Wrestlemania Flashback 20-22

Hello everyone and welcome back to Talk Wrestling World, I hope you are all well. Now, as you know it is now Wrestlemania season on my blog. Witch means from now right up to Wrestlemania thirty one my blog will be taken over by all things Wrestlemania, from top fives, to matches best for the thirty one card leading right up to the predictions on the final week. Today's post is the first in a complete series, Wrestlemania flashback. This will be a regular post going up every week leading up to the final prediction week. What I will be doing is going back to every single Wrestlemania and giving all the facts from that time. I will list every match that was on the card of that year and who won, the venue, how many people where in attendance and other little facts surrounding the Wrestlemania of  that year. There is special post for Mania one witch is why it is not featured in this post and we are starting at fourteen to sixteen. The links to any recent posts will be bellow at the end of the post, including part one of this post. Finally, you can let me know what you would like to see in Wrestlemania season by leaving a comment bellow or by tweeting me at @TezangiVictoria.

Wrestlemania 20

Date: March 14, 2004

Venue: Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

Attendance: 18,5000

Matches:

U.S Championship:

John Cena defeated Big Show

Evening Gown Match:

Sable and Torrie Wilson defeated Stacy Keibler and Miss Jackie 

World Tag Team Championship:

Booker T and Rob Van Dam defeated La Resistance, Mark Jindark and Garrison Cade, and The Dudleys 

Cruiserweight Championship:

Chavo Guerrero won a cruiserweight open

WWE Championship:

Eddie Guerrero defeated Kurt Angle 

WWE Tag Team Championship:

Scotty 2 Hottyy and Rikishi defeated Basham  Brothers, World's Greatest Tag Team, and APA

Women's Championship:

Victoria defeated Molly Holly

World Heavyweight Championship:

Chris Benoit defeated Triple H and Shawn Michaels 

Other Matches:

Christian defeated Chris Jericho

Randy Orton, Batista and Ric Flair defeated The Rock and Mick Foley

Goldberg defeated Brock Lesnar

Undertaker defeated Kane

20 years ago Vince McMahon had a vision that would change the landscape of sports entertainment, that Idea was Wrestlemania. Twenty years in the making, WWE brought its biggest show of the year back to its original home of Madison Square Garden. The night saw the Wrestlemania debuts of John Cena, Randy Orton and Batista, all of witch would go on to later become WWE Champions. The 20th anniversary also saw the final matches for Brock Lesnar and Goldberg.

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Wrestlemania 21

Date: April 3, 2005

Venue: STAPLES Centre - Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 20,193

Matches:

Money in the bank ladder Match:

Edge defeated Chris Benoit, Shelton Benjamin, Chris Jericho, Christian, and Kane

Women's Championship:

Trish Stratus defeated Chisty Hemme

Sumo Match:

Akebono defeated Big Show

WWE Championship:

John Cena defeated JBL 

World Heavyweight championship:

Batista defeated Triple H

Other Matches:

Rey Mysterio defeated Eddie Guerrero

Undertaker defeated Randy Orton

Kurt Angle defeated Shawn Michaels 

By 2005 John Cena had cemented himself as the WWE's next big superstar. At this point in he's career, Cena's accomplishments included holding the United States championship, the starring role in The Marine, soaring merchandise sales, and a debut rap album, the only thing missing was the WWE championship and at Wrestlemania 21 he achieved that final piece of the puzzle when he defeated JBL to become the new WWE champion.

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Wrestlemania 22

Date: April 2, 2006

Venue: Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL

Attendance: 17,159

Matches:

Casket Match:

Undertaker defeated Mark Henry 

World Tag Team Championships: 

Big Show and Kane defeated Carlito and Chris Masters 

Money In The Bank Ladder Match:

Rob Van Dam defeated Shelton Benjamin, Ric Flair, Finlay, Matt Hardy, and Bobby Lashley 

United States Championship:

JBL defeated Chris Benoit 

Hardcore Match:

Edge defeated Mick Foley

Women's Championships:

Mickie James defeated Trish Stratus 

Playboy Pillow fight:

Torrie Wilson defeated Candice Michelle

WWE Championship:

John Cena defeated Triple H

World Heavyweight championship:

Rey Mysterio defeated Kurt Angle and Randy Orton 

Other Matches

The Boogeyman defeated Booker T and Sharmell

Shawn Michaels defeated Mr.McMahon

Even though this Wrestlemania was set in a smaller arena, the all start line up meant that the show was a huge hit.