Friday, April 19, 2013

WrestleMania XX




WrestleMania XX was the twentieth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on March 14, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The event was a joint-promotion pay-per-view event, featuring performers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands.


WrestleMania XX was the third WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden but the fourth to take place in the New York metropolitan area (following WrestleMania I, WrestleMania 2, and WrestleMania X). The event grossed US$2.4 million in ticket sales, making the Pay-Per-View the highest grossing event ever for WWE at Madison Square Garden. More than 20,000 people from 16 countries, 48 states attended the event, which was also televised in more than 90 countries. The event generated an estimated $13.5 million of economic activity for New York City and created an equivalent of 96 full-year jobs.




The show featured twelve professional wrestling matches

* WWE United States Championship

John Cena defeated Big Show (c)



* Fatal Four-Way match for the World Tag Team Championship
Booker T and Rob Van Dam (c) defeated Garrison Cade and Mark Jindrak, The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) and La Résistance (René Duprée and Rob Conway) 


* Christian defeated Chris Jericho



* Handicap match
Evolution (Randy Orton, Batista, and Ric Flair) defeated Rock 'n' Sock Connection (The Rock and Mick Foley)


* Playboy Evening Gown match
Torrie Wilson and Sable defeated Stacy Keibler and Miss Jackie


* Cruiserweight Open for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Chavo Guerrero (c) (with Chavo Guerrero Sr.) defeated Último Dragón, Shannon Moore, Jamie Noble, Funaki, Nunzio, Billy Kidman, Rey Mysterio, Tajiri, and Akio


* Interpromotional singles match with special guest referee Steve Austin
Goldberg defeated Brock Lesnar 



* Fatal Four-Way match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
Too Cool (Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty) (c) defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin), The Basham Brothers (Danny and Doug) and The APA (Bradshaw and Faarooq)


* Hair vs. Title match for the WWE Women's Championship
Victoria (c) defeated Molly Holly 



* WWE Championship
Eddie Guerrero (c) defeated Kurt Angle




* The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Kane



* Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Benoit defeated Triple H (c) and Shawn Michaels



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