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

• "Rowdy" Roddy Piper will interview Stone Cold Steve Austin in his infamous Piper's Pit segment.

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:

• Forrest Gump with Eugene playing Tom Hanks' title role, and a cameo by William Regal.
• Braveheart with Triple H playing the Mel Gibson role and Ric Flair making an appearance.
• Basic Instinct with Stacy Keibler playing the Sharon Stone character and Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Christian playing interviewers in the famous "leg crossing scene" also featuring The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young.
• Pulp Fiction with Eddie Guerrero and Booker T playing the John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson roles respectively.
• A Few Good Men with John Cena and JBL playing the roles of Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in the famous courtroom scene, featuring a cameo by Jonathan Coachman.
• Dirty Harry with Undertaker playing the title role of Clint Eastwood.
• When Harry Met Sally with Kurt Angle and Christy Hemme playing the Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan roles, and a cameo by Linda McMahon.