WrestleMania XXIX WrestleMania 29 was the 29th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , held on April 7 , 2013 at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford , New Jersey . It drew 80 , 676 fans which became the 2nd highest ever attended in history of WWE after WrestleMania III and shattered other attendance records . The event was the fifth WrestleMania in the New York metropolitan area ; WrestleMania I , X , and XX were held at Madison Square Garden , and a portion of WrestleMania 2 was held at Nassau Coliseum . It was the third WrestleMania held in the state of New Jersey after WrestleMania IV and V , both of which were held at Trump Plaza / Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City . Background . WrestleMania 29 featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre - existing scripted feuds , plots , and storylines that play out on WWE ' s television programs . Wrestlers portray heels or faces as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches . On January 27 , 2013 , John Cena won the 2013 Royal Rumble match , making him a two - time Rumble winner . In doing so , he earned a WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 29 . The next night on the January 28 edition of " Raw " , he announced that he will challenge the reigning WWE Champion . At the Elimination Chamber event on February 17 , 2013 , The Rock successfully defended the WWE Championship against CM Punk . The following night on " Raw " , Punk would challenge Cena for his spot in the main event , which Cena accepted . Cena won the match on February 25 , setting up a rematch of his " Once in a Lifetime " match with The Rock from WrestleMania XXVIII . Also at Elimination Chamber , World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio successfully retained his championship against Big Show . Returning superstars Jack Swagger , Chris Jericho , and Mark Henry earned spots in the six - man Elimination Chamber match , along with Daniel Bryan , Kane , and Randy Orton . Swagger won the event to become the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship , and will challenge Del Rio for the title at WrestleMania . On the March 4 episode of " Raw " , which celebrated " Old School Raw " , The Undertaker made his return to WWE by opening up the show , signaling any challenger to face him and try to end his undefeated WrestleMania streak at the event . CM Punk , Randy Orton , Big Show , and Sheamus all declared they wanted to face The Undertaker , prompting Raw ' s Managing Supervisor Vickie Guerrero to set a Fatal Four - Way match among the four later that night . CM Punk would go on to win the match by pinning Orton , earning him the match against The Undertaker . The next week on Raw , Punk interrupted Paul Bearer ' s tribute segment to boast about how he was going to break Undertaker ' s streak , which prompted Undertaker ' s brother Kane to attack Punk , although Punk escaped . Later that night , Kane defeated Punk in a No Disqualification Match , before Undertaker came to the stage to perform his signature taunt with Kane to honour Bearer . Punk interrupted this by hitting Kane with The Undertaker ' s urn , which prompted Undertaker to chase him away , and Punk escaped with the urn . On the March 18 episode of Raw , The Undertaker came to the ring to tell Punk he had one chance to return Undertaker ' s property , but was interrupted by Punk on the TitanTron , who further boasted about being the one to " snap the streak " while nonchalantly tossing the urn in the air . On the March 15 episode of " SmackDown " , The Shield challenged Randy Orton and Sheamus to a 6 - man tag team match at WrestleMania 29 . Orton and Sheamus accepted , then recruited Ryback as their third man . Later that night , The Shield interfered in Ryback ' s match with Mark Henry and delivered a triple powerbomb to Ryback before he was given three World ' s Strongest Slams by Henry . The following Monday on " Raw " , Vickie Guerrero pulled Ryback from the 6 - man tag team match and put him in a singles match with Henry . After winning a match on the March 18 episode of " Raw " , Sheamus and Orton were about to be assaulted by The Shield , but then Big Show - who had also been brutalized by The Shield - stepped into the ring , causing The Shield to retreat , and on SmackDown that week , Sheamus , Orton and Big Show were teamed together by Booker T to test their teamwork in a six - man tag match against 3MB , in which they were victorious . Following the match , The Shield came to the ring to confront the victors before retreating once again . Also on the March 18 episode of " Raw " , Dolph Ziggler won a match against Kofi Kingston with outside help