Wrestlemania 23
Promotion	WWE
Date	April 1, 2007
Venue	Ford Field
City	Detroit, Michigan
Attendance	80,103
Last Event	No Way Out
Next Event	Backlash

WrestleMania 23 was the twenty-third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place on April 1, 2007 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The event was the first WrestleMania at Ford Field, but the second to take place in the Detroit metropolitan area (following WrestleMania III, where a record-setting 93,173 fans filled the Pontiac Silverdome in 1987).

EVENT HISTORY

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Tickets for the event went on sale on November 11, 2006. The all-time attendance record at Ford Field of 80,103 consisted of people from 24 countries, all 50 states and 9 Canadian provinces, pumped an estimated US$25 million into the local economy, and made this event the highest grossing one-day live event in WWE history, grossing more than $5.38 million in ticket sales. This made WrestleMania 23 the highest-grossing pay-per-view in WWE history as well as the highest-grossing event in professional wrestling history in North America, breaking the previous record of $3.9 million held at WrestleMania X8.

WrestleMania 23 was a joint-promotion pay-per-view event, featuring performers from the RAW, SmackDown!, and ECW brands. The tagline for WrestleMania 23 was All Grown Up. The official theme song for the event was "Ladies and Gentlemen" by Saliva. The secondary theme song was "The Memory Will Never Die" by Default.

Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

• Dark match: Ric Flair and Carlito defeated Gregory Helms and Chavo Guerrero in a Tag Team Lumberjack match (5:13)

• Lumberjacks: Viscera, Shad Gaspard, JTG, Chris Masters, Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, Robbie McAllister, Rory McAllister, Super Crazy, Val Venis, Johnny Nitro, Jim Duggan, Eugene, Lance Cade, Trevor Murdoch, Kenny Dykstra from RAW. Daivari, Shannon Moore, Sylvain Grenier, Deuce, Domino, Paul London, Brian Kendrick, The Miz, Vito, Scotty 2 Hotty, William Regal, Dave Taylor, Jimmy Wang Yang, Jamie Noble and Funaki from SmackDown!. Balls Mahoney, Little Guido Maritato, Hardcore Holly and Snitsky from ECW.

• Mr. Kennedy defeated Edge, CM Punk, King Booker (w/Queen Sharmell), Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Finlay and Randy Orton in a Money in the Bank ladder match (19:05)
• The Great Khali defeated Kane (5:31)
• Chris Benoit defeated Montel Vontavious Porter to retain the WWE United States Championship (9:19)
• Howard Finkel introduced the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2007:
• The Undertaker defeated Batista to win the World Heavyweight Championship (15:47)
• The ECW Originals (Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, The Sandman and Rob Van Dam) defeated The New Breed (Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Striker and Kevin Thorn) (w/Ariel) (6:25)
• Bobby Lashley (w/Donald Trump) defeated Umaga (w/Vince McMahon and Armando Alejandro Estrada) (w/Steve Austin as Special Guest Referee) in a Hair vs. Hair match (13:04)
• Melina defeated Ashley Massaro in a Lumberjill match to retain the WWE Women's Championship (3:13)
• John Cena defeated Shawn Michaels to retain the WWE Championship (28:20)

Other on-screen talent

Commentators Michael Cole - SmackDown! Jerry "The King" Lawler - RAW John "Bradshaw" Layfield- SmackDown! Jim Ross - RAW Joey Styles - ECW Tazz - ECW Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera Hugo Savinovich Ring announcers Tony Chimel - SmackDown! Howard Finkel - WWE Hall of Fame inductees Lilian Garcia - RAW / Money in the Bank Theodore Long - Batista/Undertaker match Justin Roberts - ECW

Referees Scott Armstrong - ECW Mike Chioda - RAW Jack Doan - RAW Marty Elias - RAW Mickie Henson - SmackDown! Chris Kay - SmackDown! Jim Korderas - SmackDown! Nick Patrick - SmackDown! Chad Patton - RAW Charles Robinson - SmackDown! Interviewer Todd Grisham

Notes

• Aretha Franklin performed "America the Beautiful" at the start of the event, reprising her role from twenty years earlier at WrestleMania III.
• Celebrity guests in attendance for WrestleMania 23 included: Franklin, Trump and Miss USA 2006 Tara Conner (for the Hair vs. Hair match), Miss USA 2007 Rachel Smith, Miss Teen USA 2006 Katie Blair, Miss Universe 2006 Zuleyka Rivera, members of the Detroit Tigers, Thomas "Hitman" Hearns, and Detroit Red Wings goaltender Dominik Hašek.
• This was the fourth consecutive WrestleMania in which the winner of the Royal Rumble challenged for the World Heavyweight Championship and won it.
• The Undertaker's win made him the only wrestler to have won both the World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE Championship at a WrestleMania.
• This was the fifth consecutive WrestleMania without an Intercontinental Championship match.

Also See

• List of WWE pay-per-view events
• WWE Event History
• WrestleMania

DVD release

• WrestleMania 23 on DVD

External links

• WrestleMania 23 Offical Website
• WrestleMania 23 at CAGEMATCH.net
• WrestleMania 23 on Online World of Wrestling

2007 World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-views
New Years Revolution • Royal Rumble • No Way Out • WrestleMania • Backlash • Judgment Day • One Night Stand • Vengeance: Night of Champions • The Great American Bash • SummerSlam • Unforgiven • No Mercy • Cyber Sunday • Survivor Series • Armageddon

History of WrestleMania

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WrestleMania

I (1985) • II (1986) • III (1987) • IV (1988) • V (1989) • VI (1990) • VII (1991) • VIII (1992) • IX (1993)

X (1994) • XI (1995) • XII (1996) • XIII (1997) • XIV (1998) • XV (1999) • XVI (2000) • XVII (2001) • XVIII (2002)

XIX (2003) • XX (2004) • XXI (2005) • XXII (2006) • XXIII (2007) • XXIV (2008) • XXV (2009) • XXVI (2010) • XXVII (2011) • XXVIII (2012) • XXIX (2013) • XXX (2014)

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