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106-612: The event's card consisted of eight matches, including three main matches. The final match of the event was the main match from Raw, where The Miz defeated John Cena to retain the WWE Championship thanks to help from The Rock, setting up the main event of WrestleMania XXVIII between Rock and Cena. SmackDown's main match saw Edge defeat Alberto Del Rio to retain the World Heavyweight Championship —this would be Edge's final match until 2020. In

212-598: A DDT . There was a lot of back and forth action until The Miz executed the Skull Crushing Finale and Cena executed an Attitude Adjustment on The Miz – both for near-falls. Both men fought outside of the ring, knocking each other out in the process, and were counted out. The Rock came out to intervene, when an email message from the Anonymous Raw General Manager arrived. The Rock went to read it, but then disregarded it and restarted

318-479: A card lists the matches taking place in a title match combat-sport event. Cards include a main event match and the undercard listing the rest of the matches. The undercard may be divided into a midcard and a lower card , according to the perceived importance of the matches. Promoters schedule matches to occur in ascending order of importance. The undercard, or preliminary matches (sometimes preliminary card), consists of preliminary bouts that occur before

424-636: A rap questioning The Rock's true commitment to WWE over his acting career. Via satellite, The Rock responded to Cena's rap on the February 28 edition of Raw , citing that he started a movie career to help open the door for other wrestlers to go to Hollywood, including The Miz and Cena himself. On the March 28 episode of Raw , The Rock and Cena confronted each other face to face before WrestleMania, until The Miz came out. The Miz and his protégé, Alex Riley, attacked The Rock, who managed to fight back both men. After

530-749: A "dream fight" and multiple title defenses. Philips Arena State Farm Arena is a multi-purpose arena located in Atlanta , Georgia. The arena serves as the home venue for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It also served as home to the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League from 1999 to 2011, before the team moved to Winnipeg , as well as

636-817: A COVID-19 bubble), citing disagreements with the Hawks' management. On October 18, 2019, the Dream announced that they would move to the Gateway Center Arena in suburban College Park , sharing the venue with the Hawks' NBA G League affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks . On June 21, 2024, the Dream returned to State Farm Arena for the first time since 2019 when it hosted the Indiana Fever and its highly touted rookie Caitlin Clark . The game

742-402: A Cell in 2012 , Survivor Series in 2015 , and Day 1 in 2022. An edition of WCW Monday Nitro was also held when the arena was known as Philips Arena on June 5, 2000. The arena hosted the February 19, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite featuring All Elite Wrestling 's first-ever Steel cage match . The venue also hosted WWE Bad Blood 2024 on October 5, 2024. State Farm Arena is among

848-513: A Chokeslam that was stopped by Triple H, who then asked Michaels why he is going to defeat The Undertaker at WrestleMania. Michaels, however, left the ring, unable to give Triple H an answer, believing that Triple H couldn't defeat The Undertaker at the event. Since 1993, the winner of the annual Royal Rumble match at the January event of the same name has won the opportunity to fight for a world championship at WrestleMania. Alberto Del Rio won

954-508: A DDT on the chair. After more back and forth action, Triple H executed a second Pedigree for another near-fall. Triple H immediately delivered the third Pedigree for a near-fall. After many steel chair shots, and telling Undertaker to stay down, Triple H executed Undertaker's Tombstone Piledriver for a near-fall. Triple H then grabbed a sledgehammer, but Undertaker applied Hell's Gate on Triple H. Eventually, Triple H submitted, meaning Undertaker's WrestleMania streak continued to 19–0. The record

1060-497: A No Holds Barred Match. Triple H entered to " For Whom The Bell Tolls " by Metallica wearing a mask and suit, then removed it for his normal entrance theme. Undertaker entered to " Ain't No Grave " by Johnny Cash wearing a hat and suit, although this is replaced with his original entrance music on the WWE Network . The match began with Undertaker and Triple H brawling outside of the ring, destroying Michael Cole's "Cole Mine" in

1166-583: A WrestleMania Axxess match between Kozlov and Tyler Reks , The Corre attacked Kozlov, leaving his shoulder injured. Kofi Kingston , who recently lost the Intercontinental Championship to Barrett, was chosen as Kozlov's replacement. Before the event aired, two dark matches took place. In the first match pitted Sheamus against Daniel Bryan in a lumberjack match for the United States Championship . During

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1272-480: A WrestleMania match, going as far as even mentioning Lawler's mother who died weeks earlier. Lawler responded by challenging Cole to a match at WrestleMania, which Cole denied before running through the crowd. A week later, Cole accepted Lawler's challenge under two conditions – that his trainer Jack Swagger would be in his corner, and that he could choose a special guest referee – which Lawler accepted. The following week, Cole revealed John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) as

1378-498: A coward and knowing that Michaels was better than him. This angered Triple H to the point that he finally accepted The Undertaker's challenge, but under the stipulation that their match be a Hell in a Cell match . Soon after the match was made, Michaels confirmed he would officiate the match as special guest referee. Undertaker defeated Triple H at WrestleMania XXVIII with their match dubbed as an "End of an Era" and extended his Undefeated WrestleMania Streak to 20–0. WrestleMania XXVII

