WrestleMania 22

WrestleMania 22 (also written with roman numerals as "WrestleMania XXII") was a professional wrestling pay per view event produced by WWE (then known as World Wrestling Entertainment) that took place on April 2, 2006 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, USA. The event featured performers from both the Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown brands and featured two main events, one per each brand. The SmackDown main event featured Kurt Angle defending the World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat match against Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio, whilst the Raw main event featured John Cena defending the WWE Championship against Triple H.
The event is notable for being the cite of the beginning of Mickie James' first reign as Women's Champion in her WWE career, and the beginning of Rey Mysterio's first reign as World Heavyweight Champion in his WWE career. As of 2019, WrestleMania 22 is the final WrestleMania to take place in a conventional arena, as beginning with the following year's WrestleMania 23 event, all future WrestleMania events after WrestleMania 22 would take place in conventional stadiums.
== Results ==
Match No. 	Result 	Stipulation
Pre-Show 	Viscera won by last eliminating Snitsky 	Battle Royal match
Match No. 1 	Big Show and Kane (c) def. Carlito and Chris Masters 	Tag Team match for the World Tag Team Championships
Match No. 2 	Rob Van Dam def. Ric Flair, Bobby Lashley, Matt Hardy, Finlay, and Shelton Benjamin	2006 Money in the Bank Ladder match for a future WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship match
Match No. 3 	John Bradshaw Layfield w/ Jillian Hall def. Chris Benoit (c) 	Singles match for the United States Championship
Match No. 4 	Edge w/ Lita def. Mick Foley 	Hardcore match
Match No. 5 	The Boogeyman def. Booker T and Sharmell 	2-on-1 Handicap match
Match No. 6 	Mickie James def. Trish Stratus (c) 	Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship
Match No. 7 	The Undertaker def. Mark Henry 	Casket match
Match No. 8 	Shawn Michaels def. Mr. McMahon 	No Holds Barred match
Match No. 9 	Rey Mysterio def. Kurt Angle (c) and Randy Orton 	Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Match No. 10	Torrie Wilson def. Candice Michelle 	Playboy Pillow Fight match
Match No. 11	John Cena (c) def. Triple H via submission 	Singles match for the WWE Championship