He puts Carlito down again, clothesline attempt by Kane, but Masters has the Masterlock on him. Kane in, backdrop to Carlito, slam to Masters. Crowd is hot for everything, which is great. Tag into Masters, they go for a double suplex, but Show counters and suplexes both at once. Ref gets distracted, they Show goes face first into the exposed turnbuckle and then they nail him with a double flapjack. Kane comes off the top with a punch/clothesline onto both heels on the floor. Press slam on Masters, then one on Carlito although out to the floor onto Masters. Show picks him up and crotches him on the top ropes, then boots Masters down. Carlito gets tagged in to a big pop surprisingly. Show tags in, hits the “shhh chop” a couple times. Masters and Kane start out with Masters getting a shoulderblock, then Kane hits a dropkick after another exchange. The challengers are making their WrestleMania debuts. Tag Team Titles (Raw): Big Show & Kane vs. There’s a ramp in the aisle for those wondering. Carlito and Masters come out first individually. As Carlito comes out for the first match, JR is sitting with Lawler to call the Raw matches and he throws it to Cole and Tazz to call the Smackdown matches. They are stars.įirst voice we hear is Jim Ross welcoming us to the show as they pan the crowd to show that it’s a true sellout. Sometimes we take the production team for granted. Then the song changes as they go into videos for the big matches in the order of Undertaker/Henry, McMahon/Michaels, Mysterio/Angle/Orton and Cena/HHH is last. Then they play a video package highlighting WrestleMania moments through the years. They show a wide shot of the crowd as they welcome Michelle Williams from Destiny’s Child (and Chicago) to sing America the Beautiful. I have added some things and formatted it to make it look like all the others as well. If you’re an old school TJR reader you may have already read this. What you’ll see below is my live recap from 2006. Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.A lot of the key players that were set up to have bigger roles the year prior were in those spots when WrestleMania made its return to Chicago. It grossed over $17 Million and was a huge commercial success.
The most recent WrestleMania out of AT&T Stadium was WrestleMania 32 with over 100,000 fans at the event.
WrestleMania 38 will have full capacity, the first time since WrestleMania 35. WWE decided to book WrestleMania in this manner since WrestleMania 37, which took place during the pandemic. WrestleMania 38 will be a two-night event. My father used to get involved and be a sponsor, and use wrestling to call attention to his stores.” (h/t WrestleZone). I used to go to wrestling matches when I was a kid. I grew up when wrestling was the first time on television, and it was so much fun. I am so impressed by McMahon’s ability and skills of making wrestling what it is today. It is really one of the real accomplishments, for me, to have that event at our stadium. WWE CEO Vince McMahon recently received praise from billionaire businessman Jerry Jones, known best as the outspoken owner of the Dallas Cowboys.įollowing Friday's announcement by WWE that WrestleMania tickets were going on sale, Jones spoke about the wrestling giant's return to the Lone Star state, more specifically AT&T Stadium, which is the home of the Dallas Cowboys.ĭuring an interview with local radio station 105.3 The Fan, Jones said he's a big fan of WrestleMania and that he was extremely impressed with Vince McMahon's ability and skills of making wrestling what it is today: “I’m a fabulous fan of WrestleMania.