1484-407: A face to face encounter on the March 28 episode of Raw , only to be interrupted by Shawn Michaels , who criticized Triple H for believing that he could defeat The Undertaker at WrestleMania, something that Michaels wasn't able to do at the previous years' event . After The Undertaker stated that Michaels was history, Michaels attempted to perform a Superkick on him, but The Undertaker retaliated with

1590-578: A few minutes, with the ending coming when Morrison delivered Starship Pain on the outside of the ring to Ziggler and Snooki performed a cartwheel splash on McCool to get the win for her team. In the last match, John Cena challenged WWE Champion The Miz (accompanied by Alex Riley ). During the match, Cena delivered the Five Knuckle Shuffle to The Miz. Cena attempted the Attitude Adjustment , but The Miz countered with

1696-552: A labor dispute. Philips Arena would later be announced as home to the 56th NHL All-Star Game in 2008. Also, Philips Arena hosted game three of the 2010 WNBA Finals, where the Seattle Storm defeated the Atlanta Dream . In 2013, Philips Arena hosted the finals of the men's NCAA Division II and Division III college basketball championships. The events were held as an undercard to the 2013 NCAA Final Four held at

1802-531: A ladder match against Del Rio, only to lose the title to Randy Orton , on the May 6 episode of SmackDown . The next year Edge would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame . However after nine years and two neck surgeries, Edge returned as a surprise entrant in the men's Royal Rumble match at the 2020 Royal Rumble , and then entered into a feud with Randy Orton, 2021 Royal Rumble , won by last eliminating Randy Orton in

1908-516: A lead-up towards the centrepiece tournaments, such as physical disability rugby league , masters (over 35, typically retired professional players), university , police teams, and armed forces teams. The opening act is a similar concept in non-sports entertainment. A main event usually takes place as the final match of a title-match-system sporting event. The term occurs primarily with reference to combat sports such as boxing, professional wrestling and mixed martial arts . The main event, generally

2014-578: A match at WrestleMania XXVIII , marking the first time a match had been announced almost a year in advance for any WrestleMania. Later on Cena won the WWE Championship in a Triple Threat Steel Cage match against The Miz and John Morrison at Extreme Rules . The Raw after Extreme Rules, Cena defended the WWE Championship against The Miz in a singles match after being restarted due to the referee noticing interference from Alex Riley after Miz winning, and again later on in an "I Quit" match at Over

2120-586: A new arena be in place for the prospective team's inaugural season. After much consideration of possible other sites both in Downtown Atlanta and in the suburbs, it was decided that the Omni would be demolished in 1997, and a new arena would be built in the same location; the Omni was demolished on July 26, 1997. The Hawks split their games between the Georgia Dome and Alexander Memorial Coliseum for

2226-455: A one-hour special including the opening segment, the Triple H vs. Undertaker match, and the post-WrestleMania confrontation between The Rock and John Cena was broadcast on NBC under the title WrestleMania XXVII: The World Television Premiere . The professional wrestling matches at WrestleMania XXVII featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by

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2332-466: A returning Triple H . The two men stared each other down and both peered at the WrestleMania sign, teasing a possible challenge at WrestleMania XXVII. The match was confirmed four days later on WWE's official website. This match marks the second time the two would face each other at a WrestleMania, the first being WrestleMania X-Seven ten years earlier. Before their WrestleMania match, both men had

2438-666: Is no support race on the day of the feature (as in the case of the Cup Series, where all support races are held on days leading to the feature, although it can be run on feature day if inclement weather forces such). Since 2008, the Rugby League World Cup has been aggregated with the World Cup competitions for women's and wheelchair rugby league in an arrangement known as the " Festival of World Cups ". The festival includes support tournaments that are held as

2544-591: Is unavailable; the Passion 2025 Conference will be held at the State Farm Arena. The conference typically takes place over the first weekend in the new year and features big names in the Christian world such as Louie Gigilio, Chris Tomlin , Matt Redman, Kristian Stanfill, John Piper, rap artist Lecrae and many more. The conference is typically sold out. The arena served as the venue for the semifinals of

2650-461: The 2020 Royal Rumble . The next match pitted Cody Rhodes against Rey Mysterio , who came out dressed as Captain America . Rhodes dominated most of the match, however, Mysterio managed to gain control later on. The ending saw Mysterio removed Rhodes' face mask and deliver headbutts but Rhodes countered by removing Mysterio's knee brace. When Rey went for a dive, Rhodes knocked out Mysterio with

2756-533: The 2022 League of Legends World Championship . The semifinals saw South Korean teams T1 and DRX progress to the finals, held at the Chase Center in San Francisco . DRX would eventually win the finals and become the 2022 League of Legends World Champions. Shortly after acquiring the Hawks and the operating rights to Philips Arena on June 24, 2015, Tony Ressler announced his intentions of remodeling

