WrestleMania 29

WrestleMania 29, also promoted as WrestleMania NY/NJ, was a 2013 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It was the 29th annual WrestleMania and took place on April 7, 2013, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This was the final WrestleMania to broadcast exclusively via traditional PPV outlets due to the launch of the WWE Network streaming service in February 2014. Nine professional wrestling matches were contested at the event, with one match contested on the Pre-Show. In the main event, John Cena defeated The Rock to win his record 11th WWE Championship, as well as avenging his loss to The Rock in the main event of WrestleMania XXVIII the previous year. John Cena vs. The Rock was the second time that a WrestleMania main event was held back-to-back (after Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna at WrestleMania IX and X). Other prominent matches included The Undertaker defeating CM Punk, concluding a storyline revolving around Paul Bearer's death and The Undertaker's WrestleMania undefeated streak. In the penultimate match, Triple H defeated Brock Lesnar in a No Holds Barred match; had Triple H lost, he would have retired. Also, Alberto Del Rio retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Jack Swagger in the title's final defense at WrestleMania, as it was unified with the WWE Championship at Tables, Ladders & Chairs in December 2013. Due to that, this was the last WrestleMania to feature two world titles until WrestleMania 33 in 2017. WrestleMania 29 was a commercial success. It drew 80,676 fans, which became the third highest attended event in the history of WWE after WrestleMania 32 in 2016 and WrestleMania III in 1987. It also became the highest grossing live event in WWE history, grossing US$72 million.