from Big E Langston . This caused Team Hell No , who both had been attacked by Langston during past matches with Ziggler , to challenge them at WrestleMania . Ziggler ' s girlfriend , AJ Lee , said they would accept the match only if Team Hell No put their WWE Tag Team Championship on the line , to which they agreed . On the February 25 , 2013 episode of " Raw " , Triple H returned , brawling with a returning Brock Lesnar , who was about to attack Vince McMahon for a second time . During the brawl , Lesnar ' s head was busted open and required 18 stitches . The following week on " Raw " , Triple H set out a challenge to Lesnar at WrestleMania . On the March 11 episode of " Raw " , after Lesnar attacked Triple H ' s former D - Generation X members , the New Age Outlaws , Lesnar ' s manager , Paul Heyman , said that Lesnar would accept Triple H ' s challenge , but they would get to add the stipulations and would reveal them after Triple H signed the contract . Triple H accepted the match , after which Heyman revealed that the bout would be No Holds Barred and that if Triple H loses , he must retire from WWE . On the following " Raw " before WrestleMania , Shawn Michaels returned to announce that he would be in Triple H ' s corner to support him . A minor rivalry between Chris Jericho and Fandango developed prior to WrestleMania . Fandango made numerous appearances throughout the WWE , but never competed in his matches because announcers and other superstars repeatedly mispronounced his name or did not say it with the right kind of " feel " he liked . The feud with Jericho began on the March 22 episode of " SmackDown , " When Jericho made fun of Fandango ' s name . This caused Fandango to interfere in Jericho ' s match with Jack Swagger ( and attack him after ) . He again attacked Jericho on the March 25 episode of " Raw " after Jericho ' s win against Dolph Ziggler . Jericho had just been attacked by Big E . Langston before Fandango came to the ring . This caused Jericho to ask Vickie Guerrero to set up a match between him and Fandango at WrestleMania . Another rivalry that escalated was between The Miz and Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett . Miz and Barrett had been trading jabs back and forth about which of them was the better actor , as Miz had starred in " The Marine 3 : Homefront " , and Barrett had a minor role in the film " Dead Man Down " . After defending his title in a triple threat match against Miz and Chris Jericho on the March 18 episode of " Raw " , Barrett continued the feud with Miz after he shoved him on " Main Event " on March 20 , which caused Miz to retaliate . On the March 25 episode of " Raw " , Miz won against Barrett in a non - title match via submission , thus earning him a championship match against Barrett and a chance for his second Intercontinental Championship . The match took place in the pre - show before WrestleMania . Undelivered match . Another minor rivalry heading into WrestleMania was between Tons of Funk ( Brodus Clay & " Sweet T " Tensai ) and Team Rhodes Scholars . This also extended to their female companions , The Funkadactyls ( Cameron & Naomi ) and The Bella Twins . On the March 11 episode of " Raw " , the Bella Twins returned to WWE and appeared to begin a relationship with Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes . On the March 15 episode of " SmackDown " , the Bellas attacked The Funkadactyls backstage . In the following weeks , all of the teams faced off in a series of tag team matches , most of which included ringside altercations involving the accompanying team members . WWE . com later announced that they would square off in an eight - person mixed tag team match at WrestleMania . WWE did not include this match in the pre - show , pay - per - view or the post - show and removed mention of the match from their web site , not acknowledging that they had announced the match , though it had been advertised two days prior , on the April 5 " Friday Night SmackDown " . At 8 : 07 EST , seven minutes into the PPV , The Bella Twins posted a picture to Twitter of their team preparing for the match . Brodus Clay tweeted " Sometimes you need your heart broken to know how much you love it " . Tensai tweeted " Everything happens for reason " . Production . Tickets went on sale on 10 November 2012 , and WWE set a first - day sales record of 52 , 029 tickets , beating the WrestleMania X8 record of 51 , 620 tickets . This also set a first - day revenue record of more than $ 10 million , which topped WrestleMania XXVIII ' s $ 6 . 3 million ( due in part to increased ticket prices ) . For the first time , WrestleMania XXIX will be streamed on mobile devices via the WWE app and on Xbox Live .