2862-777: The Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 2008 to 2016 and 2019, and the temporary home of Georgia Tech basketball in 2011. It opened in 1999 as Philips Arena at a cost of $ 213.5 million, replacing the Omni Coliseum . It is owned by the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority and operated by the Hawks, owned by Tony Ressler along with a group of investors including Grant Hill . The arena seats 19,050 for basketball and 17,624 for ice hockey . The largest crowd ever for an Atlanta Hawks basketball game at

2968-681: The Formula One World Championships , although the latter is considered to be a feeder series (for young drivers who desire to make the final step to Formula One). The Indy Lights series supports the IndyCar Series , and the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series effectively support the top-tier NASCAR Cup Series . In some series (most notably on oval tracks), the support races take place on both practice and qualifying days, and there

3074-583: The Georgia Dome , in celebration of the 75th edition of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship . The arena hosted UFC 88 , UFC 145 , UFC 201 , and UFC 236 in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2019 respectively. Philips Arena also hosted the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the night before WrestleMania XXVII which was held at the Georgia Dome . Philips Arena also hosted the Royal Rumble in 2002 and 2010 , Backlash in 2007 , Hell in

3180-694: The Georgia World Congress Center , while the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony took place at the Philips Arena . It was the first pay-per-view event under WWE's promotional rights deal with Kmart . Under the deal, Kmart will be the official sponsor for all of WWE's live events in the United States for the rest of 2011. As another part of the promotion for the event, WWE Magazine released a "Guide to WrestleMania XXVII" app for

3286-718: The Raw and SmackDown brands . In September 2009, it was reported that the city of Atlanta was seeking to host WrestleMania XXVII at the Georgia Dome. Atlanta's main rival bid came from the city of Miami, Florida , which proposed to host the event at Sun Life Stadium along with WrestleMania Axxess at the Miami Beach Convention Center and the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony at the American Airlines Arena . Miami would eventually become

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3392-420: The anonymous Raw General Manager gave Lawler a WWE Championship match in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match against defending champion The Miz. As Lawler started to climb the ladder to retrieve the belt, Cole interfered and prevented Lawler from winning the match. On the February 21 edition of Raw , Cole mocked Lawler for losing his rematch against The Miz at Elimination Chamber as well as his dreams of having

3498-758: The iPhone , iPod Touch and iPad , offering information about the upcoming event as well as trivia from past events. " Written in the Stars " by Tinie Tempah was the theme song for the event. " Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom) " by Shinedown served as the secondary theme song, while R&B singer Keri Hilson performed " America the Beautiful " at the start of the show. Celebrities and former wrestlers that appeared in WrestleMania XXVII segments include Snoop Dogg , Pee Wee Herman , Gene Okerlund , Mae Young , and Roddy Piper . On August 13, 2011,

3604-482: The 2007–2008 season, State Farm Arena utilized the new "see-through" shot clock units which allow spectators seated behind the basket to see the action without having the clocks interfere with their view, joining FedExForum , Wells Fargo Center , TD Garden , United Center , Footprint Center and the Spectrum Center . Video advertising panels replaced the traditional scrolling panels. Title banners During

3710-536: The April 11 Raw , Edge retired due to a legitimate neck injury, marking his last match for the company against Del Rio at WrestleMania. Edge vacated the World Heavyweight Championship on the April 15 edition of SmackDown , therefore retiring as world champion and leaving WWE full-time to make part-time appearances for the company. At Extreme Rules, Christian won the title for the first time in

3816-763: The Arena as part of a tornado outbreak that hit the city . The arena only received minor exterior damage. Since the 2010s, several statues have been erected near the arena in honor of notable Atlantan athletes, including a statue of Dominique Wilkins and a statue of Evander Holyfield . The arena hosted the NBA All-Star Game in 2003 and 2021 and the Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament in 2012. The first playoff game in any professional league played in Philips Arena

3922-804: The Champions . Promotions outside the United States also run annual supercards. The two largest lucha libre promotions in Mexico, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), respectively run the CMLL Anniversary Show and Triplemanía . New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) runs the January 4 Dome Show (branded since 2007 as Wrestle Kingdom) at the Tokyo Dome . In other sports, such as boxing and mixed martial arts, supercards occur more rarely. They usually involve

4028-522: The February 14 episode of Raw , The Rock was announced as host for WrestleMania XXVII. In his first appearance in a WWE ring in seven years, The Rock publicly mocked both The Miz and Cena. At the following week's Elimination Chamber event , Cena won the Raw brand's annual Elimination Chamber match to earn himself a WWE Championship opportunity against The Miz. One night later on Raw , both Cena and The Miz derided The Rock's previous comments, with Cena producing

4134-455: The February 25 edition of SmackDown , Cody's father, Dusty Rhodes , came out to talk to Mysterio and asked Rhodes to apologize for his accusation, but it turned out to be a setup to allow Rhodes to attack and unmask Mysterio. The next week Rhodes challenged Mysterio to a match at WrestleMania, which was accepted by Mysterio. The following week, Rhodes attacked Mysterio again, during Mysterio's match against Drew McIntyre. However, Mysterio retailed

4240-630: The General Manager announced that Orton would face one of the members of the New Nexus throughout the following weeks. If Orton lost, his opponents would be allowed to be in Punk's corner at WrestleMania; if he won, his opponent would be banned from attending the event. Orton won all of his matches, so Michael McGillicutty , David Otunga , and Mason Ryan were all banned from ringside at the event. After each victory, Orton would punt each member in

