WrestleMania 21 will be the twenty-first annual WrestleMania
pay-per-view event and is scheduled to take place on April 3, 2005 in Los Angeles, California at the Staples
Center. This will be the first WrestleMania at the Staples Center, but the fifth in the Los Angeles/Anaheim metropolitan area (following II, VII, XII and
2000).
Tickets were sold out in less than one minute for this event, which is a record for the fastest selling WrestleMania ever. The
tagline for this WrestleMania is "WrestleMania Goes Hollywood."
Confirmed matches
World Heavyweight Championship
World Heavyweight Champion
Triple H will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against 2005 Royal Rumble winner Batista.
WWE Championship
WWE Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield will defend the WWE
Championship against John Cena.
Inter-promotional match(es)
Shawn Michaels will wrestle Kurt Angle.
Randy Orton will wrestle The Undertaker
Money-in-the-Bank Six-Man Ladder Match
Chris Jericho versus Intercontinental Champion Shelton
Benjamin versus Kane versus Chris Benoit versus Christian versus Edge in a six-man ladder match with the winner getting a contract to wrestle for the World Heavyweight Championship any time they
want. The contract will be valid for twelve months.
Women's Championship
Trish Stratus will defend the WWE Women's Championship against Christy
Hemme
Special Attraction
The Big Show will wrestle Akebono in a Sumo Match
Confirmed events
Promotion
In line with the event's Los Angeles location, WrestleMania 21 has been promoted on television with a series of trailers parodying famous modern movies, but with wrestlers playing the
starring roles. Movies parodied included:
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