Mysterio won the 2006 Royal Rumble match, last eliminating Orton, to earn a world championship match at WrestleMania. The predominant feud on the SmackDown! brand was between Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton over the World Heavyweight Championship. Triple H, who challenged John Cena for the WWE Championship ^ Due to their double count out in the second round, a triple threat match with Big Show, Rob Van Dam, and Triple H was booked for the final. The Road to WrestleMania tournament to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania 22 was held between February 6 and February 20, 2006. Triple H won the match after pinning Van Dam following a Pedigree. In the final match of the tournament, held on the February 20 edition of Raw, Triple H faced Rob Van Dam and Big Show in a Triple Threat match. After failing to win the Royal Rumble match, Triple H participated in the 2006 Road to WrestleMania Tournament, where the winner would become the number-one contender to the WWE Championship at WrestleMania. The main feud heading into WrestleMania on the Raw brand was between John Cena and Triple H over the WWE Championship. The event featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands.
It has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment. It was the first of WWE's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four".
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It is the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April.
WrestleMania is considered World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) flagship event, having first been held in 1985. WrestleMania 22 also marked the last WrestleMania to be held in a traditional arena, as every subsequent edition, excluding WrestleMania 36, has been held in a stadium. More than 17,155 people from 16 countries and 43 states attended, with millions more watching in more than 90 countries. 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. WrestleMania 22 was the third WrestleMania to take place in the Chicago metropolitan area (following WrestleMania 2, and WrestleMania 13). 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. Mysterio won the match and the World Heavyweight Championship after pinning Orton following a 619 and a West Coast Pop. The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship between champion Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton. The main match on the Raw brand was John Cena versus Triple H for the WWE Championship, which Cena won after forcing Triple H to submit to the STFU. There were two main events which were the main matches for each brand. The event was a joint-promotion pay-per-view (PPV) featuring performers from the Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. It took place on April 2, 2006, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. WrestleMania 22 was the 22nd annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Promotional poster featuring Booker T and John Cena wrestling in No Mercy (2004)