4346-434: The Hawks and the city of Atlanta reached a financing agreement on renovating Philips Arena, with the city contributing $ 142.5 million and the Hawks $ 50 million plus cost overruns to the project. With the renovation, the Hawks signed a lease extension lasting through June 30, 2046, with an early termination penalty of $ 200 million plus the remaining balance of the arena's bonds. The first phase of renovations, completed during

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4452-539: The Hawks' 2017 off-season, removed the upper levels of the suite wall, reducing the total number of suites from 90 to 40, and added the Courtside Club behind one of the baskets. Renovations for 2018 were described by Hawks chief operating officer Thad Sheely as a "gut rehab". The arena renovations brought new premium seating areas, connected 360-degree concourses, a new center-hung videoboard three times larger than its predecessor as well as additional videoboards in

4558-593: The Limit against Miz. Later in a backstage segment Cena "congratulated" The Rock on his birthday, telling him to bring it on for WrestleMania while showing off the WWE Championship, implying that their match at WrestleMania XXVIII will be for the WWE Championship, continuing on with their feud. However, Cena would go on to lose the WWE title three times that year, twice to CM Punk, and once to Alberto Del Rio. In November, at Survivor Series , Cena teamed with The Rock, which would be

4664-600: The Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament – which was then moved 140 miles to the northeast along Interstate 85 to the BI-LO Center in Greenville, South Carolina . Oddly, the arena would not even be the host of that planned All-Star Game due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout . As a result, Atlanta became the second (San Jose being the first) city to lose a planned All-Star Game because of

4770-643: The Thrashers lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins , 5–2, in their final game. Tim Stapleton scored the final goal for the Thrashers in team history. The venue had been named the site of the 2005 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament; however, when the NHL announced in early 2004 that the 55th NHL All-Star Game , scheduled for February 2005 would be held in Atlanta, arena officials withdrew

4876-558: The Undertaker–Triple H match received an 8.5 out of 10, the WWE Championship match received a 5 out of 10 and the CM Punk–Randy Orton match received a 7 out of 10. The attendance record for WrestleMania XXVII was announced as 71,617. WWE's number was later confirmed by officials at the Georgia Dome. The match between Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler is considered one of the worst WrestleMania matches of all time, as well as one of

4982-647: The Win. Following their loss at WrestleMania (not to mention failing to regain the Divas Championship ), tension rose in LayCool. After two weeks of couples therapy, a bitter Michelle McCool turned on Layla, dissolving their team. Layla and McCool would face off in a match at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view with no count-outs , no disqualifications , and the loser has to leave WWE . Layla went on to win

5088-500: The advanced level but not participating in a championship match. If an undercard match is a championship match (less popular weight class or regional championship), the undercard match is also twelve rounds, owing to regulations. In professional wrestling, undercard matches usually last for five to ten minutes: the audience does not have to wait too long for the main event and the promoters often have to fulfill contractual television agreements. Professional wrestling unofficially subdivides

5194-411: The anonymous Raw GM reversed the decision in an email read by Mathews because Stone Cold was a biased referee, making Cole the winner by disqualification. Stone Cold then proceeded to stun Mathews as well in retribution. Lawler then replaced Mathews and Booker T as the color commentator for the rest of the night, with Jim Ross doing the play-by-play. In the next match, The Undertaker faced Triple H in

5300-508: The arena to deteriorate faster than anticipated. Ted Turner , owner of the Hawks at the time, wanted to bring the NHL back to Atlanta; the city's first NHL team, the Atlanta Flames , had moved to Calgary in 1980 . However, the NHL determined that the Omni was not suitable even as a temporary facility due to its structural problems and lack of amenities. The league told Turner that it would only grant an expansion team on condition that

5406-607: The arena to keep the Hawks in Downtown Atlanta at a cost between $ 150 million and $ 250 million. The proposed renovation would rebuild the entire seating bowl to optimize its sightlines for basketball and remove the wall of suites which dominate one side of the arena and replace them with a more traditional suite configuration. The Hawks are also in discussions with the city about building a mixed-use entertainment district similar to L.A. Live around Philips Arena, to better connect it to other nearby attractions such as Centennial Olympic Park and Mercedes-Benz Stadium . On November 1, 2016,

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5512-507: The arena was Game 6 of the 2008 Eastern Conference First Round on May 2, 2008 (against the Boston Celtics ), where there was an announced attendance of 20,425. The arena includes 92 luxury suites, 9 party suites, and 1,866 club seats. For concerts and other entertainment events, the arena can seat 21,000. The arena was originally laid out in a rather unusual manner, with the club seats and luxury boxes aligned solely along one side of

5618-408: The assault, Cena performed an Attitude Adjustment on The Rock to end the show. Starting from the January 31 episode of Raw , mysterious vignettes began promoting the return of a mysterious wrestler on "2.21.11". On the February 21 edition of Raw , The Undertaker was revealed as the mysterious figure, who made his return after a four-month absence. However, The Undertaker's return was interrupted by

