss streak in WrestleMania!No Holds Barred - HBK Shawn Michaels vs. Mr. McMahon... This was a greatly anticipated match! HBK had God on his side during this match. After completely beating Vince to a pulp, chaining his son Shane to the ropes and giving the fans a DX suck it taunt, he exited the ring the winner of the match! But not before Mr. McMahon was carried off in a stretcher!Smackdown! Main Event - Triple Threat for the World Heavyweight Championship - Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle vs. Randy Orton... Nobody thought Rey could pull this one off! After all, it was originally meant to be Reys title match anyway, and then it got taken off him by cheating Randy Orton, he deserved to win! I don't think Orton knew what hit him and neither did Kurt!Playboy Pillow Fight - Torrie Wilson vs. Candice Michelle... This was a long time coming! It was perfect revenge and the perfect setting for Torrie to get Candice after all she's done to her! She got the win with a rollup and won the match!WWE Championship - John Cena vs. HHH... This was one of the most exciting matches of the whole night! Now many people say Cena is turning heel, but I don't think so! I think that hes 10x the man HHH is, but everyone has their own opinion of The Champ. There was mainly booing for Cena and cheering for HHH that night, but that didn't stop Cena from trying his very hardest, as usual!! HHH soon submitted to the deadly STFU from Cena, and Cena walked away triumphant until his next challenger dared to stand up...
jakeb-7 I myself, from Chicago was at Wrestlemania 22.I thought the Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight title was good. The Cena vs. Triple H match was good also. I also like the Money in the Bank match especially knowing that RVD won. The Mickie James vs. Trish match wasn't to bad, neither was the Vince vs. Shawn Michaels match. The Edge vs. Mick Foley match was good.Some of the disappointing or bad matches was the Boogyman vs. Booker T match. The match was boring. The casket match between Undertaker and Mark Henry wasn't really that good. I did expect it to be good but it wasn't. The World tag- team match was OK, but could have been better. The Torrie Wilson and Candice Michelle match was hot, but was boring as hell.