5724-590: The bar after LayCool started mocking Snooki and Stratus. In an eight-man tag team match, The Corre ( Wade Barrett , Ezekiel Jackson , Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater ) were originally scheduled to wrestle Big Show , Kane , Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov at WrestleMania. The Corre had been going after Show on SmackDown , but Show and Kane joined forces to beat down The Corre on Raw two weeks before WrestleMania. Later, Kane and Show helped Kozlov & Marella fend off an attack by The Corre. On April 2, after

5830-467: The busiest arenas for concerts in the world, having sold well over 550,000 concert tickets in 2007 and ranked as the third-busiest arena in the U.S. in 2011. State Farm has hosted such concerts as Elton John, The Who, and The Weeknd. The arena hosted the 2004 US Figure Skating Championships . Every few years, in early January, the State Farm Arena hosts one of the largest Christian college aged conferences: Passion Conference , when Mercedez-Benz Stadium

5936-429: The corners of the upper decks, new dining options including a bar and grill operated by country group Zac Brown Band and other unique features including an in-arena barber shop operated by Atlanta rapper Killer Mike and Topgolf suites. Over 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m ) of former office and storage space within the arena was repurposed as "fan space". The first ticketed event at the renovated State Farm Arena

6042-608: The day prior to the PPV, and typically shared the same venue (or, at the very least, host city) as the corresponding main roster event. In auto racing, support races occur not just before the feature race, they occur on qualifying day where attendances are typically low and after the completion of the feature race, purposely to lessen the effect of traffic congestion outside venues common in major championship rounds, as spectators make their way home. Examples of notable support races include Porsche Supercup and FIA Formula 2 , both supporting

6148-499: The early 1970s, when the Omni Coliseum was built. However, it was likely that the Omni would have had to be replaced in any event due to a serious design flaw. It had been built using Cor-Ten weathering steel that was intended to seal itself, ensuring it would last for decades. However, the Omni's designers didn't account for Atlanta's humid subtropical climate. Rather than form a seal, the Cor-Ten steel never stopped rusting, causing

6254-469: The end in succession. This can be billed as a "double main event" or "double-header" or (rarely) as a "triple main event" or "triple-header". Advertising for sporting bouts focuses primarily on their main events. A supercard consists of a title match combat sport event which comprises multiple high-level matches and/or special attractions. Promoters advertise supercards heavily, and tickets typically cost more than at standard-card events. Supercards serve as

6360-612: The ending came when Edge applied the Edgecator while Del Rio applied the Cross Armbreaker . When both men got up, Edge delivered the Spear for the win. After the match, Edge and Christian destroyed Del Rio's car. This was Edge's last televised match, as he retired the next week on Raw due to a legitimate neck injury. Edge has since been medically cleared to wrestle again, returning to in-ring competition nearly 9 years later at

6466-466: The event received a mixed reception. Praise went towards the World Heavyweight Championship match, Punk vs. Orton, and Triple H vs. The Undertaker. Criticism went towards the tag matches, the main event, and Lawler vs. Cole, the latter of which has been named one of the worst matches in WrestleMania history. WrestleMania is considered World Wrestling Entertainment 's (WWE) flagship pay-per-view (PPV) event, having first been held in 1985 . It has become

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6572-641: The face and leaving. After that, Jim Ross, Lawler's best friend, confronted Cole and called him a "rat bastard", for which Swagger attacked Ross, and later Lawler, who attempted to save Ross. Another plot building up towards WrestleMania involved CM Punk and Randy Orton . At the beginning of the year, Punk became the leader of The New Nexus . At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Punk cost Orton his WWE Championship match against defending champion The Miz. The following night on Raw , Orton retaliated by assaulting Punk's fellow New Nexus members Michael McGillicutty and Husky Harris , resulting in Harris being punted in

6678-404: The focal point of professional wrestling promotions and can function as a primary source of revenue for such promotions. Mainstream American pro wrestling holds supercards at least annually and broadcasts them on pay-per-view (PPV) television. The largest company, WWE , runs PPV events every month. Alternatively the second-largest, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) initially ran 4 annual PPV's over

6784-517: The following week, attacking Rhodes, until Rhodes escaped the ring. On the March 14 episode of Raw , Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi appeared as a guest star and exchanged insults with Vickie Guerrero backstage. Later that night, Vickie defeated Trish Stratus with the help of LayCool ( Michelle McCool and Layla ). After the match, Snooki, who observed the match at ringside, took down LayCool after being provoked by McCool. A brawl ensued between Snooki & Stratus and LayCool until LayCool retreated from

6890-481: The game taking place in the arena. On April 2, 2009, Philips Arena achieved LEED for Existing Building: Operations and Maintenance certification as specified by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). It was the world's first LEED certified NBA/NHL arena. It has been nicknamed the "Highlight Factory", due to the number of exciting plays, or highlights, that occur and Philips' history with lights and electronics. On March 14, 2008, an EF 2 Tornado struck near

6996-453: The guest host, walked to the ring and cut a promo, mocking John Cena as well as firing up the crowd for WrestleMania. In the first match Edge (with Christian ) defended the World Heavyweight Championship against the 2011 Royal Rumble winner Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez and Brodus Clay ). Early in the match, Del Rio focused on Edge's injured arm and Christian fended off Clay and Rodriguez. After some back and forth action,

7102-501: The head in order to send a message to Punk. On the March 21 episode of Raw , Punk distracted Orton during his "WrestleMania Rewind" match with Rey Mysterio and used Orton's wife as bait to lure him to the parking lot, where he attacked Orton's knee with a wrench. The following week, on the Raw before WrestleMania, both men brawled with each other, which ended after Punk performed a Go To Sleep on Orton after taking advantage of his injured knee. Another feud heading into WrestleMania

7208-422: The head. On the February 7 episode of Raw , Punk revealed that his actions were his revenge on Orton for punting him in the head at Unforgiven in September 2008, where Punk was unable to defend his World Heavyweight Championship due to Orton's attack and subsequently forced to vacate his title. On February 28, the anonymous Raw general manager scheduled a match between Punk and Orton at WrestleMania. In addition,

7314-436: The headline or "main event" of a particular boxing , professional wrestling , horse racing, or other sports event. Typically, promoters intend the undercard to provide fans with an opportunity to see up-and-coming fighters or fighters not so well known and popular as their counterparts in the main event. The undercard also ensures that if the main event ends quickly fans will still feel that they received sufficient value for

7420-408: The host for WrestleMania XXVIII . Atlanta was formally announced as the site at a press conference on February 1, 2010. According to WWE's senior vice president of special events, John Saboor, Atlanta was ultimately chosen for, among other reasons, "their track record of success with large events, rich in its tradition with the WWE, and great infrastructure." The event marked the first time WrestleMania

7526-420: The hosting promotion , World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Storylines between the characters were produced on WWE's weekly television shows Raw and SmackDown with the Raw and SmackDown brands—storyline divisions in which WWE assigned its employees to different programs. The predominant rivalry for the Raw brand involved Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson , John Cena and the reigning WWE Champion , The Miz . On

7632-483: The initial naming rights to the arena in February 1999 for $ 185 million over 20 years. In February 2018, it was reported that Philips would not renew its naming rights agreement for the arena when it expired in June 2019, primarily due to Philips' withdrawal from the consumer electronics market in 2013. On August 29, 2018, State Farm purchased the naming rights to the arena, in a 20-year deal that cost $ 175 million. For

7738-463: The knee brace and executed the Cross Rhodes for the win. In the next match, Kane , Big Show , Santino Marella and Kofi Kingston faced The Corre ( Wade Barrett , Ezekiel Jackson , Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel ) in an 8-Man Tag Team Match. The match lasted two minutes, ending with Slater receiving a Cobra from Santino and a WMD from Big Show. Big Show then pinned Slater to win. In

7844-417: The late 1980s and early 1990s, many cities started building new state-of-the-art sporting venues for their NBA and/or NHL franchises, or in hopes of attaining one. Many of these arenas had modern amenities for their high-end customers, such as luxury boxes, club seats, and large, posh club-level concourses; some even had practice facilities on-site. These attractions were rarely found in arenas constructed in

7950-528: The latter's first match since WrestleMania XX in 2004 (which coincidentally was at Madison Square Garden in New York City ), and defeated the Miz and R-Truth, only for Rock giving a Rock Bottom on Cena after the match. The Rock defeated Cena at WrestleMania XXVIII, and, in 2013, a rematch at WrestleMania 29 took place, with The Rock's WWE Championship on the line, which saw Cena emerging victorious. On

8056-497: The level of WrestleMania. With TNA's 2013 change to running only four PPVs a year, all four are now considered supercards: Genesis (not a supercard before 2013), Lockdown , Slammiversary , and Bound for Glory . All four events were first held in 2005, and all have taken place annually since then except for Genesis, which was not held in 2008. Examples of non-pay-per-view supercards include Saturday Night's Main Event and Clash of

8162-400: The longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April. It was the first of WWE's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble , SummerSlam , and Survivor Series , referred to as the "Big Four". WrestleMania XXVII was scheduled to be held on April 3, 2011, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia . It featured wrestlers from

8268-496: The match in 2011 and challenged Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship . This led to a series of assaults from Del Rio to Edge in the following weeks. However, Edge was joined by the returning Christian , who aided Edge from Del Rio and his bodyguard Brodus Clay , and proceeded to be in Edge's corner at WrestleMania. In December 2010, Raw color commentator Jerry Lawler began a feud with fellow announcer Michael Cole when

8374-496: The match under no disqualification, no count-out, no time limit stipulations. Cena dragged The Miz back inside the ring and attempted an Attitude Adjustment. The Rock stalked Cena from behind and performed a Rock Bottom on him, in vengeance for the Attitude Adjustment from the episode of Raw that aired six nights prior. Taking advantage, The Miz then pinned Cena for the win, retaining the WWE Championship, and became

8480-404: The match, a brawl broke out between the lumberjacks outside the ring, resulting in the match ending in a no contest. SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long then called for a battle royal to take place. The Great Khali won the match after last eliminating Sheamus. As the show went live on pay-per-view, R&B singer Keri Hilson performed " America the Beautiful ". Soon after, The Rock ,

8586-664: The match, resulting in McCool's subsequent – and legit – departure from WWE. As a consequence of using a chair shot to the head, Triple H and The Undertaker were legitimately fined by the WWE for violating the company's "concussion policy" at the event. After a ten-month hiatus, The Undertaker returned on January 30, 2012 episode of Raw to confront Triple H before challenging him to a rematch at WrestleMania XXVIII, having felt unsatisfied with having to leave victorious not under his own power. After Triple H refused despite insistence from Shawn Michaels , The Undertaker mocked him by calling him

8692-432: The most prestigious match on the card, has the most promotion behind it. The match commonly involves a contest for a top championship , but may feature another special attraction. The headliner is a similar concept in non-sports entertainment. Sometimes, multiple matches of equally high importance take place on a card, occasionally at intervals throughout (to sustain spectator interest for its duration), but generally at

8798-452: The next match, Randy Orton faced CM Punk , with the New Nexus banned from ringside. Punk spent most of the match focusing on Orton's injured knee until Orton gained control later in the match. Orton then attempted a punt kick, but his injured knee stopped him. Punk attempted the GTS , but Orton went for an RKO . Punk dodged and went for a Springboard clothesline , but Orton delivered an RKO for

8904-494: The next two seasons while Philips Arena was under construction. Philips Arena held its first event with a September 1999 concert by musician Elton John . The Omni's "center-hung scoreboard" now hangs in the lobby of Philips Arena, where it still displays the Omni's logo along with those of Philips Arena, the Hawks, and the Thrashers (who never played in The Omni). The scoreboard still functions and displays information relevant to

9010-466: The other marquee match, The Undertaker defeated Triple H in a No Holds Barred match to extend his undefeated WrestleMania streak to 19–0. This is the first and so far only WrestleMania in which no championships changed hands. Tickets for the event commenced sale to the public on November 13, 2010. According to WWE's second-quarter earnings report, WrestleMania XXVII generated 1,059,000 PPV buys, up roughly 30% domestically and 15% internationally from

9116-515: The playing surface, and the general admission seating along the other three sides (the arrangement was later emulated in Ford Field , Addition Financial Arena , Soldier Field , Levi's Stadium , and other venues). This layout was a vast contrast to many of its contemporaries, which have their revenue-generating luxury boxes and club seats located in the 'belly' of the arena, thus causing the upper deck to be 2–4 stories higher. The layout at Philips

9222-432: The previous year . The event grossed US$ 6.6 million in revenue with 71,617 in attendance, making it the third highest grossing event in WWE behind WrestleMania 25 and the next year's event WrestleMania XXVIII . It generated $ 62.1 million in economic impact for Atlanta, a $ 17 million increase from the previous WrestleMania event, and also generated approximately $ 7.8 million in local, state and county taxes. Critically,

9328-401: The price of their admission. In boxing , undercard matches usually last between four and eight rounds, depending on the experience of the boxers in those matches (entry-level boxers, often making professional debuts, have four rounds, while boxers at the intermediate level are given between six and eight rounds), with some undercards on major championship cards being ten rounds if the boxer is at

9434-474: The process. Triple H delivered a spinebuster to Undertaker through a broadcast table. The match went back and forth, as Undertaker delivered a Chokeslam and a Last Ride , but Triple H kicked out of both. After, Triple H performed a Pedigree for a near-fall. Undertaker then performed the Tombstone Piledriver for a near-fall. Triple H then hit Undertaker with a chair to the head and delivered

9540-440: The ring. Vickie then proposed a six-person mixed tag team match at WrestleMania between LayCool & her boyfriend, Dolph Ziggler , and Snooki, Stratus, and John Morrison which Snooki accepted. In the buildup to the match, a vignette aired, showing Snooki and Stratus in a bar, where Stratus said that they were training for their WrestleMania match. On the vignette, Snooki fought a man, and later Snooki and Stratus fought LayCool on

9646-423: The roof facing downtown spell out "ATLANTA." The side facing the Georgia World Congress Center originally spelled out " CNN " (whose headquarters adjoins the arena), but that section has since been altered to accommodate a Taco Mac restaurant. The GWCC/CNN Center rail station below the arena provides access to MARTA public transportation. Eindhoven, Netherlands -based technology company Philips purchased

9752-493: The second heel to win in the main event of WrestleMania. After the match, The Rock had a staredown with The Miz until The Rock delivered a spinebuster and a People's Elbow . WrestleMania XXVII went off the air with The Rock posing on top of the turnbuckles for the fans. WrestleMania XXVII received mixed reviews from critics. Canadian Online Explorer 's professional wrestling section gave the entire event 6.5 out of 10. The World Heavyweight Championship match received an 8 out of 10,

9858-433: The special guest referee. However, Steve Austin , who made his return that night, interfered in the contract signing by delivering a Stone Cold Stunner to JBL and signing the contract himself, thereby becoming the special guest referee of their match. Cole continued to insult Lawler on the following weeks, even bringing Lawler's son Brian Christopher , who insulted Lawler, and calling him a bad father, before slapping him in

9964-434: The time the Omni was razed and State Farm Arena was built. With the release of the 2019 WNBA schedule on December 18, 2018, the Dream confirmed that they would be returning to State Farm Arena. However, following the conclusion of the 2019 WNBA regular season, team officials indicated that the Dream would not be returning to State Farm Arena for the next season (which would be in 2021 due to the 2020 WNBA season being played in

10070-450: The undercard into uppercard, midcard and lower card matches, which roughly correlate to the fame and quality of performance of the wrestlers involved. WWE's NXT brand (which was originally positioned as a feeder for its main Raw and SmackDown rosters) previously held events in its " TakeOver " series as support for its flagship pay-per-views ( Royal Rumble , WrestleMania , SummerSlam , and Survivor Series ); these events were held on

10176-417: The upper hand on Lawler for most of the match. Swagger tried to help Cole by throwing in the towel when Lawler began to take control but was denied and received a Stone Cold Stunner . Lawler then forced Cole to submit with the ankle lock while Stone Cold mocked him. After the match, Stone Cold shared a beer with Lawler and stunned Booker T, who came out to celebrate with Lawler. After Lawler had seemingly won,

10282-434: The win. In the next match, Michael Cole (with Jack Swagger ) faced Jerry Lawler , with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the special guest referee. For this match, Booker T and Jim Ross joined Josh Mathews on commentary. The match began with Lawler trying to get Cole out of his "Cole Mine", a small glass box that Cole would announce from. After some time, he did so and started attacking him. Cole managed to counter and had

10388-585: The worst in the WWE. Dave Meltzer gave the match 1 star out of 5. Vince McMahon himself stated to Michael Cole after the match that it was "the worst thing [he'd] ever witnessed in 60 years." The match was criticised by fans for being too long, involving a non-wrestler in Cole and for the Anonymous Raw General Manager 's reversing of Lawler's initial victory. The following night on Raw , John Cena and The Rock agreed to face each other in

10494-554: The year ( Revolution , Double or Nothing , All Out and Full Gear ), though added Forbidden Door as a fifth annual PPV in 2022 in collaboration with Japanese company New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Elsewhere, Impact Wrestling (formally TNA), formerly ran monthly PPVs, but now only runs four a year. Wrestling supercards often recur annually; WWE's WrestleMania , arguably the most famous of these, has run since 1985. WWE runs three other supercards per year ( Royal Rumble , SummerSlam and Survivor Series ), but does not promote these at

10600-579: Was So So Def 's 25th anniversary concert on October 21, 2018, while the Hawks' first regular season home game took place on October 24 against the Dallas Mavericks . Due to the renovations conflicting with the WNBA schedule, the Dream announced that they would move their 2017 and 2018 home schedules to McCamish Pavilion on the campus of Georgia Tech , mirroring the Hawks' move to the same venue (then known as Alexander Memorial Coliseum) between

10706-551: Was between Rey Mysterio and Cody Rhodes . On the January 21 edition of SmackDown , Mysterio and Rhodes had a match in which Mysterio broke the nose of Rhodes with the 619 . Rhodes, who underwent facial reconstruction surgery, later accused Mysterio of forcing him to miss the Royal Rumble match and the Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship, as well as ruining his 'dashing' gimmick. On

10812-483: Was displayed on stadium screens. After the match, WWE Medical Staff had to help the Undertaker after he collapsed outside the ring and couldn't walk under his own power. The penultimate match was a six-person mixed tag team match, which saw John Morrison , Trish Stratus , and Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi competing against a team consisting of Dolph Ziggler and LayCool ( Michelle McCool and Layla ). The match lasted

10918-400: Was done so as to be able to bring the bulk of the seats closer to the playing surface while still making available a sufficient number of revenue-raising club seats and loges. Renovations in 2017–18 removed the upper levels of the suite wall in favor of premium seating spread throughout the arena, turning those upper areas to standard seating. On the exterior, angled steel columns supporting

11024-402: Was held in the state of Georgia . Along with WrestleMania XXVII, a series of events grouped as "WrestleMania Week" was held in the week preceding the event including WrestleMania's annual WrestleMania Axxess fan convention , the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, the fourth annual WrestleMania Art exhibition and auction, and a Celebrity Pro-Am Golf tournament. WrestleMania Axxess was held at

11130-613: Was in 2005, when the Georgia Force of the Arena Football League hosted, and won, its first home playoff game. The first NHL playoff game in Philips Arena was in 2007 , the Thrashers' only appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The first NBA playoff game in Philips Arena was in 2008, when the Hawks made the 2008 NBA Playoffs after an eight-season drought of missing the playoffs. On April 10, 2011,

11236-545: Was the last WWE pay-per-view to be promoted under the promotion's full name of World Wrestling Entertainment, as just after the event on April 7, the company began to refer to itself solely as "WWE", with the abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism . It was also the last WrestleMania held under the first brand split, which ended in August, although the brand split was reintroduced in July 2016. Card (sports) In sports,

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